CI1 A possible discovery of extraterrestrial life forms in samples of CI1 meteorites is reported in the "Journal of Cosmology" by Richard B. Hoover.
ABC News ABC News reports that President Barack Obama will nominate the United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke as the next United States ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
U.S. President President of the United States Barack Obama lifts a two year freeze on the Combatant Status Review Tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Senate United States Senator John Ensign announces that he will not stand in the 2012 Senate elections in Nevada.
Seiji Maehara Seiji Maehara resigns as Foreign Minister of Japan after becoming involved in an illegal political donation scandal.
Egypt A new cabinet of Egypt is sworn in by the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
President Former President of France Jacques Chirac faces charges that related to alleged use of Paris city government resources to benefit his Rally for the Republic party while serving as Mayor of Paris.
Zimbabwe A court in Zimbabwe frees 38 people detained for weeks on charges of attempting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, after they watched videos of the Arab Spring.
Robert Gates Robert Gates, the United States Secretary of Defense, arrives in Afghanistan to meet with the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai.
Yang Yang Jiechi, the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, warns the United States that relations between China and the US will deteriorate if it sells weapons to Taiwan.
Earthquake A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
State of emergency The state of emergency put in place after the 2011 Canterbury earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, is extended.
Laurent Gbagbo Laurent Gbagbo, the President of Ivory Coast, nationalises the coffee and cocoa industries which are the Ivory Coast's two biggest crops.
Australia Australia's Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, says that the government's plans to impose a carbon tax, part of a phase-in of an emissions trading program, will impact less than 1,000 companies.
New York Times The "New York Times" reports that French luxury group LVMH will take control of Italy's Bulgari in an all-share deal.
Warner Bros. Television Warner Bros. Television sacks actor Charlie Sheen from the cast of television show "Two and a Half Men".
Picasso Pablo Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust", the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, goes on public exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London, England.
Kidnapping Twenty-three oil workers are kidnapped in eastern Colombia with FARC rebels the most likely suspects.
Violence committed in the aftermath Rebel forces seize a third town in western Ivory Coast from government forces.
2011 Yemeni protests Protesters in the central jail of the Yemeni capital Sana'a take part in anti-Saleh demonstrations, where warning shots are fired.
Libyan Civil War The Arab media reports that Muammar Gaddafi sent envoys to Benghazi to negotiate terms for his withdrawal from power but the terms are rejected.