Template:In the news
- Russia, the world's largest non-WTO economy, joins the World Trade Organization after 19 years of negotiations.
- A Romanian constitutional court invalidates a referendum to impeach President Traian Băsescu, reinstating him.
- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (pictured) dies at the age of 57.
- A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas results in 25 deaths.
- Following a military coup, Mali forms a national unity government in an effort to solve a political crisis.
- Burma announces an end to pre-publication censorship of print media.
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