United States Senate The United States Senate votes in favor of extending the payroll tax cut for two months.
Asylum seeker A boat carrying 380 asylum seekers en route from Indonesia to Australia sinks off the coast of Java with hundreds of people missing.
Flash floods Flash floods triggered by Tropical Storm Washi kill at least 400 people in the Philippines with hundreds more missing.
Egyptian Army Egyptian Army soldiers beat protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square in a second day of clashes which have resulted in 10 deaths and hundreds injured.