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- President Hugo Chávez vows to withdraw Venezuela from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights following its publication of a highly critical report on human rights in the country. (Guardian)
- Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland after a referendum last year supported a ban on minarets and other rows between the two nations. (The Times) (Daily Times of Pakistan) (Taiwan News)
- Defeated Sri Lanka presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka is charged with additional counts in addition to treason in the aftermath of his failed election bid. (The Hindu)
- Turkey's prime minister and president hold talks with the head of the country's armed forces over an investigation into an alleged military coup. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- South Africa announces it has intercepted a ship carrying North Korean arms destined for central Africa, travelling by way of China, in violation of Security Council Resolution 1874. (Wall Street Journal) (Bangkok Post)
- Australia summons the Israeli ambassador to explain why three new suspects over the Dubai killing of a Hamas leader, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, used Australian passports. (BBC)
- Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin makes history as he leads a 10-member delegation to Gaza via Egypt, becoming the first EU Foreign Minister to visit since the 2009 Israeli assault after having previously been refused entry by Israel. He calls on Israel to end the blockade. (The Irish Times) (Arab News) (RTÉ)
- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tours Haiti to monitor the destruction caused by the recent earthquake and meets President René Préval. (Press TV)
- Viktor Yanukovych is sworn in as the as 4th President of Ukraine. (Kyiv Post) (The Moscow Times) (BBC Europe) (CNN)
- A fire at the Garib & Garib Sweater Factory clothes factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh kills at least 18 people and injures more than 50 others. (BBC)
- The chief of Algeria's national police, Ali Tounsi, is fatally shot in his office in a retaliatory murder–suicide. (Press TV) (BBC)
- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) jails Lieut-Col Eprem Setako, the Ministry of Defence's former head of legal affairs, for 25 years after finding him guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. (BBC)
- The Congressional Black Caucus appeals to American President Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders for tougher efforts to reduce racial disparities in the U.S. health system, saying there are four critical areas not addressed by Obama's plan. (Politico)
- Filming on the set of Coronation Street is suspended as actors and fans gather at Salford Cathedral to celebrate the life of veteran actress Maggie Jones (Blanche Hunt). (BBC)
- Odeon dispute with Disney: The boycott of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is reversed. (BBC)
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- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and the main Darfur rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement, sign a ceasefire deal. (CNN) (Xinhua) (BBC)
- Former Irish Green Party leader Trevor Sargent resigns as Minister of State (with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture) after admitting "an error of judgment" involving his contacts with the Garda Síochána. (RTÉ) (The Irish Times)
- Assassination of Hamas official in Dubai:
- A United Nations report says mobile phones are used by around 4.6 billion in total or two-thirds of the world population, including more than half of people in the developing world. (Digital Trends) (Globe and Mail)
- China increases controls on the internet, requiring anyone who wishes to set up a website to produce identification and meet regulators. (BBC) (China Daily)
- Mauritania recalls its ambassador from Mali after the latter released four members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. (BBC) (Reuters South Africa)
- Iranian authorities arrest the leader of the Jundullah, Abdolmalek Rigi, a Sunni militant organisation based in southeastern Iran. (Press TV) (CNN)
- At least five people are killed and dozens buried in a landslide near Bandung in West Java, Indonesia. (BBC) (Jakarta Post) (New Straits Times)
- A 250lb car bomb explodes outside a courthouse in Newry, Northern Ireland, the first such bomb to explode in the area since 2000. (BBC)
- Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen carries out a major cabinet reshuffling, bringing in female ministers in charge of Defence and Foreign Affairs, the first in Denmark's history. (Copenhagen Post)
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- Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez almost come to blows at the Rio Group summit in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with Uribe taunting Chávez "Be a man! … you're a coward face-to-face! Stay and argue face-to-face!" and Chávez responding with a simple "Go to Hell!" (La Vanguardia) (Telegraph) The Summit also announces the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. (BBC)
- Israel pays $10.5 million in compensation to the United Nations for U.N. buildings damaged during the Gaza War. (Amnesty International')
- American pediatrician from Delaware state, Dr. Earl Bradley, 56, is indicted by video evidence on 471 felony counts in the alleged rape and sexual abuse of 103 children. (CNN)(ABC)
- Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute:
- China throws a surprise 86th birthday party for President Robert Mugabe in its Zimbabwe embassy in Harare, the first time Mugabe visited a foreign embassy in the country since Zimbabwe won independence in 1980. (Reuters)
- Foreign ministers from the European Union meet in Brussels and "strongly condemn" the use of forged passports from various European countries in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. (RTÉ) (BBC)
- Afghanistan's government condemns a NATO air strike on a convoy of vehicles in Uruzgan province, in the south of the country, which killed at least 27 civilians. (BBC)
- Conference of the German Bishops chairman Archbishop Robert Zollitsch formally apologises to those who went through sexual abuse as children after fresh controversy surrounding the issue at the beginning of this year. (Deutsche Welle) (RTÉ) (Taiwan News)
- Swiss businessman Max Goeldi, who hid in the Swiss embassy in Libya for 19 months during a diplomatic argument, is taken away in handcuffs and thrown into jail while his colleague Rachid Hamdani is deported. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Reuters)(The Daily Telegraph)
- The European Union and Germany deny a report of a 20-25 billion euro (£22 billion) aid plan for Greece, and Athens pledge again to take new steps if needed to keep tough deficit-cutting plans on target. (Reuters)
- A strike by thousands of pilots at Lufthansa, one of the world's largest airlines, is suspended with negotiations expected to resume. (BBC)
- Odeon cinemas in Ireland, Italy and the UK confirm their intention to boycott Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland in a dispute with Disney. (BBC) (Digital Spy) (news.com.au) (Sky News)
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