Richard F. Heck Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki win the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing new ways of linking carbon atoms together.
China China's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 10.5 percent in 2010 and 9.6 percent in 2011, ahead of other major economies, according to a report released by the International Monetary Fund.
Pro- and anti China's climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua states that the country's voluntary efforts supported by its own resources and technologies only accept "non-invasive" international consultation and analysis at the UNFCCC meeting in Tianjin, China.
Ethiopia Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa of the Unity for Democracy and Justice is released from prison after two years of incarceration.
Victoria Law enforcement agencies in Victoria, Australia, the United Kingdom and Spain conduct raids in relation to allegedly corrupt behaviour by the currency subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
United States United States Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrest dozens of Puerto Rico police officers accused of aiding drug traffickers.
Federal Court of Canada A Federal Court of Canada judge rejects a request by francophone groups outside Quebec to overturn the Conservative government's decision to scrap the longform census.
United States The first civilian trial of a person formerly imprisoned by the United States in Guantánamo Bay begins in New York. According to his lawyers Ahmed Ghailani of Tanzania was tortured.
Ecuador 46 police officers in Ecuador are arrested on suspicion of involvement in last week's uprising.
Tornadoes Tornadoes hit Bellemont, Arizona in the southwest of the United States resulting in at least seven people being injured.
Hungary expects to take at least a year and tens of millions of dollars to clean up what the country's environment minister describes as its worst chemical accident.
People's Republic of China Floods leave 1 dead, 3 missing, 33,000 evacuated in the Chinese province of Hainan.
Tajikistan At least 25 soldiers are killed in a helicopter crash in Tajikistan, east of the capital Dushanbe.
My Dinh National Stadium Four people were killed and three others were injured when two containers of fireworks exploded near the My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi.
Autopsy An autopsy finds that the death of United States actor Gary Coleman in Salt Lake City, Utah was an accident.
Pusan International Film Festival The 15th Pusan International Film Festival started in Pusan, South Korea.
President President of the United States Barack Obama awards a Medal of Honor posthumously to Robert James Miller of the US Army Green Berets for "conspicuous gallantry ... at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty" while fighting in the War in Afghanistan on January 25, 2008.
United Kingdom A British embassy car is attacked in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen with three people injured .
NATO Gunmen torch up to 40 oil tanker trucks carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan in Quetta and Nowshera, Pakistan and kill a truck driver. The Tehreek-e-Taliban claimed responsibility for that and other attacks. This was the sixth attack on convoys taking supplies to Afghanistan since Pakistan closed a key border crossing almost a week ago.
Thai Thai authorities accuse the anti-government red shirts of being behind a bomb blast in the capital Bangkok that killed at least three people.
Azmat Khel One person is killed and two others were injured when an explosion took place in the Azmat Khel Area of Bannu, Pakistan.