Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed names a new Cabinet with doubts that the parliament will approve his choices.
Mary Harney Irish Health Minister Mary Harney is targeted with eggs and cheese by protestors shouting "Bloody Mary" in response to her healthcare funding cuts. It follows a similar incident involving red paint last week.
Israeli prime ministers Former Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon is taken home from hospital still in a comatose state.
José Alencar José Alencar, Vice-President and current Acting President of Brazil in the absence of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is taken to the Sirio Libanes hospital in São Paulo following a heart attack.
Burmese Crowds gather at the headquarters of the National League for Democracy headquarters in Rangoon, Burma, in anticipation of the release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Two ethnic Karen rebel armies in eastern Burma join forces in advance of a possible crackdown by the military government.
Australia The corpse of missing 10-year-old Australian girl Zahra Baker is found in Caldwell County in the U.S. state of North Carolina; her father and stepmother, Adam and Elisa Baker, are the main suspects in her disappearance and homicide.
Twitter One day after the failure of his appeal, Twitterers combine to support Paul Chambers, a Briton convicted and fined for a threatening Twitter message.
Governor A student who guessed the answers to former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin's security questions in 2008 is convicted of hacking and sentenced to one year in state custody.
Transparency International Transparency International names Poddala Jayantha, Sergei Magnitsky and Gregory Ngbwa Minsta as joint winners of a global award for integrity.
Omar Bakri Muhammad Omar Bakri Muhammad is sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court in Lebanon.
Hassan Bamoum Hassan Bamoum is arrested in Yemen prompting thousands of people to march through cities in the south.
Human rights The trial of eight police officers charged with the murder of human rights activist Floribert Chebeya begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States refuses to rescind the country's ban on openly gay soldiers.
Nigeria Nigeria is to question an Iranian citizen over a shipment of arms seized in Lagos, warning that it could report Iran to the United Nations Security Council if sanctions had been breached.
Russian Prime Minister Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has arrived in Sofia for talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov.
European windstorm An intense European windstorm in the British Isles kills an elderly woman and brings gusts exceeding 160 km-h.
Nursing home Ten elderly people die and seventeen are injured following a fire in a nursing home in Pohang, South Korea.
Worst epidemic of cholera Haitians demonstrate, saying their government, the United Nations and aid workers have all failed to protect them.
United Nations The United Nations appeals for nearly $164 million to fund the battle against Haiti's outbreak of cholera as hospitals overflow and space and time run out.
Barack Obama U.S. President Barack Obama's administration announces plans to nominate Joseph Smith to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Smith has been the banks commissioner in North Carolina since 2002.
Germany Leaders from Germany, France and the United Kingdom hold an emergency meeting at the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit after panic selling of Irish debt spreads to Spain and Portugal.
Dublin Zoo Dublin Zoo upsets some people with red hair by offering free entry to young redheads in honour of Orangutan Awareness Week.
Austerity Major Italian cultural attractions are closed as the government plans to cut its culture budget as part of austerity measures.
China A convoy carrying Chinese mine workers is attacked in Cabinda Province, Angola, killing two soldiers.