Insect More than 700 species of ancient insects are discovered preserved in amber in an ancient rainforest in India.
Prime Minister An audience member throws shoes at former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard during an appearance on Q&A on ABC1.
Ontario Voters across all municipalities in Ontario go to the polls for the Ontario municipal elections, 2010.
Philippines Voters in Philippines go to the polls for the Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
Piran Voters in Piran, Slovenia elect Ghanaian-born Peter Bossman as its mayor, the first time a person of African descent has been elected mayor in any Slovenian cities and towns.
Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Simon Hughes is threatening a backbench rebellion over proposed housing benefits cut, which might threaten the stability of the United Kingdom coalition government, of which the Liberal Democrats are a part of.
Chandra Levy The trial of the alleged killer of Chandra Levy, Ingmar Guandique of El Salvador, begins in Washington D.C.
European Union The EU activates its Rapid Border Intervention Teams for the first time since its creation in 2007 to stem illegal immigration at the Greek border.
Abdul Nacer Benbrika Abdul Nacer Benbrika, serving a 15-year jail term in Australia after being found guilty on a number of terrorism-related charged, loses an appeal in the Court of Appeal against conviction of leading a terrorist group.
United States Senate U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts claims the government of Sudan{{spaced ndash}}which has been subject to U.S. sanctions since 1997{{spaced ndash}}has assured him it will hold a referendum on independence for the south.
Afghanistan A Dutch aid worker, along with an Afghan driver, are kidnapped on a highway while traveling to Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.
President Hamid Karzai acknowledges that his office has regularly received cash from Iran and the United States but claims that the process was transparent.
Japan Japan lodges a formal protest with China after two Chinese fishing boats were seen near the Senkaku Islands.
Israel Israeli officials criticize the concluding document of the Vatican’s synod on the Middle East, with Israeli deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon accusing the synod of being "a forum for Arab propaganda".
Oil At least 27 people are killed and eighty injured after oil leaks from a pipeline near the town of Pakokku in Burma.
Indonesia A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes near the Mentawai Islands, but tsunami warnings for western Sumatra proved unwarranted.
Nepal Leading Nepalese Sherpa Chhewang Nima, known for climbing Mount Everest 19 times, is now feared dead.
BP Canada One person is killed and nine others injured after a plane carrying employees of BP Canada crashes in northeastern Alberta. The twin-engine King Air 100 was on its way from Edmonton City Centre Airport to Kirby Lake, southeast of Conklin.
BP The British oil firm sells its interests in four Gulf of Mexico oil wells to Japanese firm Marubeni, in a wider cash-raising effort that aims to raise 30 billion dollars for compensations related to the oil spill.
United States US financial regulators launch an investigation into the foreclosure practices of various US financial institutions.
Singapore Exchange Singapore Exchange proposes a $A8.4 billion takeover of the Australian Securities Exchange.
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates pavilion in Shanghai wins National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) Excellence Award in Structural Engineering at Shanghai Expo 2010.
China China and Africa celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing. Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, addressed the reception commemorating.
Government An Afghan official claims that a NATO air strike killed about 25 people in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Orakzai A roadside bomb struck a passenger van in the Orakzai tribal region killing three people and wounding two others near Tanda.