Minority government The minority of the Conservative Party of Canada led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper is defeated in a no confidence motion in the House of Commons with an election to be held in early May.
Yassin Noman Yassin Noman, the head of Yemen's opposition coalition, rejects the offers by the President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign by the end of the year.
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Works, Theresa Makone of the MDC, goes into hiding for fear of arrest.
Tibet The Tibetan government in-exile accepts the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics; the parliament is to seek the Tibetan community's opinion.
New Delhi Demonstrators in New Delhi, India, march to the Indian Parliament demanding the government end plans to build a large number of nuclear power plants.
Delroy Grant Delroy Grant, a 53-year-old London taxi driver who was found guilty on a total of 29 charges including indecent assault, burglary and rape committed against 10 elderly people between 1992 and 2009, is sentenced to life imprisonment at Woolwich Crown Court with a recommendation that he should serve at least 27 years in prison before parole can even be considered.
Domonique Ramirez Domonique Ramirez wins a lawsuit against the Miss San Antonio pageant which means she will regain her title and crown, this after being stripped of her title for being "overweight".
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo recalls its ambassador to the Republic of Congo in connection with a raid on President Joseph Kabila's home in Kinshasa.
2011 Burma earthquake The death toll from the 2011 Burma earthquake near the Thailand border reaches at least 75 with the potential for "many more casualties" as dozens of buildings are destroyed.
Japan Japanese officials raise concerns that the core of unit 3 at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant may be damaged.
Japan's National Police Agency states that the official death toll from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami has passed 10,000 with 17,053 missing.
Lead More than 100 people are poisoned by lead from a battery plant built in a residential area in Zhejiang, China.
U.S. The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to hear an appeal from Kodak to an initial unfavorable decision by an administrative judge on Kodak's claim that Research in Motion and Apple have infringed its patents, in connection with wireless devices equipped with digital cameras.
Archaeologist Archaeologist Michael R. Waters and associates report in "Science" that discoveries at the Debra L Friedkin site north of Austin, Texas, may indicate that the Clovis culture was not the first to settle the Americas.
Violence committed in the aftermath West African leaders urge the United Nations to authorise force to remove incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to leave office, from power.
Arab Spring Clashes between anti-government demonstrators and security forces erupt in Bahrain despite a government ban on gatherings.
Rival demonstrations take place in Yemen; President Ali Abdullah Saleh offers to hand over power to a "safe pair of hands".
Pro-Syrian government demonstrators surround the Al-Jazeera offices in Damascus and threaten to burn it to the ground.
Supporters of the Jordanian government clash with anti-government protesters in Amman, resulting in 1 death and over 100 injuries.
Libyan rebels arrest Omar Ahmed Sodani, the man believed responsible for the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984.