Governor of Massachusetts Former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney announces that he will be a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.
Liberal Democrats In a confidential letter to Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, the party's former leader of Liverpool City Council, Warren Bradley, urges Clegg to pull out of the coalition government before the Lib Dems "disappears into the annals of history".
David Cameron British Prime Minister David Cameron is criticised by the University of Oxford for an "incorrect and highly misleading" claim that only one black student was enrolled there in 2009. During a question and answer session on the effect of higher tuition fees on poorer students, Cameron had called the figures "disgraceful". The University says that at least 26 black students started there that year.
President of Yemen The President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh welcomes a proposal by the Gulf Cooperation Council that would see him stand aside for his Vice-President.
Stephen Smith Stephen Smith, the Australian Minister for Defence, orders an investigation into the way women are treated at the Australian Defence Force Academy following recent sexual abuse allegations.
Uganda Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye is arrested after calling for a protest against recent fuel price increases.
Farooque Ahmed Farooque Ahmed is sentenced to 23 years in jail in the US for plotting attacks on the Washington Metro system.
Egypt Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil is sentenced to three years in prison by a military court for criticising the army.
Japan Japan is hit by a magnitude 6.6 aftershock one month after the main earthquake, knocking out power to Fukushima I for nearly an hour.
Government The government of Japan announces plans to evacuate more towns near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant as the crisis continues.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. The President of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. visits the government offices of Fukushima Prefecture and the command centre for the Fukushima I nuclear accidents to apologise.
Japan Over 14,000 people are still missing in Japan, a month after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Highland Capital Highland Capital has brought an adversary proceeding within the U.S. bankruptcy court, New York, in regard to the Lyondell reorganization, against the securities unit of UBS AG for third-party inferenece with a contract between Highland and Lyondell.
Intel Intel announces (former codename "Oak Trail") Atom processor will be in devices beginning in May, especially designed for netbook and tablet devices.
Mexico Mexican businessman Carlos Slim is again the richest man in the world according to the Forbes list of billionaires.
Central African Republic Fighting between rebels and government forces kill 27 people in the Central African Republic.
Civil war 2011 Libyan civil war: Libyan rebels reject an African Union peace plan because it does not include the removal of Gaddafi from Libya.
Laurent Gbagbo Laurent Gbagbo is captured and arrested in Abidjan. Gbagbo has been reportedly taken to the headquarters of Alassane Ouattara. French reports claim he was captured by Ouattara supporters while contradictory reports suggest he was captured by French special forces.
2011 Egyptian revolution The Prime Minister of Egypt Essam Sharaf apologises for violence against the protesters in Tahrir Square and calls for a judicial investigation.
Students take part in a demonstration at Damascus University to express solidarity with protesters killed in the unrest.