Template:In the news
- NASA's Glory climate research satellite (artist's impression pictured) is lost in the second consecutive failure of a Taurus-XL rocket.
- In Chad, parliamentary elections result in an overwhelming majority for the Patriotic Salvation Movement, led by incumbent president Idriss Déby.
- Essam Sharaf is appointed Prime Minister of Egypt by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces after Ahmed Shafik resigns.
- Pakistani Minister of Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti is assassinated in Islamabad, following years of death threats for supporting Pakistani Christians.
- Protests against proposed legislation affecting public employee labor unions in the U.S. state of Wisconsin enter their third week.
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