Italian Prime Minister Seven-time Prime Minister of Italy Giulio Andreotti dies in Rome at the age of 94 years.
American American singer Lauryn Hill is sentenced to prison for three months after being convicted of tax evasion.
Three women missing Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio, while a 52-year-old man, Ariel Castro, is taken into custody.
United States Air Force U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Krusinski, who was in charge of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, is arrested on charges of sexual assault.
FBI According to the FBI, a terror attack is disrupted when US authorities raid a mobile home in Montevideo, Minnesota, United States.
Germany Germany arrests a 93-year-old, alleged former Auschwitz guard, Hans Lipschis, on charges of murder.
Sweden A new Swedish study published in the journal "Pediatrics" finds that children whose parents suck on their pacifiers have fewer allergies later in life.
Bank of America Bank of America agrees to pay US$1.6 billion to insurer MBIA to settle a long-running dispute between MBIA and two companies Bank of America had since acquired.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam 15 people are killed and another 50 are injured when a bomb detonates at a political rally of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in Kurram Valley, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.
Islamist 13 people die in clashes between Islamist protesters and Bangladesh Police officers in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka and the outlying suburb of Kanchpur.
Syrian civil war A UN official on a Swiss television station says the UN has "concrete" suspicions that the rebels have used Sarin gas. The UN later released a statement in response stressing that it has not reached any official conclusions, and has yet to have acquired proof that either side used chemical weapons.
Rebels shoot down a Syrian Military helicopter in Deir ez-Zor Governorate killing all eight soldiers on board.