- Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua dies at the age of 58.
- Three people are killed in Athens during widespread protestsheld in response to proposed austerity measures aimed at ending the Greek debt crisis.
- After two months of unrest, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Red Shirt protesters agree to hold a general election in November.
- Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust sells for US$106 million, becoming the most expensive painting ever sold at auction.
- Widespread flooding kills at least 29 people in the southern United States.
- Neil Robertson wins the World Snooker Championship, becoming the firstAustralian to do so since 1952.
- An Indian court convicts Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national, of murder in relation to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
- Continental and United Airlines merge to form the world’s largest airline
- British Petroleum are responsible for a massive oil spill off the American Gulf of Mexico region.
- Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad is detained for an attempted terrorist attack in Times Square,NYC.
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