Protect Armed commandos will be ordered to protect endangered tigers in India's Bandipur and Nagarhole national parks.
Prime Minister Former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou announces that he will resign as head of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.
Republican primaries After her poor showing during the Iowa caucus, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann ends her campaign.
Republican primary candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney wins the 2012 Iowa Caucus, with candidate and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum behind by eight votes; Congressman Ron Paul had a strong showing in third place.
President The President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner temporarily hands over power to her Vice-President Amado Boudou ahead of surgery for thyroid cancer.
Mexican Mexican drug cartel kingpin Benjamín Arellano Félix pleads guilty to racketeering and conspiracy to launder money in the United States.
Life imprisonment Gary Dobson and David Norris are jailed for life for the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence. Dobson is given a minimum of 15 years and two months, and Norris 14 years and three months.
Burma The military-backed civilian government of Burma (Myanmar) marks the anniversary of the country's independence by commuting prison sentences and releasing more than thirty prisoners.
China Air Transport Association The China Air Transport Association advises that Chinese airlines will not pay the carbon costs under the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme.
People's Republic of China At least 16 people die after a bus runs off a bridge in China's Guizhou province.
Southeast region Storms kill seven, with local states of emergency declared in Southeast Region, Brazil.
Nigeria Two bombs explode in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri with the Boko Haram movement believed to be responsible.