Zimbabwe Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe calls for elections in 2012 to replace the power-sharing government in place since 2008.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Security is increased in the Congolese capital Kinshasa prior to the announcement of results from presidential and parliamentary elections.
Two people are killed Two people are killed at Virginia Tech, formerly the site of the largest mass shooting in US history.
Serial killer British serial killer Robert Black is sentenced to a minimum of 25 years imprisonment for the 1981 murder of Northern Ireland schoolgirl Jennifer Cardy.
Japan The Government of Japan apologizes to Canada over the treatment of Canadian POWs during World War II.
Iran Iranian state television shows footage of a United States Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel drone that its forces claim to have shot down.
Russia Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of sponsoring the opposition in the country, following protests over the outcome of the recent elections.
Philippines Philippines officials claim that the People's Republic of China has executed a Filipino man for drug trafficking despite a plea for clemency from the President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III on humanitarian grounds.
A storm A storm causes damage, flooding and power cuts across the north of the British Isles, particularly Scotland with winds up to 165 mph (264 km-h).
MF Global Former CEO of MF Global, Jon Corzine, testifies to a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives that he doesn't know what happened to the hundreds of millions of dollars of customers' money, supposedly in segregated accounts, that appears to be missing.
People's Republic of China Hundreds of workers continue a strike in southern China for a fifth day amid a labour dispute.
Associated Press An investigation by the Associated Press and German media uncovers a secret prison suspected of having been operated by the Central Intelligence Agency in Bucharest, Romania.