Template:In the news
- Anti-government street protests across Egypt intensify, as the Egyptian government suspends internet access and SMS networks nationwide.
- The Sumatran Orangutan (pictured) becomes the third hominid species to have its genome sequenced, following humans and chimpanzees.
- The Federal Assembly of Russia approves the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a month after its ratification by the United States Senate.
- Bomb attacks in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Karbala kill 27 people and injure over 70 others.
- At least 35 people are killed and more than 100 others wounded in a bombing at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow.
- The Irish Green Party withdraws from the country's coalition government, leaving it without an overall majority.
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