Deputy Prime Minister of Poland Former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland Andrzej Lepper is found dead in what police suspect is a suicide by hanging.
Yingluck Shinawatra Yingluck Shinawatra is officially elected as the Prime Minister of Thailand by the parliament.
Philippine Philippine President Benigno Aquino III meets with rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front leader Al Haj Murad Ibrahim in Tokyo.
Ukrainian Former Prime Minister of Ukraine, and leader of the most numerous opposition party Yulia Tymoshenko is arrested in Kiev.
UNICEF UNICEF calls on Australia not to send 18 asylum seekers who are allegedly unaccompanied minors to Malaysia as part of a people swap.
Typhoon Muifa The People's Republic of China warns residents of Zhejiang province and Shanghai to prepare for the arrival of Typhoon Muifa tomorrow or Sunday, which is expected to be one of the most powerful storms to hit China in recent years.
Burmese Burmese state media say rebels in the northeast of the country killed seven workers from a Chinese-backed hydroelectric power project.
Meng Jianzhu Meng Jianzhu, the Minister for Public Security in the People's Republic of China, orders a clampdown in Xinjiang following recent unrest.
Civil war 2011 Libyan civil war: Rebels claim that a NATO airstrike has killed Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son Khamis but this is later denied.
2011 Syrian uprising Tens of thousands of people again protest across the country, amid a government crackdown.