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- Over 300 kg of drugs destroyed in Tibet. (tibet.cn)
- 11 Kurdish, a soldier and three members of a Kurdish militia, part of the security forces, were killed in clashes in southeast Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported. (Khaleej Times)
- Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké, the Grand Marabout, or leader, of the Mouride brotherhood dies in Touba, Senegal. (AP)
- 170 organisations from the state have been invited to vie for the Sarawak Chief Minister’s Environmental Award 2010 to be presented. (thestar)
- Two North Koreans are jailed in South Korea over an assassination plot on a high-ranking North Korean defector, Hwang Jang-yop. (Yonhap) (BBC)
- Somali President Sharif Ahmed joins Somali troops on the front line during battles on the 50th anniversary of the country's independence. (CNN) (BBC)
- Sudan releases Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi after a month and a half in detention for unknown reasons. (Sudan Tribune) (Al Jazeera) (Press TV)
- China's Xinhua launches global 24-hour English TV news. (AP via Yahoo!) (Channel News Asia) (Asia News Network)
- A military court in Iran sentences two officials to death and nine others to fines and floggings for the deaths in custody of three protesters during the 2009-2010 Iranian election protests. (Ynetnews) (Voice of America) (AP)
- Hurricane Alex, the first hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, makes landfall in northeastern Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h), and causes tornadoes that force people into shelters in southern Texas. (National Hurricane Center) (The Australian)
- The Shanghai–Nanjing High-Speed Railway goes into operation; the journey takes 73 minutes with a top-speed of 350km/h. (Shanghai Daily) (Xinhua)
- US Middle East envoy George Mitchell accuses Hamas of “unacceptable and inhuman behavior” with regard to captive soldier Gilad Shalit held in isolation in Gaza for the last four years, and called for his immediate release. (The Jerusalem Post)
- In response to a rocket attack on southern Israel, Israeli airforce jets strike several targets in Gaza overnight, including Yasser Arafat International Airport, a weapons manufacturing facility and an infiltration tunnel into Israel. (The Jerusalem Post) (Xinhua)
- Animal welfare groups sue BP for burning endangered sea turtles and ask the court to stop the controlled burning of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, claiming BP is violating the Endangered Species Act and other laws. (The Australian)
- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurs in southern Mexico near the town of Pinotepa Nacional, shaking buildings as far away as Mexico City but not causing serious damage or casualties. (National Post)
- Fossils discovered at the Franceville site in Gabon in west Africa indicate that multicellular life on Earth began at least 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought. (The Australian)
- The Methodist Church of Great Britain votes in Portsmouth to boycott Israeli-produced goods and services from the West Bank because of what it termed Israel's "illegal occupation of Palestinian lands". (The Jerusalem Post)
- European Union High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton says the planned demolition of Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem for an archeological park and tourist center is "an obstacle to peace" and "illegal under international law". (Arab News) (Israel National News)
- The Afghan government calls for an international inquiry amid claims made by Nita Lowey, current chair of the House Appropriations Committee, that suitcases of cash are being flown out of the country. (AFP via Daily Times)
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- The Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, announces his resignation by a live television address. (BBC) (Aljazeera) (Kantipur) (Times of India)
- The United States government is sued by 10 plaintiffs, including an American citizen, challenging the country's no-fly list. (ABC News) (BBC) (The Wall Street Journal)
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo marks 50 years of independence with celebrations attended by Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, the Belgian king and other world leaders, days after the funeral of Floribert Chebeya. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (Al Jazeera)
- Guinea-Bissau's President Malam Bacai Sanhá takes a "sovereign decision" to inaugurate mutineering General Antonio Indjai as army chief, causing upset to the United States which decides not to support this. (news24.com) (BBC)
- Burundi's opposition leader Agathon Rwasa goes into hiding after being threatened by the country's government. (Aljazeera)
- Sudan releases its opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi after a month and a half. (BBC)
- Islamic Republic of Iran:
- A man whom the United States considers to be the 11th member of a Russian spy ring goes missing in Cyprus. (Aljazeera)
- South Korean actor (Winter Sonata) and singer Park Yong-ha's mother finds him hanging by an electrical cord at his home in Seoul. (BBC) (AsiaOne) (TODAYonline) (The Vancouver Sun)
- Inauguration of Noynoy Aquino:
- Ireland officially exits recession. (The Wall Street Journal) (RTÉ) (The Independent) (The Daily Telegraph) (BBC)
- Rescuers have recovered eight bodies from the ruins of a southwest China village, two days after a devastating rain-triggered landslide destroyed 37 houses and buried 99 villagers under mud. 91 residents of Dazhai Village, Guanling County, Guizhou Province, remained missing. (Xinhua)
- At least 30 people are injured by police while protesting the arrest of opposition party leaders in Bangladesh. (Aljazeera)
- 13 people are killed during attacks in Iraq: 4 people die in the town of Beiji. (TRT)
- 11 Algerian paramilitary police are killed by militants in an ambush in the Sahara. (BBC)
- An amusement park accident kills 6 and injures 10 in southern China. (CNN) (Kwes) (ABC)
- 8 militants are killed in fighting at eastern Afghanistan's Jalalabad Airport. (Belfast Telegraph) (The Globe and Mail) (Press Association) (BBC)
- Israeli police arrest Hamas MP Mohammed Abu Teir for breaking a law by staying within the borders of the state of Israel after being ordered to leave Jerusalem. (Aljazeera) (Press TV) (Reuters) (The Jerusalem Post)
- Two people are killed overnight in Burundi and two others wounded in violence that follows a controversial presidential election in which incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza was the only candidate. (Daily Nation)
- Several people are injured in an explosion in Grozny, Chechnya. (CBC) (Al Jazeera) (RIA Novosti)
- Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious medal and $100,000 from the United States, presented by Bill Clinton, for his "steadfast" efforts in "the resolution of conflicts rooted in religion around the world". (BBC) (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The Straits Times)
- Lord Jay, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ahead of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, tells the Iraq Inquiry he felt "very uncomfortable" about Tony Blair declaring war on Iraq without another "necessary" United Nations resolution. (BBC)
- The Special Court for Sierra Leone, sitting in The Hague, rules that model Naomi Campbell can be called to testify against former President of Liberia Charles Taylor in relation to her blood diamond. (BBC) (Sky News) (The Guardian)
- Prime Minister Julia Gillard confirms she does not support the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia, (Ninemsn) and that she does not believe in God. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- The Italian government appeals to the European Court of Human Rights to overturn a ban on classroom crucifixes. (BBC)
- Goodluck Jonathan suspends the Nigeria national football team from international competition for two years due to poor performances in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Reuters)
- Roger Federer is defeated by Tomáš Berdych of the Czech Republic at Wimbledon, so Federer will not contest the final for the first time since 2002, also his second Wimbledon loss during that time. (Daily Mail) (The Guardian) (BBC) (South Africa Post)
- The Obama administration allows General Stanley A. McChrystal, until recently commander of the United States in its war in Afghanistan, to retire at a four star rank. Army rules state that he would have to serve for several more years to earn its additional retirement benefits, but the administration used its right to exempt him from these rules. (The New Zealand Herald) (Hindustan Times)
- An unfinished secret tomb is found in Egypt. (The Straits Times)
- Researchers discover a fossilised Leviathan and write about it in Nature. (BBC)
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- The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Nigerian families can sue drug company Pfizer for using a deadly antibiotic on their children. (BBC)
- Egyptian border guards fatally shoot an Eritrean woman in the stomach and leg as she tries to cross the border illegally into Israel. (BBC)
- Same-sex marriage is legalized in Iceland making it the 9th country to do so
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- Turkey says it will return an ambassador to Israel if the Israeli government formally apologizes for the killing of nine Turkish citizens during the Gaza flotilla raid, compensates their families and when an independent commission is established into the matter. (The New York Times)
- Hurricane Alex becomes the first hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season with warnings posted from Baffin Bay, Texas south to Mexico. (Canadian Press via Amherst Daily News)
- One body is recovered after 107 people were buried by a landslide triggered by flooding in Guizhou Province of southwestern China. (Xinhua)
- Presidential transition of Noynoy Aquino:
- The entire Maldives cabinet resigns en masse. (Aljazeera)
- Rescuers in Ghana's Central Region end an operation to search for survivors from a gold mine collapse in which 70 people were thought to be dead. (My Joy Online) (BBC)
- A report by Human Rights Watch calls on Britain, France and Germany to stop using intelligence obtained through illegal torture in third-party countries, saying that it contradicts the European Union's anti-torture guidelines and is self-defeating in the "fight against terrorism". (Aljazeera)
- At least 21 people die and hundreds are evacuated after major floods in the northeast of Romania. (Yahoo News) (Hindustan Times) (Reuters)
- At least 26 policemen are killed in a Maoist attack in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
- At least 20 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured during a huge explosion in Hyderabad, Sindh. (The News International)
- Six people are killed in a train derailment in East Java, Indonesia. (Jakarta Globe) (CNN)
- The United Kingdom's Iraq Inquiry resumes after a break for the general election, with Douglas Brand as the first witness. (BBC)
- Thousands of workers take part in a 24 hour strike in Greece in protest against government austerity measures. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters Africa) (Xinhua)
- One of the ten people arrested in the United States for involvement in an alleged Russian spy ring is said to have used a false Irish passport, the second time this has happened recently and following the expulsion of an Israeli Dublin embassy official in protest over a similar misuse. (The Irish Times) (The Guardian) (RTÉ)
- Lebanese authorities arrest a man accused of spying for Israel for more than 15 years. (BBC)
- An international youth charity finds that children in the West Bank live in significantly worse conditions than children in Gaza. (Aljazeera)
- United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, Richard A. Falk, issues a statement calling Israel's plan to demolish 20 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem illegal and states the forceful transfer of four Palestinians in another incident could be a "war crime". (Reuters) (The Vancouver Sun)
- Sudan announces it will close its border with Libya due to the operations of Darfur rebels in the area. (BBC) (AfricaNews)
- King Abdullah and Barack Obama meet in the United States to discuss Palestine, U.S. objections to Iran's nuclear program and the U.S. war on Afghanistan. (Aljazeera) (Arab News) (Reuters)
- Indonesian publisher and blogger, the "Prince of Jihad", is imprisoned for five years after being convicted of concealing information about suicide attacks on two hotels in Jakarta. (Aljazeera)
- Dr. Jayant Patel is convicted at the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia of three charges of manslaughter committed while working at the Bundaberg Base Hospital. (AAP via The Australian)
- The People's Republic of China and Taiwan sign a trade deal in the southern mainland city of Chongqing. (AP via Google News) (Focus Taiwan News Channel)
- China states it can have Tibet "forever" but indicates a heavy security presence will be necessary to maintain public control. (Reuters)
- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman promises no Palestinian state before 2012 after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (Reuters)
- 21 suspected cases of swine flu A (H1N1), with one death, have been reported in Thanjavur in India. (EB) (The Times of India) (The Hindu)
- Google ends a redirect to its Hong Kong site in China and provides a new method of reaching unfiltered results after the Chinese government threatened to end its Internet Content Provider license. (BBC) (The New York Times) (AFP)
- General Stanley A. McChrystal, who led the United States in its war on Afghanistan until last week, announces his retirement. (CNN) (Aljazeera) (BBC)
- Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Odinga undergoes brain surgery in Nairobi. (Reuters) (Daily Nation) (AllAfrica.com) (Times LIVE)
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- Captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit:
- Five Muslim American students sentenced to serve 10 years in a Pakistani prison for conspiracy to commit attacks and raising funds for terrorism, appeal their conviction. (Reuters) (CNN) (Voice of America)
- The European Union and United States sign a five-year agreement on sharing financial data in anti-terrorist investigations for accounts suspected of being used for terrorist financing, after agreeing on limits to protect customer privacy. (NPR) (Star Tribune)
- Gulf of Mexico oil disaster:
- Assassination of Rodolfo Torre Cantu:
- Death of oldest, longest serving United States Senator, Robert Byrd:
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad postpones nuclear talks so as to “punish the West” for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929 aimed at curbing the alleged development of Iranian nuclear weapons. (Aljazeera) (Voice of America) (AFP)
- World leaders at the G20 summit agree to cut their budget deficits in half by 2013, while US President Obama urges continued spending to support economic growth. (Voice of America) (The Washington Post) (Forbes)
- Rwandan authorities arrest two people in connection with the killing of a journalist critical of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and deny complicity in the murder. (AFP) (Sky News) (AP)
- Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse and other prominent Sri Lankans protest international calls and the appointment of a United Nations' panel to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the the country's civil war with the Tamil Tiger separatists. (AFP) (Canadian Press) (Colombo Page)
- At least 100 people are feared trapped or buried in a landslide in Guizhou Province in south-west China following continued heavy rain. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- Former Panamaian leader Manuel Noriega goes on trial in Paris. (Arab News) (Aljazeera) (The Guardian)
- Kyrgyzstan approves a new constitution with 90.6 percent of voters backing a constitution that would pave the way for a parliamentary election in October, following the violence of the recent uprising and riots. (The New York Times)
- Philip Gordon, the Obama administration's top diplomat on European affairs warns Turkey that it must demonstrate its commitment to NATO, Europe and the United States after its opposition to sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program and rhetoric against Israel after the Gaza flotilla raid. (The Jerusalem Post)
- A presidential election takes place in Burundi with incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza as the only candidate. A series of grenade attacks also take place. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- A member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is killed and two others are wounded by Israeli forces east of Gaza City while firing rockets into Israel (JTA) (Ynet) (AFP) (Press TV)
- Thousands of Sudanese Lou Nuer are forced from their homes in Upper Nile towards Jonglei, an area where food is short. (BBC)
- Singer Sergio "El Shaka" Vega is shot dead while on tour in Sinaloa, hours after denying his own murder. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph) (UPI)
- The military government in Fiji issues new media restrictions targeting foreign ownership of media organisations in the country. (Hindustan Times) (BBC) (The Australian)
- The Red Crescent delays an aid shipment bound for Gaza after being told that Egypt would prevent it from using the internationally neutral Suez Canal. (BBC)
- A group of armed men vandalises a United Nation summer camp in the Gaza Strip, in a second attack since May. Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemn the attack. (Aljazeera)
- Turkey closes its airspace to some Israeli military flights in apparent retaliation for Israeli raid on the Gaza-flotilla; civilian commercial flights are not affected. (The Jerusalem Post) (BBC) (Christian Science Monitor)
- Somali pirates hijack a Singaporean chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, carrying a cargo of ethylene glycol. (Yahoo! News)
- A second statue of Josef Stalin is removed by authorities in Georgia. (The Independent) (Straits Times)
- Britain's Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt incorrectly links hooliganism to the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, and is called "an absolute disgrace" by families of those who were killed. (BBC) (The Guardian) (Reuters)
- The United States Department of Justice announces that ten people have been arrested for allegedly spying for Russia. (Aljazeera) (BBC) (The Guardian) (USA Today)
- In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that Chicago's handgun ban is unconstitutional. (BBC News)
- America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) remains unaware of Australia's new prime minister. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Le Monde is sold to Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse and Pierre Bergé. (The Guardian) (BBC)
- One person is killed and eleven are injured in a derailment at Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. České Noviny Idnes
- Turkish soldiers mistakenly kill two villagers in Hatay. (Hurriyet Daily)
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- The first President of an independent Lithuania, Algirdas Brazauskas, dies in Vilnius. (Tehran Times)
- Guinea holds the first democratic election in the nation's history. (Aljazeera) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- A constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan is criticized for fears the country would destabilize. (Aljazeera) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- A road accident in Bolivia kills at least 25, injures 44, between Cochabama and Potosí. (China Daily)
- At least 11 people die while watching a 2010 FIFA World Cup match in Matam, Senegal. (BBC)
- Italy awaits the outcome of a trial which could imprison Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi's senior adviser, Marcello Dell'Utri, for 11 years. (The Independent)
- A coal mine explosion kills 5 in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (China Dialy)
- Two Canadian medics are killed in Afghanistan, 20 kilometres west of Kandahar City in Panjwaii District. (Vancouver Sun)
- Fighter jets pounded Taliban hideouts in the upper Orakzai Agency of Pakistan on Saturday, killing 14 Taliban, and injuring eight others. (Dialy Times PK)
- Six NATO-led service members are killed Saturday in bombing attacks in Afghanistan, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said. (CNN)
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- Gunmen raided a jewelry shop Saturday morning in western Iraq, killing four people before fleeing with a large amount of gold in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad. (Arab News)
- The Death toll in unrest in southern Kyrgyzstan rises to 275. (Central Asian News)
- 17 people are killed and 25 others injured when an overcrowded bus collided head-on with a speeding truck near Chenaki More, abount 30 km from Patna, India. (Thaindian)
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- President of Zambia Rupiah Banda says his country did not ask for health and road aid which has now been frozen by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the European Union before an upcoming election and says "We must not allow donors to feel they can interfere in the internal affairs of this country because it is a sovereign and independent state". (Reuters Africa)
- Voters in Somaliland take part in a presidential election. (Arab News) (AP) (The New York Times) (Al Jazeera)
- Iranian lawmakers protesting at Israel's blockade of Gaza say they will travel to the area on an aid ship from Lebanon. (Reuters Africa)
- The Vatican's Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone criticizes Belgian police participating in raids against child sex abuse. (BBC)
- Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Taiwan against a trade agreement with China to be signed on Tuesday. (BBC) (Focus Taiwan News Channel) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
- Several thousand Egyptians, joined by opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei, protest systematic use of torture by authorities in the largest demonstration yet resulting from the alleged fatal beating to death of Khaled Said by police. (Arab News)
- Two Palestinians are killed in an Israeli strike on two underground tunnels from the Gaza Strip to Israel. The IDF claims the attack was a response to Thursday's firing of a dozen mortar rounds towards Israel. (Arab News) (The Washington Post)
- Thousands of Iranians in Paris ask the UN to tighten its sanctions on Iran. (YnetNews) (Euronews)
- Four people are killed and five wounded in violence in Indian-administered Kashmir's Sopore area. (CNN)
- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cancels his trip to Canada due to the widespread floods. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- The ruling Workers' Party of Korea in North Korea announces that it will convene a meeting in September to elect new leaders. (Arirang News) (Al Jazeera) (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
- Alleged Agrigento mafia boss Giuseppe Falsone is arrested in Marseille in the south of France after spending 10 years on the run. (BBC)
- Four American service personnel are killed in Afghanistan. (CNN)
- Former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, who has a long history of heart problems, is hospitalized. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Fedor Emelianenko records only the second loss of his career as he is tapped out by Fabricio Werdum at the Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum mixed martial arts match in San Jose, California, US. (Sherdog)
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- At least 24 people are killed and 50 people injured after an overcrowded bus crashes into a truck in the Patna district of Bihar state in India. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
- 13 people have died of dengue fever in Honduras in 2010 as 10,200 others were hit by the disease, the Honduran Health Ministry said. (Xinhua)
- Millions of protesters take to the streets in Rome, Naples, Milan and other Italian cities to protest their government's austerity measures which cut funds and affects public sector salaries and to test Silvio Berlusconi. (Aljazeera)
- Christopher Coke:
- Christopher Coke, sent to United States territory by Jamaica, pleads not guilty to United States charges of drug smuggling at a federal court in New York and, in his first public comments since August, says he took the decision to be extradited "in the best interest of my family, the community of western Kingston and in particular the people of Tivoli Gardens and above all Jamaica". (Aljazeera)
- Evangelical preacher Merrick "Al" Miller is charged with "harbouring a fugitive" and "perverting the course of justice", though he says Coke was on the verge of turning himself into authorities. (Jamaica Gleaner)
- The Constitutional Court of Romania rules that government budget plans are "unconstitutional"; this decision cannot be appealed. Dozens of people trying to request an audience with President Traian Băsescu at his palace are beaten back by riot police. (France24) (BBC) (Deutsche Welle) (Reuters)
- Commemorations are held in South Korea to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. (Yonhap) (BBC) (The Guardian)
- Rwandan journalist Jean Leonard Rugambage, acting editor of Umuvugizi, is shot dead by two men in front of his house in Kigali. Rugambage's death shocks journalists in the country; the paper's exiled chief editor says the government is responsible. (BBC) (The Guardian) (The Independent) (Reuters Africa)
- The Vatican expresses its "astonishment" and "indignation" at the "violation of the graves of the Cardinals Jozef-Ernest Van Roey and Leon-Joseph Suenens" by Belgian police making holes in the crypt at Mechelen Cathedral during a child sex abuse search. (Aljazeera) (BBC) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit:
- Security forces in Yemen clash with suspected Al-Qaeda members in Aden during investigations into a bombing of a government compound last week. (Al Jazeera)
- Iris Robinson is interviewed in London as part of a police investigation. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph)
- In response to the mortars fired into Israel that hit a government building, Israeli warplanes bomb smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, with one person being wounded in an air attack in Rafah. (CNN)] (AFP via Google) (Press TV)
- President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister of Britain David Cameron meet and agree to work to renew ties stained by the refusal of both men to hand over men the other man wants. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Five people are killed and one is seriously wounded after an attack at a wedding party in Ghrab hamlet in Algeria's Tébessa Province. (Hindustan Times) (IOL) (Reuters Africa)
- Three Indonesian celebrities - pop star Nazril "Ariel" Irham, TV presenter Luna Maya and soapstar Cut Tari - are allegedly involved in a celebrity sex tape; Nazril "Ariel" Irham is charged, prompting anger and calls for punishment from some conservative groups in the country. (BBC)
- China jails Tibetan environmentalist Karma Samdrup on charges of stealing from tombs. (BBC) (Reuters Africa) (The Guardian)
- Statues of 4 Chinese leaders, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, are unveiled in Sichuan. (Global Times)
- A statue of Joseph Stalin is discreetly removed overnight from the central square of his hometown of Gori in Georgia. (Xinhua) (BBC) (The Guardian)
- The 36th G8 summit opens in Huntsville, Ontario and the 4th G20 summit is held in Toronto, Canada.
- British–Irish Council:
- Germany's TanDEM-X satellite, whose aim it is to create the most precise 3D[disambiguation needed] map of Earth's surface, obtains its first images. (BBC)
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