InterAcademy Panel on International Issues The InterAcademy Panel on International Issues issues a report finding that "The IPCC assessment process has been successful overall" but making seven formal recommendations for improving the IPCC's assessment process, and that "“Straying into advocacy can only hurt I.P.C.C.’s credibility.”
South Africa Talks begin between the government and workers striking for better conditions in South Africa in the third week of a conflict which has seen troops deployed.
Italy Italian health minister Ferruccio Fazio apologises while visiting a woman subjected to violent confrontation between two doctors as her baby was on the verge of being born at a hospital in Messina, Sicily.
Mexico Mexico captures alleged Mexican-American drug trafficker Edgar Valdez Villarreal in the state of Morelos near Mexico City.
South Africa South African rugby union player Bees Roux of the Bulls is charged with murdering a police officer in Pretoria.
India The Indian government decides not to ban the controversial BlackBerry devices for at least two months after the North American manufacturer allows "lawful access" to encrypted data it had been feared would be a security threat.
Mexico 3,200 police officers have been fired so far this year by Mexico's federal police force due to extracurricular activities.
Russian More than 100 Russian far-right skinheads attack a music festival in central Russia, injuring at least 10 people and leaving one 14-year-old girl dead.
U.S. President The President of the United States Barack Obama freezes the assets of three North Korean organisations and one individual in response to the sinking of a South Korean warship in March. North Korea has denied it is responsible.
People's Republic of China China and North Korea acknowledge the leader of North Korea Kim Jong Il visited China recently where he met with the President of China Hu Jintao.
Ovadia Yosef Ovadia Yosef, a senior rabbi from Shas, a party within Israel's coalition government, calls for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to "vanish from our world". The United States condemns the remarks as "deeply offensive".
Canadian Rockies It is announced that a preserved corpse belonging to William Holland, an American mountaineer lost in the Canadian Rockies in 1989, has been located in Jasper National Park.
Fire 9 people die and 480 are rescued following a fire at a retirement home in the Tver region of Russia.
Indonesia Indonesia's Mount Sinabung continues to erupt with 21,000 people now evacuated from nearby areas of north Sumatra and two people dead.
2010 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Fiona forms in the central Atlantic Ocean with the potential to become the fourth hurricane of the season.
Category 4 Hurricane Earl takes aim at the northern Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico with winds of up to 135 miles per hour (215 km-h) prompting hurricane warnings.
The 33 miners involved in the accident make telephone contact with their families for the first time in 3 weeks.
Thatta The historic city of Thatta is preserved by troops and volunteers fighting severe floodwaters in Pakistan; it had been thought of as being at great risk.
Alain "Spiderman" Robert Alain "Spiderman" Robert climbs another building barehanded, this time in Sydney; he is later arrested.
Indigenous children Concern is expressed for more than 500 indigenous women who have gone missing in Canada on the International Day of the Disappeared.
Isabella Rossellini It is announced that Isabella Rossellini is to chair the judging panel at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011.
Nigeria Gunmen kidnap a politician in southern Nigeria, days after a supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan was also kidnapped.
Rocket launcher 4 people are killed and 3 others are injured due to a rocket launcher explosion in Pursat Province, northwestern Cambodia.
African Union 4 African Union peacekeepers from Uganda are killed during a mortar strike in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Marco Antonio Leal García Marco Antonio Leal García, the Mayor of Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, in northeastern Mexico, is shot dead while operating his car; his 4-year-old daughter is wounded.
Opens fire A gunman opens fire in Devínska Nová Ves, a borough of the Slovak capital Bratislava, killing 8 people and injuring 14 others.
Settlers Four Israeli settlers, including a pregnant woman, are shot dead in a shooting outside Kiryat Arba, when a gunman opens fire on their car. Hamas claims responsibility for the murder.