National Institutes of Health The US National Institutes of Health places a temporary moratorium on new studies using chimpanzees in response to a report that claims nearly all medical research on the animals is scientifically unjustified.
United States Senate Negotiators from the United States Senate and House of Representatives reach a budget agreement.
Feltham and Heston by-election A by-election is held in the UK constituency of Feltham and Heston following the death of Labour's Alan Keen.
France A French court convicts Venezuela-born terrorist Carlos the Jackal of organising four deadly attacks in the 1980s.
The Sun Former editor of "The Sun" and the "News of the World" Piers Morgan is called to give evidence before the Leveson Inquiry, and will appear next week.
French President Former President of France Jacques Chirac is found guilty of embezzlement and violating trust due to his hiring members of his party to fill non-existent jobs while Mayor of Paris.
United Nations The United Nations calls for the protection of LGBT rights worldwide, in its first report on the issue.
Bahrain Police in Bahrain detain prominent blogger Zainab Alkhawaja during a protest near the capital Manama.
United States The United States flag is lowered in Baghdad marking the end of U.S. military operations in Iraq after eight years of the Iraq War.