10:10 10:10 and 350.org's "Global Work Party: a day of positive action on climate change" attracts a wide range of events in over 180 countries.
Kyrgyzstan Voters in Kyrgyzstan go to the polls for a parliamentary election amid concerns about a possible renewal of tensions between ethnic groups. With 50 percent of the vote counted, the Ata-Zhurt party has received the most votes so far but no party is close to achieving a majority.
North Korean television broadcasts live a military parade for Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il and his heir apparent Kim Jong-un.
Far-right Details emerge of contacts between the far-right English Defence League and extremist U.S. groups such as the American Tea Party in a "war on Islamification".
Havana Havana's Roman Catholic Church says Cuba is to release 3 more political prisoners who will be allowed leave for Spain.
Sudan Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir accuses authorities in Southern Sudan of breaching a peace deal and warns of a possible new conflict if issues are not resolved before the independence referendum.
Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles Sarah Wescot-Williams becomes the first Prime Minister of Sint Maarten.
Västberga helicopter robbery The men found guilty of the Västberga helicopter robbery in Sweden are sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
Ireland Two people face court in the Republic of Ireland following a crackdown on suspected dissident republicans.
Equality and Human Rights Commission The Equality and Human Rights Commission releases a 700-page report condemning Britain as a land where discrimination and disadvantage are rife.
Israel The Israeli cabinet approves a bill requiring all non-Jews taking Israeli citizenship to swear loyalty to Israel as a "Jewish and democratic state".
Winner Liu's wife is reportedly allowed to meet her husband, who is said to have wept and dedicated his Nobel Peace Prize to the "martyrs" of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
China 20 people are reported arrested in China over imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo's 2010 Nobel Peace Prize award. Liu's wife's whereabouts remain unknown after she was taken away by police with human rights group Freedom Now claiming she is in de facto house arrest.
Ganges River At least 36 people die after an overloaded boat capsizes on the Ganges River in the Buxar district of India's Bihar state.
Hungary Hungary races against time in its efforts to construct an emergency dam to defeat the Ajka alumina plant accident.
Hefei 17 people are killed and 6 are seriously injured after a passenger coach collides with a cement tanker truck between Hefei, capital of the eastern Anhui province, and Nanjing, capital of neighboring Jiangsu province.
Flood Nearly half a million people are made homeless by flooding caused by three days of heavy rain in Bangladesh.
Simpang Ampat 12 people die and 73 are injured when two express buses, a van and three cars collide at Km 223, Plus Highway near the Simpang Ampat toll in Negri Sembilan, Malaysia.
A celebration occurs as a male British child turns 10 at 10:10 on the 10th day of the 10th month of 2010.
John Key John Key pledges to continue fronting TVNZ's "Breakfast" amid calls by MPs for disgraced and suspended broadcaster Paul Henry to be sacked.
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela's letters, written during his 27-year spell in jail, reveal new details of the agony he suffered in South Africa under apartheid.
Iran Works of art created by 30 celebrated Iranian artists go on sale at Bonhams auction house in Dubai.
Communist Party of India-Marxist 2 Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) workers are shot dead by suspected Maoists at Balarampur in Maoist-hit Purulia district.
United States The United States fires four missiles in Shewa district about 40 kilometres northeast of the region's main town of Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan, killing seven and destroying two cars, as the country increases its attacks on the tribal area.
Homophobia 110 people are injured and 200 people are arrested as anti-gay protesters and police clash in Belgrade at Serbia's first gay pride parade event since 2001.
Panchayat Four people are killed and over 36 injured as violence mars the first phase of 3-tier Panchayat elections across Uttar Pradesh which registered an 80 per cent turnout in India.