Dominican Republic Voters in the Dominican Republic go to the polls for a presidential election with early results showing Danilo Medina as the winner.
Pan-Green Pan-Green protesters pelt eggs at a poster of Ma Ying-jeou as Ma is sworn in for a second term as the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), after winning the presidential election in January.
Jieyang Two women in Jieyang, Guangdong, PRC, are executed for counterfeiting nearly 300 million yuan RMB.
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Yukiya Amano heads for Tehran to convince the Iranian government to co-operate with the agency.
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, dies at his home in the Libyan capital of Tripoli at the age of 60.
Benjamin Netanyahu Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells his cabinet that hundreds of thousands of iIllegal immigrants from Africa would threaten Israel's identity.
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake At least 6 people are killed and dozens injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.
Bahraini uprising (2011–present) Bahraini uprising: Jailed Bahrain Centre for Human Rights head Nabeel Rajab is granted $800 bail with a travel ban for a charge of "insulting an official authority", though according to his lawyer he is still locked up on a second charge.
Syrian uprising (2011–present) Syrian uprising: A roadside bomb explodes near a United Nations convoy in the Syrian capital of Damascus, in the district of Douma.