Russia Russian leftist protest leader Sergei Udaltsov is charged with plotting "mass disorder" and could face a 10 year prison sentence if convicted.
China China blocks the website of the "New York Times" and searches on social media after it published an investigation into the finances of Premier Wen Jiabao.
Javier Marías Writer Javier Marías rejects the Spanish government's National Novel Prize, awarded for his novel "Los enamoramientos", saying "All my life I have managed to avoid state institutions, regardless of which party was in government, and I have turned down all income from the public purse. I don't want to be seen as an author who is favoured by any particular government."
Suicide bombing A suicide bombing at a mosque in Maymana, Afghanistan, kills at least 41 people and wounds up to 50 others.
Civil war A car bomb explodes in the capital Damascus, killing an unknown number of people and injuring many.
Fighting in Syria continues as the ceasefire agreement mediated by U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to occur during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha begins.
Latest round of sectarian clashes Latest round of sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims kill at least 64 people in western Burma; 3,200 Rohingya have been displaced.