Nomination At a Republican party presidential primary debate, US Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich say they would go to war to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy to make way for an emergency government to address the country's economic crisis; thousands of Italians celebrate his departure in street demonstrations.
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutors at the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon set up to prosecute the killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri ask judges to defer a decision to hold a trial "in absentia" for four Hezbollah members indicted in Hariri's assassination.
U.S. Secretary of State United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demands that Iran respond soon to the "serious concerns" raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency report that Iran appeared to be working on nuclear bomb technology.
Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa sign an accord to develop a mega-hydroelectric plant on the Congo River to address their nations' growing energy needs.
APEC United States 2011 APEC United States 2011: The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit gets underway in the US city of Honolulu.
Islamic terrorist A suspected Islamist attacker kills seven people in the southern Kazakh city of Taraz before blowing himself up.
Two massive explosions Two massive explosions occur at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot western of the Iranian capital, Tehran; at least 17 people, including a senior commander, are killed according to Iranian state media. Mossad assumed responsible.
Laghman Province Nine civilians are killed by a bomb explosion on a bus in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan in a suspected Taliban attack.
Syrian uprising Reuters reports that crowds have attacked the Saudi Arabian embassy in Damascus and the French and Turkish consulates in Latakia.
The Arab League votes to suspend Syria over its violent suppression of the Syrian uprising, pledging new sanctions and urging member states to withdraw ambassadors from Damascus.