Rutte cabinet The Rutte cabinet, the minority cabinet of the Netherlands, collapses after partner Party for Freedom suspends its support.
6th Summit of the Americas The U.S. Secret Service dismisses three more employees over the prostitution scandal involving U.S. agents at last weekend's 6th Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
Japan Japan agrees to write off more than US$3.7 billion of debt owed by Burma and to resume development aid.
Head-on collision Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, west of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, injuring at least 117, with 56 serious injuries.
Arab Spring Three people are killed during a flare of fresh fighting in the Libyan desert town of Kufra overnight.
FIA president Jean Todt dismisses concerns about the reputation of Formula 1 following week-long damaging headlines and calls for a boycott over its support of the regime.
The Bahraini regime presses ahead with its plans to use the Formula 1 Grand Prix as a symbol of national unity.
The regime stifles coverage of demonstrations against its rule by denying entry to journalists from news organisations including Sky, which holds the UK TV rights to air the controversial Formula 1 Grand Prix, as well as CNN, Reuters and the "Financial Times".
Demonstrators against the regime flood a main highway in a march stretching for miles as Bahrain's rulers struggle to contain opposition anger ahead of the Formula 1 Grand Prix.