Manhattan A Manhattan court stenographer is discovered to have written nonsense instead of actual court transcripts, potentially jeopardizing thirty court cases.
Meningitis A meningitis outbreak has been reported in the greater Los Angeles area, with incidents related to sexual intercourse.
Mali The first possible case is reported in Mali, with the death toll rising in Guinea and Liberia to 90.
Mongolia A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship sinks off the coast of South Korea, with most of the 16 North Korean crew members reported missing.
Tropical low Heavy rainfall from a tropical low causes flooding at Honiara, Solomon Islands, leading to at least 16 deaths and thousands of people being evacuated.
Lafarge The two largest cement manufacturers in the world, Lafarge and Holcim, announce plans for a merger.
Baghdad Attacks in Baghdad and predominantly Sunni Arab areas of northern and western Iraq kill nine people.
Al-Qaeda Suspected Al-Qaeda militants attack an army post in Hadramawt province killing at least eight soldiers and injuring eleven.
Associated Press Two members of the Associated Press are shot by an Afghan wearing a police uniform in Khost. One of them, Pulitzer Prize winner and photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus, is killed. The other is seriously injured.
South Korea South Korea test-fires a new ballistic missile with a range of 500 kilometres and hopes to extend its range to 800 kilometres so that it can reach anywhere in North Korea.