Venezuela Three Venezuelan hunger strikers are hospitalised after calling for an international probe into alleged human rights abuses by the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez.
Alex Chernov Jurist Alex Chernov is appointed as the next Governor of the Australian state of Victoria.
Georgian Prisoners in the U.S. state of Georgia, in particular inmates of United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, start protesting.
Sudan A ruling party official says that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not stand for re-election.
China's top security official urges ways to "detect conflicts and problems early on" and improve "social management", after small protests took place inspired by events in the Middle East and North Africa.
Bombay High Court The Bombay High Court in India upholds the death sentence for convicted Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Democratic Republic of the Congo A court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sentences an army colonel to 20 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
Tunisia Tunisia asks Saudi Arabia to extradite former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who was ousted in January.
Mali At least thirty people are killed in a stampede at a Mali stadium following a sermon by a leading Muslim imam.
ConAgra ConAgra lays off 234 workers from its Slim Jim manufacturing plant in Garner, North Carolina prior to the closure of the plant.
BP UK based oil giant BP agrees to pay Reliance Industries $7.2 billion for a stake in 23 oil and gas blocks in deep water off India. The two companies will also enter into a joint venture for marketing and sourcing natural gas.
Rock music English rock band Deep Purple will release a record single of the song "Hush" in support of UK Record Store Day which is the third Saturday in April.
South Waziristan A suspected United States missile strike kills four militants in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan.
Unit 731 An excavation begins at the Tokyo site of Unit 731, a covert Imperial Japanese Army biological and chemical warfare site that conducted human experimentation.
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an influential Muslim cleric and the spiritual leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, issues a fatwa ordering the death of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya's representatives to the Arab League, China, India and other countries resign in protest at the violence.
UAE-based Al Arabiya and Qatar-based Al Jazeera reported earlier that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, head of Libya, has left for Brazil or Venezuela.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, warns in a nationally televised address that the protests could develop into a civil war.
The Libyan Air Force launches airstrikes on crowds of protesters. Two civilian helicopters carrying French nationals and two Libyan Mirage jets land in Malta. The Libyan pilots claim that they received orders to bomb protesters, and request political asylum.