Minoru Yanagida Minoru Yanagida resigns as the Japanese Minister of Justice for joking about how easy his job was.
Burma The Burmese embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, grants Aung San Suu Kyi's younger son Kim Aris a visa to see her.
Nigeria Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar is chosen to challenge incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan for the ruling People's Democratic Party nomination in next year's presidential election.
Irish financial crisis Protesters, including TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh, gather in Dublin. Some enter Government Buildings. Protesters are struck with batons while trying to sit down.
Brian Cowen, the Taoiseach, states that he will call an early election once the Oireachtas passes an emergency budget to tackle the financial crisis.
CBC News CBC News leaks a suggestion that Hezbollah may have been responsible for the murder of Rafic Hariri.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Former Vice President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba, goes on trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Somalia Ten Somalis go on trial in Germany for attacking a German ship in the country's first pirate trial in 400 years.
Knesset Israel's parliament passes a bill requiring a special parliamentary majority or a referendum before Israel could relinquish the Golan Heights or east Jerusalem for a peace deal.
Kim Tae-Young South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-Young says the country may consider redeploying U.S. tactical nuclear weapons after the announcement of a new nuclear uranium enrichment plant by North Korea.
Stampede At least 339 people are killed at a stampede during Bon Om Thook (Khmer Water Festival) celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Sichuan Province All 29 Chinese miners trapped in the flooded Batian mine in Sichuan Province are rescued.
Pike River Mine An army robot encounters water and breaks down 550 metres into the Pike River Mine in New Zealand where 29 miners are missing, but drilling of a shaft continues to allow air sampling.