Venezuelan president The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez returns home after three weeks in Cuba for cancer surgery.
Chilean police Chilean police use water cannon and tear gas to break up a march by thousands of students in the capital Santiago.
Wen Jiabao Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the Dalai Lama is responsible for ongoing self-immolations by Tibetan monks.
Bo Xilai Bo Xilai is replaced as the Communist Party boss in the city of Chongqing by 3rd Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang as a result of an ideological dispute.
Prime minister of New Zealand The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key announces a cut of 2000 positions in the public service.
Illinois Governor Former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich arrives at a US federal prison in Colorado to begin a 14 year sentence on corruption charges.
Government of Papua New Guinea The Government of Papua New Guinea reacts angrily after the new Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr threatens the imposition of sanctions if elections are delayed.
Free trade agreement A free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea comes into effect.
Uganda A Ugandan LGBT rights group files a lawsuit against U.S. minister Scott Lively in connection with his alleged involvement in a campaign to persecute gay people in Uganda.
Prime Minister Government documents reveal then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher was told a senior Merseyside police officer blamed "drunken Liverpool fans" for causing the Hillsborough disaster. Police have since been found to blame.
New Zealand One New Zealand tourist is dead and another missing after a family of six is swept away in a flash flood of the Vaisigano River in the Samoan capital Apia.
A ferry The death toll from the sinking of a ferry in Bangladesh on Tuesday rises to 116 with more people missing.
Tuareg Rebellion 2012 insurgency in northern Mali: 195,000 people flee their homes amid violence in northern Mali between government troops and Tuareg rebels.
Turkish intelligence reports claim that approximately 20,000 Syrian soldiers have deserted from the government forces in less than a month.