Asylum seeker Asylum seekers at the Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre off the Indian Ocean coast of Western Australia start a hunger strike in protest at their deportation to Malaysia.
People's Republic of China 500,000 people are evacuated in eastern China as Typhoon Muifa approaches.
English English rioters set police cars on fire on the High Road in the London suburb of Tottenham after Metropolitan Police shot Mark Duggan on Thursday.
NATO A NATO Chinook helicopter crashes in the Sayd Abad district of Afghanistan's Wardak province after being shot down by the Taliban with 37 deaths.
Saudi Arabia Police in Saudi Arabia shoot dead a gunman who fired at the palace of Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud in Jeddah.
2011 Syrian uprising 2011 Syrian uprising: The Gulf Co-operation Council urges an end to the "bloodshed" in Syria, and calls for reforms.