Saeb Erekat Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organization, resigns after the Palestine Papers were found to have been leaked from his office.
People's Republic of China The Chinese railway minister Liu Zhijun is placed under investigation for "serious disciplinary violations".
Miscarriage of justice Tammy Marquardt's 1995 conviction for the murder of her 2-year-old epileptic son is quashed by the Ontario Court of Appeal, remedying a miscarriage of justice in Canada.
Arrest warrant A Pakistani court issues an arrest warrant for former President Pervez Musharraf, alleging his involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Yakama Indian Reservation A fire destroys 20 homes on the Yakama Indian Reservation in the US state of Washington.
Nigerian president At least eleven people are killed during an election rally for the President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan in Port Harcourt.
Julie Andrews Julie Andrews, Roy Haynes, Juilliard String Quartet, the Kingston Trio, Dolly Parton, The Ramones and George Beverly Shea win Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Egyptian Museum The extent of looting of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian protests is worse than previously announced.
Turkey Turkey releases its inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid, finding Israel violated international law and used "excessive, indiscriminate and disproportionate force" during the attack.
Government The Government of Italy declares a humanitarian emergency after thousands of Tunisian immigrants land on the small island of Lampedusa.
Kandahar An attack on police headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan, kills 16 officers and 3 civilians, and injures 53 others.
Mehbooba Mufti Mehbooba Mufti, People's Democratic Party (PDP) president, criticises the Jammu and Kashmir government for "dismissing the Kashmiri youth who led the summer unrest" as drug addicts and people from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, saying the situation is akin to Egypt and announcing protest demonstrations for 14 February.
2011 Yemeni protests Yemen's government offers its "respect" for the choice of the Egyptian people to protest and force the resignation of Hosni Mubarak.
The United States lifts its ban on freight flights from the country after finding Yemen to have sufficiently developed its airport security measures and that there would be "no problems with resuming cargo flights from Yemen anymore".
Yemeni police use clubs to beat those protesting against the Saleh regime, leaving Yemen's ally, the United States, in a "delicate position".
Demonstrators also attempt to celebrate yesterday's resignation of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak, brought down by an 18-day popular revolution, but police clamp down on the celebrations.
Anti-government protesters march towards Sana'a University, chanting slogans such as "Get out, Get out Ali" and "The people want the regime to fall."
Thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Sana'a calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country since 1978.
2010-2011 Algerian protests A peaceful protest occurs at the initiative of the National Coordination for Change and Democracy in Algeria in Paris against Algerian police brutality, forced disappearances and the state of emergency that the regime has imposed upon the country.
A demonstration occurs from the streets of Montreal in Canada to the front of the Algerian consulate as people, including many Tunisians and Egyptians, join international calls for Abdelaziz Bouteflika's resignation.
The opposition says approximately 5,000 people took part in today's attempt to bring down the Bouteflika regime.
The Algerian government shuts down the internet as tear gas and plastic bullets are deployed and journalists, especially those seen with cameras, targeted by state-sponsored thugs.
Algerian police and security forces attempt to prevent the people from participating in the illegal march for democracy and change in Algiers.
Thousands of people, inspired by the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, take to the streets of Algiers to protest against their own regime and to call for the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.