Qatar Voters in Qatar go to the polls for municipal elections, with women allowed to vote for the first time.
Indiana Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels cuts government funding for Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions.
Prime Minister British Prime Minister David Cameron rejects suggestions that the government is considering allowing wealthy students to pay for extra university places after one of his ministers had earlier refused to rule the idea out.
David Laws Former British Treasury minister David Laws is found guilty of breaking six rules over his parliamentary expense claims.
Welsh Labour Party Welsh Labour Party leader Carwyn Jones confirms that Labour will form a one-party government after winning 30 of the 60 Welsh Assembly seats in last week's election, but also states that it will continue to talk to other parties.
Max Mosley Former motorsports executive Max Mosley loses his European Court of Human Rights bid to force newspapers to warn people before exposing aspects of their private lives.
Press Complaints Commission The British Press Complaints Commission has ruled that the "Daily Telegraph" breached rules on the use of subterfuge when it sent reporters to secretly tape Liberal Democrat ministers, including Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable, late last year.
East Timor East Timor rejected Chinese plans to build a radar on its territory in 2007, due to fears it would be used for intelligence purposes, according to Wikileaks.
Flooding Flood levels at Memphis, Tennessee reach 47.87 feet (14.59 meters) the highest level since 1937' when it reached 48.7 feet (14.8 meters).
People's Republic of China China reports that 95% of post-earthquake reconstruction is complete in Sichuan, three years after a deadly earthquake, in a "victory" for the country.
Somalia 54 Somalis fleeing the civil war in Libya drown after their boat sinks off the coast of Tripoli.
People's Republic of China Chineseexports for April reach a record level, attaining a total monthly value of US$155.69 billion.
Google Google launches Google Music, an application that will enable users to upload their music libraries to company servers.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) votes to approve openly gay and lesbian people in same sex relationships to be ordained.
Albert Einstein Immigration papers documenting Albert Einstein's 1933 escape from Nazi Germany and his arrival at Dover, England, are to go on display for the first time, at Liverpool's Merseyside Maritime Museum.
John Lennon The Victorian iron gates of a children's home which inspired John Lennon to write the Beatles hit "Strawberry Fields Forever" have been removed by the property's owners and placed in storage.
Middleton family The Middleton family make a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission after pictures of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and her sister Pippa Middleton in beachwear appear in four newspapers.
Governor of California Former Governor of California and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver announce their separation after 25 years of marriage.
United Nations Four United Nations peacekeepers are shot while on patrol in the disputed Abyei district of Sudan.
CNN CNN reports that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will show the photos of the dead body of Osama bin Laden to members of the United States Congress military and intelligence committees.
Civil war Opposition forces in Libya make gains amid NATO bombing, reportedly operating out of the capital Tripoli.
The European Union imposes sanctions on 13 Syrian officials in response to a violent crackdown on protests in the country.