Deputy minister of internal affairs Former Ukrainian interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko is sentenced to fours year in jail for embezzlement and abuse of office.
Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard wins a leadership ballot in the Australian Labor Party, defeating former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Child murders Three students are killed and two injured in a shooting at Chardon High School in the US state of Ohio.
Conspiracy to hack mobile phones News International phone hacking scandal: Singer Charlotte Church and her parents agree damages and costs of £600,000 (US$950,000) with Rupert Murdoch's News Group, publishers of the defunct "News of the World".
WikiLeaks WikiLeaks begins disclosing 5 million e-mails from the private intelligence company Stratfor.
Argentina Argentina turns away two cruise ships from the port of Ushuaia – P&O Cruises "Adonia" and Princess Cruises' "Star Princess" – because the ships had earlier visited the Falkland Islands.
Government A report by the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation claims that the Japanese government considered the evacuation of Tokyo during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Transportation Safety Board The Transportation Safety Board of Canada begins its investigation into the Burlington train derailment.
Costa Allegra The "Costa Allegra" cruise ship is left adrift in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles following an engine room fire.
Wales A farming alert is issued in Wales as an outbreak of Schmallenberg virus affects livestock in at least 74 farms in England.
East Africa East Africa's high-speed internet access is severely damaged by a ship dropping its anchor onto the fibre-optic cables of the TEAMS and EASSy cable systems off the coast of Mombasa, Kenya.
Astrakhan A section of a nine-story apartment building in the city of Astrakhan, Russia, collapses in a natural gas explosion, injuring at least 12 people with 11 people missing
Yahoo Internet portal company Yahoo warns social network company Facebook that it believes Facebook has infringed on several Yahoo patents, between 10 and 20.
Bradley Manning Jailed U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning, U.S. political scientist Gene Sharp and news network Al Jazeera are among those known to have been nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
125 civilians are killed nationwide by the Syrian army, included 64 people reportedly summarily executed after being caught trying to flee the city of Homs.
Vladimir Putin An alleged plot to assassinate Vladimir Putin after this year's Russian presidential election is foiled by Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services.
Protests 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests: A suicide car bomber explodes at Jalalabad Airport in Afghanistan, killing nine.