Banda Aceh Thousands of demonstrators rally in Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province, in support of local leaders' bid to adopt a separatist flag as the staunchly Islamic province's official emblem.
Jackson In Jackson, Mississippi, Jeremy Powell, 23, a suspect in the stabbing death of a 20-year-old male, and Eric Smith, a Jackson Police Department homicide detective, who had been conducting the police interview with Powell, are found dead in a 3rd floor room of the department, according to Jackson Police Chief Rebecca Coleman.
Guinea-Bissau Former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau and suspected drug kingpin, Bubo Na Tchuto, is arrested in a United States-led sting operation off the coast of West Africa.
Mick Philpott Mick Philpott is sentenced to life imprisonment and his wife and a family friend, Paul Mosley, are sentenced to 17 years for the Allenton house fire manslaughter of their six children.
Greater Manchester Police The Greater Manchester Police becomes the first force in the United Kingdom to record attacks on members of subcultures, such as goths and emos, as hate crime.
Egypt Egypt intercepts a Togolese flagged ship carrying a large arsenal of weapons. It is believed the ship was headed to Iran.
2013 Korean crisis The United States announces its intent to cool down its rhetoric towards North Korea.
South Korea Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin says the country is ready for possible military action, as the Kaesong industrial complex blockade enters its second day.
The United States announces that it is moving an advanced missile defence system to the Pacific island of Guam in response to North Korean threats.
South Korean sources say a North Korean medium range missile has been moved to the eastern coast and that it may be ready for testing or for attacking Japan or Guam.
United States A group of American scientists at Washington University announce in a study published in the journal "Neuron" that they have identified a number of genetic markers that are associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
H7N9 The death toll from the recently discovered H7N9 bird flu rises to six. China begin slaughtering birds in hopes of containing the disease.
Grozny One of the Grozny-City Towers, the tallest building in Chechnya, Russia, is damaged in a large fire.
2013 Argentina floods 2013 Argentina floods: The death toll of the floods in Argentina reaches 59, with more than 1500 displaced.
2013 Thane building collapse 2013 Thane building collapse: At least 46 people are killed when an illegally constructed building collapses in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane, India.
CEO Ex-CEO of Enron Jeffrey Skilling is in talks with federal prosecutors to discuss a reduction in his sentence.
Rio Tinto Mining giant Rio Tinto, continuing a program of asset divestment, asks Macquarie Group to find a buyer for its interest in the Australian Northparkes copper and gold mine.
United States American Pulitzer Prize-winning film reviewer Roger Ebert dies at the age of 70 following a battle with cancer which initially cost him his voice.
Sectarian violence Uganda's military orders army units hunting for Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic to return to their bases, following political instability in the CAR. Meanwhile the United States has offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to his capture.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma announces full withdrawal from the Central African Republic after criticism over death of 13 soldiers during the fall of the government there.
State of Palestine A Palestinian, Naji Balbisi, dies from injuries he suffered during a clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, a day after his cousin, Amer al-Najjar, died in the clashes after they tried to firebomb a checkpoint.
TTP The Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for a grenade attack on a vehicle which killed four security officers and wounded seven others in Karachi.
NATO An airstrike conducted by NATO kills at least five people in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni.