Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz is nominated as heir apparent of Saudi Arabia.
Major League Baseball Former American Major League Baseball player Roger Clemens is acquitted on all charges in a perjury trial.
Rwanda Rwanda's "gacaca courts", set up to try those responsible for playing a role in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, finish their work.
US President United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discuss the uprising in Syria, Iran, and trade at the summit.
Los Cabos, Baja California Sur The 2012 G-20 summit opens in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, with the Eurozone crisis high on the agenda.
London The largest stockholder of the London-based telecommunications firm Vodafone, institutional investor Orbis, ends its opposition to a planned acquisition by Vodafone of Cable & Wireless Worldwide; the deal now seems certain to go through.
Australian Australian newspaper publisher Fairfax Media announces restructuring plans which will lead to a cut of 1900 jobs.
Radiohead The music world expresses shock at the news of Scott Johnson's death ahead of a Radiohead concert in Canada.
Jack Osbourne It is disclosed that Jack Osbourne has the incurable neurological condition multiple sclerosis (MS).
Pakistan A bomb explodes near a university bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta killing at least two students and injuring more than 35 others.
Shia A suicide attack kills at least fifteen people and wounds forty people at a Shia funeral in Baquba, north of Baghdad.
2011–2012 Yemeni revolution: Yemeni Army commander General Salem Ali Qatan is killed in a suicide attack in the port city of Aden by a man wearing an explosives belt.