From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
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- The Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is awarded to no one for a second consecutive year. (Aljazeera)
- Fighting between Somali government troops and local police has killed at least 13 people in Mogadishu and gunmen killed a judiciary official of the semi-autonomous Puntland region in the Hamarjajab district. (Arab News)
- At least 28 prisoners are killed in a clash between rival gangs in Sinaloa, Mexico. (Asiaone) (BBC) (newser)
- The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland rules that Romanian footballer Adrian Mutu has lost his final appeal in a five-year legal battle meaning he has to pay a record €17 million in damages for breaching his contract. (The Guardian) (BBC) (AsiaOne) (The Hindu) (CNN)
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson receives a copy of the Saville Inquiry, the longest and most expensive public inquiry in British history, ahead of its official launch by David Cameron tomorrow. (The Irish Times) (RTÉ)
- Amidst growing labour unrest in China, Premier Wen Jiabao visits migrant workers at a Beijing construction site and calls for better treatment for the country's migrant workers. (Strait Times) (Xinhua)
- Egypt and Al Jazeera Sports clash over claims of interference in the transmission of 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer matches. (Reuters Africa)
- A California judge refuses to suspend the medical licence of Conrad Murray, the doctor charged in connection with Michael Jackson's death. (AP via LA.com) (newser)
- At least 35 people are feared drowned and 50 people disappear after a boat capsizes on the Ganges River in northern India. (AP via CT Now) (Xinhua)
- At least 14 people are killed and at least 30 are injured when a tourist bus disappears over the edge of a ravine in the Philippines. (Xinhua)
- 10 police are killed and several others are wounded in an ambush by drug hitmen in Zitácuaro Michoacán. (The Star) (AP) (The Australian) (Los Angeles Times)
- Colombian security forces rescue two senior police officers and a soldier held hostage since 1 November 1998, among the longest-held captives; a fourth hostage is later rescued. (BBC) (France24) (Los Angeles Times) (The Sydney Morning Herald) (Aljazeera) (BBC)
- Ireland's Fine Gael Deputy Leader and Finance Spokesperson Richard Bruton, brother of former Taoiseach John Bruton, is sacked after publicly declaring his lack of confidence in Fine Gael's leader Enda Kenny. (BBC) (RTÉ) (The Irish Times) (Press Association)
- Churches in Kenya accuse the government of being behind a grenade attack at a rally opposed to a draft constitution which killed six people. (BBC) (AP) (Daily Nation)
- A team of American geologists and Pentagon officials say they have discovered vast mineral wealth, including iron, gold and lithium, estimated to be worth nearly US$1 trillion, in Afghanistan, though other senior officials say this has been known since at least the 1970s. (CBS News) (Politico) (The Guardian) (AP)
- The arrest of several army officers in Guinea is not linked to elections, according to the country's army chief. (BBC)
- The Iraqi Council of Representatives convenes in Baghdad three months after inconclusive elections. (AFP via Google News)
- Polish authorities arrest a suspected Israeli agent in connection with the murder of a Hamas operative in Dubai in January. (BBC)
- Lanseria International Airport reopens after the removal of the wreckage of yesterday's emergency landing involving mainly Al Jazeera Sports broadcast staff on their way to cover the 2010 FIFA World Cup game between Algeria and Slovenia in Polokwane. (IOL)
- New files on American politician Ted Kennedy, which were previously secret, are released. (BBC)
- 2010 Kyrgyzstan crisis and 2010 South Kyrgyzstan riots:
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces the 10th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report. (US Department of State)
- NCAA (U.S. college) conference realignment:
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