Kevin Foley Embattled Kevin Foley resigns as deputy premier and treasurer of South Australia but insists on maintaining his defense portfolio.
Russia Russian billionaire Ashot Egiazaryan, facing charges of financial crimes, flees to the United States claiming persecution.
Youngstown, Ohio One student is killed and 11 injured following shootings at a party in Youngstown, Ohio. Two men are later arrested in connection with the incident.
Three American hikers The trial of three American hikers Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal on espionage charges begin today in Iran.
Anat Kamm 24-year-old Anat Kamm, a former soldier of Israel, signs a plea bargain to plead guilty in Tel Aviv District Court to a lesser charge of leaking more than 2,000 secret military documents to the "Haaretz" newspaper; she may be jailed for 15 years. "Haaretz" reported a possibly-illegal Israeli assassination operation against Palestinians in the West Bank; her lawyer says she "believed she stumbled onto evidence of war crimes".
European Union The European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton expresses what she believes is the even more crucial need for progress in peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians due to events in Egypt and other countries.
Middle East Quartet Palestinian leaders express disappointment at the refusal of the Middle East Quartet — United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia — to hear their call for unilateral statehood and failure to take a strong stance on Israel's settlement construction at its February 5 meeting in Munich.
Australia Bushfires threaten the suburbs of Brigadoon, Baskerville, Willendon, Red Hill and Herne Hill in Perth, Western Australia.
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Police on Easter Island evict indigenous protesters battling for ancestral lands and a larger share of tourist revenues from the grounds of a luxury hotel.
United Nations A United Nations World Heritage Site is damaged and collapses due to a dispute between Cambodia and Thailand.
Indian Navy The Indian Navy captures 28 suspected Somali pirates on a Thai fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean.
President The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai says that a transfer of security authority from international to Afghan forces will begin on March 21.
Mutiny At least 50 people have died in a mutiny of the Sudan People's Armed Forces in southern Sudan.
Indian Army The Indian Army insists it is to inquire "on its own" the death of a man in Kashmir, allegedly killed in an army ambush. His family says he was snatched from his home before being shot.
Israel Israeli soldiers have shot three Palestinians, two while they collected gravel from destroyed homes in Gaza, and another while he worked in the northern Gaza Strip.
Recent unrest Tunisia's interior minister suspends activities of the former ruling party Constitutional Democratic Rally.
Police in Tunisia kill at least two people during a protest in the northwestern town of El Kef demanding the resignation of a police chief - crowds retaliate by burning the police station.
Images emerge on YouTube of a man being shot at close range, possibly by police, in Cairo - Alexandria; his condition is unknown.
Human Rights Watch expresses increased concerns at the continuing targeting by the Egyptian authorities of journalists, human rights defenders, and youth activists, while another Al Jazeera reporter is arrested.
Protestors express anger at the governments of France, Israel and the United States due to their support of the thirty-year Mubarak dictatorship.
People demonstrate against the Mubarak regime for the thirteenth consecutive day, dubbed the "Day of Martyrs" in memory of those killed.