Abdollah Jassbi Abdollah Jassbi resigns as President of Islamic Azad University after near thirty years in position.
Vietnam Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng orders an investigation into a guerrilla-style standoff with farmers who laid land mines and firing improvised shotguns amid a land eviction.
Kim Jong-nam Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, predicts the regime will fall if reforms are not made soon.
Crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China Crackdown on dissidents in the People's Republic of China: Authorities in China charge dissident Zhu Yufu for "subverting state power".
Port-au-Prince At least 26 people are killed after a truck's brakes fail along a busy street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2011–2012 Yemeni uprising 2011–2012 Yemeni uprising: Vice President Abdurabu Hadi says that presidential and parliamentary elections planned for next month will go ahead.