President The President of Serbia Boris Tadić announces his resignation to pave the way for early presidential elections.
Venezuela A Venezuelan state legislator Juan Carlos Figarella dies after being shot in an apparent robbery on Monday.
New Orleans Police Department Former New Orleans Police Department officers are sentenced to decades in jail for shooting civilians after Hurricane Katrina, and a subsequent coverup.
United States Marine Corps The first deployment of US Marines arrives in the Australian city of Darwin, Northern Territory.
Northern England As many as 50,000 homes in northern England are hit by a power blackout after heavy winds, snow and ice bring down electricity cables.
German German Nobel laureate Günter Grass's poem, that accuses Israel of plotting to "wipe out" Iran, generates controversy.
Suicide bomber A suicide bomber kills at least 12 people and injures many more in Afghanistan's Faryab province.
2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict 2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict: The Sudan People's Liberation Army says it shot down a Sudanese MiG-29 jet fighter in South Sudan's Unity state.