Three Gorges Dam The Government of the People's Republic of China acknowledges that there are "urgent problems" associated with the country's Three Gorges Dam project, as it is linked to soil erosion, earthquakes, drought and social upheaval.
Santiago Tens of thousands of people protest in Santiago, Chile about plans to build two dams on wild rivers in southern Patagonia with an minority of people turning violent.
2011 Spanish protests The 2011 Spanish protests continue in the Puerta del Sol in central Madrid, despite a ruling by Spain's electoral board that it should end by the weekend.
International Monetary Fund Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is released from Rikers Island to electronically-monitored house arrest in the US state of New York, having been held on rape charges.
California State Prison, Sacramento Two prisoners are injured in a riot at California State Prison, Sacramento.
Parole A parole decision on the former Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, is delayed because of the prospect that he could face federal government corruption charges.
Footballer A footballer who took out a superinjunction to stop the publication of details of an extra-marital affair, obtains a disclosure order against Twitter to learn the identities of people who have published confidential information on the website.
Superinjunctions A report by senior judges in England and Wales has concluded that the media should have the chance to contest applications for injunctions and "superinjunctions" before they are granted, and that these should only be issued in exceptional circumstances.
United Kingdom Former United Kingdom Labour Party MP Elliot Morley is jailed for 16 months for dishonestly claiming more than £30,000 in parliamentary expenses.
Barack Obama President Barack Obama meets with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, during which Netanyahu emphasizes that Israel would not make a full withdraw to the pre-1967 borders as Obama requested yesterday, because these borders are "not defensible".
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Japan agrees to join an international child custody agreement under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
Georgia Georgia becomes the first country to recognize the 19th-century Russian military campaign against the Circassians in the northwest Caucasus as a "genocide".
Mississippi River Travel on the Mississippi River is closed for five miles near the US city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana due to flooding.
Fiji A disaster alert is issued for Fiji, after giant waves triggered by a deep pressure system in the Southern Ocean hit the Coral Coast.
TMX Group The TMX Group, parent corporation of the Toronto Stock Exchange, rejects an acquisition offer from a consortium of Canadian banks, opening the way to an expected deal with the London Stock Exchange.
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund approves a 26 billion euro loan to Portugal as part of a joint bailout package with the European Union to try to resolve the European sovereign debt crisis.
TEPCO The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announces its financial results, with a 1 trillion Japanese yen loss predicted due to the Fukushima I nuclear accidents and the resignation of Masataka Shimizu as president of the utility following Japan's highest-ever annual loss.
Claude Choules Claude Choules, the last person alive to have fought in World War I, is buried in the West Australian port of Fremantle, having died aged 110 on 5 May.
Pakistan At least one person is killed and ten people injured following an explosion in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, with a United States consular convoy targeted by the Pakistani Taliban.
Civil war The Government of France claims that four French nationals held in Libya since May 11 will be released.
The family of Anton Hammerl, a South African journalist missing in Libya since 5 April 2011, claim that he was shot by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
Syrian uprising Human Rights Watch calls on the Lebanese government to grant asylum to people fleeing from Syria.
Syria Syrian security forces fire into crowds of demonstrators, as thousands protest across the country after Friday prayers.