United Nations United Nations scientists claim to have eliminated rinderpest virus making it the second virus to have been wiped out by humans if confirmed.
World Health Organisation The World Health Organisation warns about an outbreak of Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan.
Peruvian President The President of Peru Alan Garcia denies claims that he slapped a man who called him corrupt when he visited a Lima hospital last weekend.
Obama administration The Obama administration asks United States District Court for the Central District of California judge Virginia A. Phillips to stay her ruling in Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America that the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy is unconstitutional while it appeals the decision.
Burma Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi announces that she will boycott next month's general election.
Anton Abele 18-year-old Anton Abele becomes Sweden's youngest ever MP; he is a member of the ruling Moderate Party.
Somalia Somali President Sharif Ahmed appoints Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed as Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government.
Abdoulaye Badie Colonel Abdoulaye Badie, the second in command in Niger's military government, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, is arrested.
Rwanda Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire is arrested on charges of forming a terrorist organisation.
Greek riot police Greek riot police clash with protesting workers outside the Acropolis in Athens using tear gas to clear the demonstrators from the entrance.
Indonesia Rights groups in Indonesia welcome the striking down of a Suharto-era law banning books that were deemed to be "offensive" or a "threat to public order".
Islamic Sharia Council President of the Islamic Sharia Council in the United Kingdom, Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, stirs controversy in Britain by claiming that it is impossible for men to rape their wives and that husbands who commit such acts should not be prosecuted.
Stephen Harper Canada's PM Stephen Harper and Lan Lijun, China's Ambassador to Canada, take part in a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of Sino-Canadian relations.
Prime Minister of Japan The Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan calls on China to release Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.
Afghanistan At least seven Afghan border guards are detained by Iran after crossing their mutual border.
Turkey Turkish lawyers file a complaint against Israel over the Gaza flotilla raid in the International Criminal Court.
Cyprus A new border gate opens on the divided island of Cyprus, providing a seventh crossing point between the Turkish-controlled TRNC and the southern part of the country.
Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Lebanon is becoming a "satellite" of Iran after it hosts a controversial visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who again "predicts" Israel's destruction at a Hezbollah rally in southern Lebanon.
UN peace messenger American actor and UN peace messenger, George Clooney, calls for the freezing of assets held by Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Darfur, as a good way of putting pressure on the Sudanese government
Home-lending The number of mortgage foreclosures in the United States in September 2010 exceeds 100,000 for the first time.
Iraq Six people, including an Iraqi Interior Ministry official and four members of a leading political bloc, die in multiple explosions throughout Baghdad apparently targeting members of former prime Minister Ayad Allawi's al-Iraqiya political coalition; four were killed in a roadside bomb and three others were wounded.
ISAF Eight ISAF NATO soldiers are killed in multiple attacks in Afghanistan, including four in roadside bombings.