National Union of Teachers Members of the United Kingdom's two main teaching unions, the National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have voted to take industrial action over changes to their pensions. They are first expected to walk out on 30 June. Other public sector workers may join them on that day.
David Cameron British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced major changes to plans for reforms of the NHS in England saying that the government has made mistakes, but he insists it has not made "a humiliating U-turn".
Amazon basin Another land campaigner is shot dead in Brazil's Amazon basin with five activists shot dead in the past month.
Facebook In the first case of its kind to be heard in the United Kingdom, a former juror who admitted contacting a defendant via Facebook has been convicted of contempt of court.
Nepal The United Nations declares Nepal free of land mine fields after the last remaining land mine is destroyed.
Sierra Vista Small communities near the US town of Sierra Vista, Arizona are evacuated due to a wildfire that started in Coronado National Memorial.
E. coli blamed for 46 deaths The first child dies during the 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak in Germany with a total of 36 deaths in Germany and one in Sweden.
2011 Christchurch earthquake An elderly man dies following aftershocks to the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, with additional buildings to be demolished.
Nabro Volcano Airspace restrictions are in place in East Africa after the Nabro Volcano erupts in Eritrea.
Air Canada Air Canada services face disruption as customer service agents affiliated with the Canadian Auto Workers start a strike.
Gaza Gaza's unemployment rate was among the world's highest, at 45.2% in late 2010 according to the UN.
Che Guevara A new diary by Che Guevara of his time fighting in the Cuban Revolution between 1956 and 1958 is published.
Pakistan Pakistan's Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence has arrested Central Intelligence Agency informants who contributed to the raid on Osama bin Laden.
National Transitional Council Canada recognises the rebel National Transitional Council of Libya as the country's legitimate government with the Canadian House of Commons voting to extend its mission in Libya by three and a half months.
"Time" reports that a Federal Grand Jury is investigating claims of war crimes and torture by the US Central Intelligence Agency at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003.