2012 United States presidential election Republicans in the state of Maine start caucuses which will go on for a week.
Republican Party voters gather in Nevada for the party caucuses with Mitt Romney projected as the winner.
Julius Malema Julius Malema, formerly of the African National Congress Youth League, loses an appeal against a decision by South Africa's ruling African National Congress party to suspend him.
Rally 2011β2012 Russian protests: Over 100,000 people protest for and against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Charlie White Charlie White, the Secretary of State of the US state of Indiana, is convicted of multiple voter fraud related offences.
Mike deGruy Filmmakers Mike deGruy of Santa Barbara, California and Andrew Wight of Victoria die in a helicopter crash in the Australian town of Berry, New South Wales.
Australia Tens of thousands of people are stranded by floods in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
Florence Green Florence Green, the last known veteran from World War I, dies at the age of 110 in the United Kingdom.
Egypt Egypt's tax authority building in Cairo is set alight as protests against the continuation of military rule carry on.
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan estimates that civilian deaths in the war in Afghanistan rose to a record level in 2011 of 3021 with insurgents responsible for most of the deaths.
Arab Spring 2011β2012 Bahraini uprising: An increasing number of anti-government protests take place in Bahrain in the build up to the first anniversary of the start of the protests.
Protesters are also reported to have stormed Syrian embassies in Kuwait, Egypt, Australia, Germany and Greece.
Twelve people are arrested at the Syrian Embassy in London as part of a worldwide protest against the shelling.
The United Nations Security Council votes on an Arab League proposal to resolve problems in Syria with reports of hundreds of people dead in the past couple of days as a result of shelling in Homs - the People's Republic of China and Russia veto the resolution.