LRO An analysis of data detected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of the LCROSS impact last October finds the presence of carbon monoxide in Cabeus Crater in higher concentrations than the approximately 155 kg of water ice and water vapour, more than initially estimated, in addition to two hydroxyl flavours and smaller quantities of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, methane, formaldehyde, mercury, magnesium, calcium, sodium, hydrogen gas, and possibly ammonia, ethylene and silver.
Microsoft Microsoft Research and Wikipedia have joined forces to launch a beta version of a new multilingual content creation tool for Wikipedia named WikiBhasha.
Brazilian The Brazil hydroelectric plant in Foz do Iguacu is second largest hydroelectric plant in world after the Three Gorges in China.
Buenos Aires Thousands of people protest in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, after a left-wing activist is killed in a dispute between two labor unions.
Myanmar Myanmar changes its name from Union of Myanmar to Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and also changes the design of the national flag.
Sudan Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir retracts an earlier remark and says there will be no return to civil war with the south if the referendum on South Sudanese self-determination results in a vote for independence.
Tibet Tibetan students protest Chinese government education policies that limit the teaching of Tibetan language.
Canadian Air Force Russell Williams escalated to sexual assaults and culminated in the brutal sex killings of Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, 37, and Jessica Lloyd, 27. Canadian Air Force Colonel Russell Williams is sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for two murders, several sexual assaults and dozens of fetish burglaries.
Belgian Belgian woman Els Clottemans is sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for murdering her love rival Els Van Doren by sabotaging her parachute so neither it nor a safety chute would open during a November 18, 2006 parachute jump.
Jewish Jewish settlers have started building more than 600 homes in the West Bank since a building freeze expired last month.
Chinese China condemns a United Nations report that says Chinese bullets were used in attacks on international peacekeeping forces in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Opposition Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas, who has staged more than 20 hunger strikes, is awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament.
African Union The African Union calls on the United Nations Security Council to impose an air and naval blockade of Somalia to counter an Islamist Al-Shabaab militant insurgency and piracy.
Toyota Toyota orders a recall of 1.5 million vehicles, including various Lexus models and Toyota Avalon models, due to brake fluid and fuel pump problems.
Recent strikes and demonstrations France faces another day of strikes with a quarter of petrol stations not having any fuel.
Biochemist Biochemist Nick Lane wins the Royal Society Science Book Prize for "Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution".
Taliban Suspected Taliban militants kill an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier and five Afghan policeman in attacks in Afghanistan.
Bomb A bomb attack on a bus on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao kills at least seven people.