2012 presidential election Campaigning ahead of Sunday's French presidential election enters its final day.
Economic Community of West African States The Economic Community of West African States condemns the election plan of the military junta which seized power in Guinea-Bissau.
Mali Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure arrives in Senegal after being ousted in a military coup.
Marcus Robinson Marcus Robinson, due to have been executed in 2007, is ordered off death row after North Carolina Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks rules his trial was tainted by racial bias, grounds for cancellation of a death sentence under the state's Racial Justice Act. The judge used controversial statistical evidence of bias to grant the change of sentence.
Tractor trailer More than 40 people are killed and 27 injured when a tractor trailer collides with a bus near Álamo, Veracruz, Mexico.
Crashes 127 people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan.
Disney Studios Disney Studios chairman Rich Ross resigns, less than three years after taking the position.
Benedict XVI To mark Pope Benedict XVI’s 85th birthday, a concert is held in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. The managing director of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig states that playing for the Pope is the pinnacle of the orchestra’s history.
2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: South Sudan announces the withdrawal of troops from Heglig.
Arab Spring At least 18 deaths are reported by Yemen's defence ministry as a result of an army offensive intent on recapturing the capital of Abyan Governorate.
Syrian authorities agree to allow United Nations observers freedom of movement to monitor compliance with a ceasefire.
Police fire sound bombs and tear gas at demonstrators and wound dozens of people with buckshot as reporting restrictions are imposed by the Bahrainese regime.
Security is increased at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain amid continuing demonstrations against the regime.