Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called "underwear bomber", is sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to detonate a bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in the US city of Detroit, Michigan.
German German prosecutors ask the Bundestag to lift the immunity from prosecution of President Christian Wulff over corruption claims.
Chris Huhne Chris Huhne, former UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, appears in court to face charges of perverting the course of justice together with his ex-wife, regarding a traffic violation.
South Korea South Korean silicon chip maker Hynix Semiconductor claims that a US court has rejected an antitrust claim against it by Rambus Inc.
Ecuador The highest court in Ecuador upholds a criminal libel verdict favoring the President Rafael Correa including prison sentences for three executives and a columnist for the opposition newspaper "El Universo".
Olympus Former President of Olympus Corporation Tsuyoshi Kikukawa is arrested in relation to the Olympus scandal along with two other former senior executives.
Syrian uprising 2011–2012 Syrian uprising: The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly votes in favour of an Arab sponsored resolution condemning human rights violations by the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad.
Deadly prison fire Senior prison officials are suspended and an investigation is opened into the cause of a deadly prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras, in which over 350 inmates died.
Pulitzer Prize Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid dies suddenly at age 43 of an acute asthma attack.
United States A United States drone attack kills five militants in the Pakistani town of Spalga in north Waziristan.