GOP's Republican voters in the US state of Washington go to the polls for caucuses, with Mitt Romney winning.
Tajik Authorities in Tajikistan close access to Facebook and sites with material critical of President Emomali Rakhmon.
Iranian legislative election Early returns in the Iranian legislative election show the conservative opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doing well.
Wukan Residents of Wukan in southern China that staged a revolt against officials hold council elections.
Costa Concordia The criminal case associated with the wreck of the "Costa Concordia" starts in Italy.
Egypt Egypt appoints new judges for the trial of 43 non-government organisation workers including six Americans who left earlier in the week.
Guinea 50 people are killed and 27 injured in eastern Guinea after a lorry they were travelling in crashed.
Train crash Two trains crash in the small Polish town of Szczekociny near Zawiercie, with 13 people killed and up to 50 people injured.
Tornadoes The death toll from a tornado outbreak in the US reaches at least 36, with casualties reported in Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia and Ohio.
Australian Australians living in the north-western Sydney suburbs of Richmond, Pitt Town and Grono Point are evacuated as the Nepean-Hawkesbury River system floods after Warragamba Dam overflows.
Republican Guard At least three people are killed in a bombing that targeted a Republican Guard building in Badya, Yemen.
United Nations The United Nations demands that Syria allow in humanitarian aid after a Red Cross relief mission was denied access to Homs yesterday.