Egg cell Scientists discover an egg membrane protein, Juno, that facilitates fertilisation in mammals.
Saturn Scientists discover a new moon forming in the outer edge of Saturn's A ring, unofficially called "Peggy".
Soyuz-U A Soyuz-U rocket carrying a new Egyptian communication satellite, EgyptSat-2, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Barry O'Farrell Barry O'Farrell resigns as Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales after giving misleading evidence to the Independent Commission against Corruption.
Yonhap Yonhap news agency reports that the Republic of Korea Coast Guard has been dispatched to rescue a ferry with 476 passengers sinking off the southeastern coast of South Korea with claims that at least four passengers have died and scores are injured. Approximately 280 people remain unaccounted for.
Armoured personnel carrier Six armored personnel carriers belonging to the Ukrainian military are captured by pro-Russian protesters amid rising tensions between the protestors and the military.
Syrian civil war Jordanian warplanes strike a convoy of vehicles as they were trying to enter Jordan from Syria.
Ethiopia Gunmen ambush a bus killing nine people and wounding six others in western Ethiopia near the Sudanese border.