Burma Burmese opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates her first birthday in freedom for more than 10 years.
Parliament of Iran Members of the Parliament of Iran sign a scroll to impeach Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi following the appointment of Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh as deputy foreign minister.
British Six foreigners including two Britons and an American are jailed for lengthy terms in Somalia after the seizure of a plane containing $3.6 million in ransom for pirates.
Vietnamese Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens protest outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi for the third straight week as tensions escalate over disputed areas of the South China Sea.
Heavy flood More than two million people are reported to have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.
Philippines The Philippines commemorates the 150th birth anniversary of José Rizal with the unveiling of the world's tallest statue of him in his hometown of Calamba, Laguna.
Sudan People's Armed Forces Monitors say the northern Sudanese army is massing in South Kordofan, amid fighting with southern-aligned groups in the state.
2011 Spanish protests 2011 Spanish protests: More than 100,000 people, the "indignant", march on Madrid and other Spanish cities to protest government cuts, unemployment and the policies of the European Commission.
NATO NATO confirms it killed civilians in an airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Tripoli, as Gaddafi's forces uses artillery fire to kill rebels and civilians in Misrata.