Labour Party Former British Labour MP Eric Illsley is jailed for 12 months for dishonestly claiming parliamentary expenses. The sentence comes on the same day that Jim Devine, another former Labour MP, is convicted of dishonestly claiming £8,385 of expenses by using false invoices for cleaning and printing work.
House of Commons The British House of Commons votes 234-22 against prisoners receiving the right to vote.
People's Republic of China Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng says, in a secretly shot video, that he is still under house arrest after being released from prison.
Indonesia The trial of Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges begins in Jakarta.
India Reuters reports that India and Pakistan have agreed to resume peace talks that were broken off after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
North Korea North Korea reports that it will not conduct further talks with South Korea, citing a perceived lack of seriousness on South Korea's part.
Communist Party of Cuba Cuban Information and Communications Minister Medardo Diaz welcomes the arrival of an undersea fibre-optic cable linking it to Venezuela, which offered to help the island speed up its internet connection after the United States refused.
Snowstorm A snowstorm hits the Southeastern United States and Tennessee Valley with warnings in place across ten states.
Allentown Three people are dead, and two others are missing after a natural gas line rupture and explosion in the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Manx2 A Manx2 flight from Belfast to Cork crashes on landing, killing six and injuring at least another six. It is the deadliest in Irish aviation since 1968.
World Youth Day 2011 World Youth Day 2011 organizers announce Pope Benedict XVI’s schedule of activities for the multi-day event, which will take place Aug. 18-21 in Madrid, Spain.
FARC The FARC organisation releases the first of five hostages promised this week as a gesture of peace to the government in Colombia.
Suicide bomber A suicide bomber attacks a Pakistan Army recruitment centre in northwestern Pakistan causing at least 27 deaths and 40 injuries.
Southern Sudan At least 16 people have been killed the Southern Sudanese state of Jonglei, breaking a ceasefire agreed last month.