Template:In the news
- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (pictured) resigns and transfers authority to the Higher Council of the Armed Forces, following 18 days of protests.
- A new round of clashes erupts between Cambodian and Thai soldiers over the area surrounding Preah Vihear Temple.
- NASA's STEREO satellites obtain the first simultaneous images of the entire surface of the Sun.
- In American football, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers to win Super Bowl XLV.
- The Japan Sumo Association cancels a Grand Tournament for the first time in 65 years after a match-fixing controversy.
- Following an explosion affecting the Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's North Sinai Governorate, natural gas supplies to Israel and Jordan are suspended.
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