Robert Spitzer Retired American psychiatrist Robert Spitzer apologises for his "fatally flawed" study, published in 2001, which falsely lent credence to the myth that gay people could be "cured".
Chen Guangcheng Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife and children arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, after boarding a flight from Beijing.
NATO Three protesters are arrested in a police raid ahead of this weekend's 60-nation NATO summit in the U.S. city of Chicago.
At least two people are killed and 17 others are injured when a rally car plows through a crowd of spectators in the Var region of southern France.
Richard Dawkins Ethologist, evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins announces his support for British education secretary Michael Gove's plan to send free King James Bibles to every state school.
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka marks the third anniversary of the end of its 26-year civil war with a large military parade in Colombo.
Suicide bombing A suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in the eastern Afghan province of Khost kills 10 people, including a number of police officers.
Explodes A bomb, made of three gas cylinders, explodes in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing a 16-year-old female student.