David Wu David Wu resigns his seat representing Oregon's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a result of a sex scandal.
Parliament of Iran The Iranian parliament confirms four new ministers including Rostam Ghasemi as Minister of Petroleum.
MPs expenses Luke March, who was charged with investigating the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal, resigns from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority after refusing to name those under suspicion.
Heather Mills Charity campaigner Heather Mills tells the BBC's "Newsnight" that a senior Mirror Group journalist admitted hacking voicemails left for her by Sir Paul McCartney while they were together.
President The former President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, leaves the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to return to Cairo for his trial.
Cybersecurity Computer security firm McAfee uncovers one of the largest series of cyber attacks against the International Olympic Committee, Indian government, the United Nations, the steel industry and defence and security firms.
Bell 412 helicopter Ten people die as a Bell 412 helicopter crashes in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province.
New Zealand More than 26,000 people have permanently left New Zealand's Canterbury Region since the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in February.
John Malone The plans of cable entrepreneur John Malone to purchase book store chain Barnes & Noble may have hit a snag, especially over how to value the B&N eReader, the Nook.
Ethnic Chinese The Chinese Dagong Global Credit Rating downgrades the United States credit rating from A+ to A with a negative outlook.
South Africa South Africa agrees to loan Swaziland 2.5 billion rand (US$368 million) to ease the latter's economic crisis.