Altitude A new study suggests that altitude plays a role in language evolution, explaining why ejective sounds are more popular in languages of high-altitude regions.
Harminder Dua Harminder Dua announces the discovery of a new layer in the human cornea, dubbed "'Dua's layer"'.
Anti-government protests 2013 protests in Turkey: The Turkish government offers to put the development project that sparked the initial protests to a public vote.
Tunisia A Tunisian court sentences two French and one German members of the FEMEN movement to four months in jail for protesting topless.
AIDS A study finds that taking the AIDS drug tenofovir greatly reduces the risk of HIV infection among intravenous drug users.
Apollo Tyres India's Apollo Tyres announces that it will acquire US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Company for $2.5 billion.
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert W. Fogel dies at age 86.
Jiroemon Kimura Jiroemon Kimura, who had been the world's oldest living person and the verified longest lived man ever, dies in the Japanese city of Kyōtango.
Greece The government of Greece shuts down the public radio and television broadcaster ERT, calling it a "haven of waste".
Scottish Gunmen kidnap a Scottish man working for a British energy company in the Indonesian province of Aceh.