Department of Health The UK's Department of Health is to investigate the decision to appoint the broadcaster Sir James Savile as head of a taskforce overseeing the high security Broadmoor Hospital, a facility for the criminally insane, following recent allegations of sexual abuse. He was appointed to the position in the late 1980s.
Syria Syria announces Turkish civilian flights over Syrian territory are banned, days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian flight that was suspected to be carrying illegal cargo.
Los Angeles Residents of Los Angeles watch in awe as U.S. Space Shuttle "Endeavour" inches through the city on a giant trolley, bound for a museum. Hundreds of trees in its path are chopped down.
Federal Trade Commission Reuters reports on the basis of "people familiar with the matter" that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is close to bringing an antitrust lawsuit against Google over its dominance of the search engine market.
Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter's "Abstraktes Bild", painted in 1994 and formerly owned by rock star Eric Clapton, sells for $34 million - an auction record for a work by a living artist.
Insurgency in the North Caucasus Insurgency in the North Caucasus: A Russian army soldier and three Islamic militants die in a skirmish in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.
Mexican drug war Mexican Drug War: The Mexican Army kills Manuel Torres Félix, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Suicide bombing A suicide bombing at a market in the Pakistani town of Darra Adam Khel kills at least 15 people.
Israel In response to multiple rockets being fired across the border, Israel launched four air strikes. Two militants from a Salafist jihadist group are killed and another wounded in the northern Gaza Strip.