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⚫ | *The [[International Court of Arbitration]] in [[The Hague]] orders the British government to pay £400 million to [[Iran]] for an arms deal cancelled following the [[Iranian Revolution]]. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1165316.html (''Ha'aretz'')] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=124353§ionid=351020101 (Press TV)] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/25/2882122.htm?section=justin (ABC News)] |
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⚫ | *55 people are killed and 85 injured after clashes between [[Arab]] nomads from the [[Darfur]] region of [[Sudan]] and the [[South Sudan|Southern Sudan]] [[Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement|army]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/04/2010425132051685214.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8642711.stm (BBC)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i6TqtZxy6zxVYPGDuDzj7bs8q7Iw (AFP)] |
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*An inquiry is launched as at least 80 schoolgirls in different [[Kunduz]] schools are poisoned this week; the [[Taliban]], opposed to female education, denies any knowledge. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8642806.stm (BBC)] [http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/80-afghan-schoolgirls-sick-in-one-week-poison-feared (Japan Today)] [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63O0EX20100425 (Reuters)] |
*An inquiry is launched as at least 80 schoolgirls in different [[Kunduz]] schools are poisoned this week; the [[Taliban]], opposed to female education, denies any knowledge. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8642806.stm (BBC)] [http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/80-afghan-schoolgirls-sick-in-one-week-poison-feared (Japan Today)] [http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63O0EX20100425 (Reuters)] |
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*[[Zhou Qiang]] succeeds [[Zhang Chunxian]] as the [[CPC party chief|provincial party secretary]] of Hunan Province in China. [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/26/content_9772343.htm (China Daily)] |
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⚫ | *[[Israel]]i police clash with [[Palestine|Palestinia]]n protesters objecting to an "extremely provocative" march by |
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⚫ | *55 people are killed and 85 injured after clashes between [[Arab]] nomads from the [[Darfur]] region of [[Sudan]] and the [[Southern Sudan]] [[Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement|army]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/04/2010425132051685214.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8642711.stm (BBC)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i6TqtZxy6zxVYPGDuDzj7bs8q7Iw (AFP)] |
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*At least five people are killed and 20 others are injured by a bomb blast at a cafe in the [[Ethiopia]]n town of [[Adi Haro]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/04/201042517458935946.html (Al Jazeera)] |
*At least five people are killed and 20 others are injured by a bomb blast at a cafe in the [[Ethiopia]]n town of [[Adi Haro]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/04/201042517458935946.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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⚫ | *[[Israel]]i police clash with [[State of Palestine|Palestinia]]n protesters objecting to an "extremely provocative" march by settlers in [[Silwan]] in [[East Jerusalem]], calling for the removal of [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] who live in the area. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/20104258757856525.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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⚫ | *A huge fire destroys hundreds of homes and leaves thousands homeless in [[Quezon City]], [[Philippines]]. [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/04/25/10/fire-razes-1000-houses-qc (ABS-CBN News)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8643300.stm (BBC)] |
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*[[Labour Party (Mexico)|Mexican Labour Party]] leader in [[Guerrero]] [[Rey Hernández]] dies after being shot at least seven times outside his home in [[Tlacoachistlahuaca]]. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Politician-fatally-shot-outside-his-home-in-southern-Mexico/articleshow/5857857.cms (''The Times of India'')] [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6962728.html (''People's Daily Online'')] |
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*Another huge fire breaks out at a [[leather]] factory south of [[Mumbai]]. [http://www.ptinews.com/news/625701_Major-fire-at-industrial-estate-in-Mumbai (Press Trust of India)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=124435§ionid=351020402 (Press TV)] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Fire-at-south-Mumbai-factory/articleshow/5856520.cms (''The Times of India'')] |
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*[[Hungary]]'s [[Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union]] wins a historic two-thirds [[Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010|general election victory]], according to second round results. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8642456.stm (BBC)] [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fidesz-wins-parliamentary-control-in-hungary-1.913001 (CBC)] [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/hungary/7632990/Hungarys-conservative-opposition-wins-landslide-election.html (''The Daily Telegraph'')] |
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⚫ | *Nearly 100,000 people rally in [[Okinawa]], [[Japan]], demanding the removal of an [[United States|American]] base from the island. [http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=497662 (Kyoto)] [ |
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*[[Heinz Fischer]] wins the [[Austrian presidential election, 2010]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/04/2010425175334560120.html (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/austrian-president-cruises-to-2nd-term-1.898337 (CBC)] [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0426/1224269091601.html (''The Irish Times'')] |
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⚫ | *Nearly 100,000 people rally in [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], [[Japan]], demanding the removal of an [[United States|American]] base from the island. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100429123652/http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=497662 (Kyoto)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/25/AR2010042501518.html (''Washington Post'')] [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-04/25/content_9772020.htm (''China Daily'')] |
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*Thousands of people rally in [[Beirut]] to ask for the separation of religion and state in [[Lebanon]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/2010425172547763119.html (Al Jazeera)] |
*Thousands of people rally in [[Beirut]] to ask for the separation of religion and state in [[Lebanon]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/2010425172547763119.html (Al Jazeera)] |
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⚫ | *A huge fire destroys hundreds of homes and leaves thousands homeless in [[Quezon City]], [[Philippines]]. [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/04/25/10/fire-razes-1000-houses-qc (ABS-CBN News)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8643300.stm (BBC)] |
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*The [[Ladies in White]] are stopped from marching in [[Havana]] but stand silently instead. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8643346.stm (BBC)] [http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/25/1597711/cubas-ladies-in-white-march-blocked.html (''The Miami Herald'')] |
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*The [[Spanish Navy]] captures eight suspected pirates off the [[Somalia]] coast. [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=124452§ionid=351020606 (Press TV)] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/25/AR2010042502217.html (''The Washington Post'')] |
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*The [[Ladies in White]] are stopped from marching in [[Havana]] but stand silently instead. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8643346.stm (BBC)] [http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/25/1597711/cubas-ladies-in-white-march-blocked.html (''The Miami Herald'')]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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*[[Cuba]]'s Speaker of the Parliament [[Ricardo Alarcón]] challenges the [[United States]] to lift its 48-year embargo on the island if it believes Cuba benefits from the embargo, as [[Hillary Clinton]] suggested. [http://www.euronews.net/2010/04/25/cuba-calls-on-us-to-lift-embargo/ (euronews)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=124432§ionid=351020702 (Press TV)] [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1052540/1/.html (Channel News Asia)] |
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*[[Iran]]ian [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] [[Manouchehr Mottaki]] meets the head of the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA) in [[Vienna]] and says Iran remains interested in a nuclear fuel swap drafted by the [[United Nations]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/2010425132423966484.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=124433§ionid=351020101 (Press TV)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/26/c_13266872.htm (Xinhua)] |
*[[Iran]]ian [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] [[Manouchehr Mottaki]] meets the head of the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA) in [[Vienna]] and says Iran remains interested in a nuclear fuel swap drafted by the [[United Nations]]. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/2010425132423966484.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=124433§ionid=351020101 (Press TV)] [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/26/c_13266872.htm (Xinhua)] |
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*A small protest against a new immigration law occurs outside [[Arizona]]'s [[Arizona State Capitol|Capitol Building]] in the [[United States]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/25/arizona.immigration.protest/index.html (CNN)] |
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*[[London Marathon]]: |
*[[London Marathon]]: |
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**[[Tsegaye Kebede]] wins the men's marathon with a time of 2:05:19; [[Liliya Shobukhova]] wins the women's marathon with a time of 2:22:00. [ |
**[[Tsegaye Kebede]] wins the men's marathon with a time of 2:05:19; [[Liliya Shobukhova]] wins the women's marathon with a time of 2:22:00. [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-04-25-817811956_x.htm (''USA Today'')] |
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**Several "novelty" world records are broken some of the 36,000 people participating. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8641951.stm (BBC)] |
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*[[Chennai Super Kings]] defeat [[Mumbai Indians]] to win the third [[Indian Premier League]] cricket tournament. ''[http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/04/25/cricket.ipl.chennai.win.tendulkar/index.html?hpt=T2 CNN], [http://english.aljazeera.net/sport/ Al Jazeera], [http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/chennai-win-ipl-with-22run-win-over-mumbai-20100426-tm1h.html Sydney Morning Herald]'' |
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*[[Pope Benedict XVI]] and his upcoming visit to |
*[[Pope Benedict XVI]] and his upcoming visit to Britain: |
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**The British [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] apologises after ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' obtains a "foolish" document calling for the upcoming September visit of [[Pope Benedict XVI]] to be marked by the launch of "Benedict-branded" [[condom]]s, the opening of an [[abortion]] clinic and the blessing of a [[same-sex marriage]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8642404.stm (BBC)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/25/pope-apology-condom-memo (''The Guardian'')] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0425/uk_pope.html (RTÉ)] |
**The British [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] apologises after ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' obtains a "foolish" document calling for the upcoming September visit of [[Pope Benedict XVI]] to be marked by the launch of "Benedict-branded" [[condom]]s, the opening of an [[abortion]] clinic and the blessing of a [[same-sex marriage]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8642404.stm (BBC)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/25/pope-apology-condom-memo (''The Guardian'')] [http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0425/uk_pope.html (RTÉ)] |
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**The Vatican says it will continue to visit despite the diplomatic gaffe. [ |
**The Vatican downplays the incident and says it will continue to visit despite the diplomatic gaffe. [https://nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2949966 (''National Post'')] |
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*South African President [[Jacob Zuma]] announces that he is [[HIV]]-negative in an effort to promote [[AIDS]] awareness. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8642864.stm (BBC)] [http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/africa/2010/04/26/253932/Zuma-announces.htm (''China Post'')] [http://www.france24.com/en/20100425-zuma-breaks-taboo-launching-safrican-hiv-tests (France24)] [http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Zuma-breaks-Aids-taboo-20100425 (News24)] |
*South African President [[Jacob Zuma]] announces that he is [[HIV]]-negative in an effort to promote [[AIDS]] awareness. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8642864.stm (BBC)] [http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/africa/2010/04/26/253932/Zuma-announces.htm (''China Post'')] [http://www.france24.com/en/20100425-zuma-breaks-taboo-launching-safrican-hiv-tests (France24)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Zuma-breaks-Aids-taboo-20100425 (News24)] |
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*[[Bollywood]] superstar [[Amitabh Bachchan]] reveals he has [[cirrhosis]] of the [[liver]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8642792.stm (BBC)] [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/04/25/amitabh-liver-disease.html (CBC)] [http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_519271.html (''The Straits Times'')] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7107672.ece (''The Times'')] |
*[[Bollywood]] superstar [[Amitabh Bachchan]] reveals he has [[cirrhosis]] of the [[liver]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8642792.stm (BBC)] [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/04/25/amitabh-liver-disease.html (CBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100429153903/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_519271.html (''The Straits Times'')] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7107672.ece (''The Times'')] |
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*[[Stephen Hawking|Professor Stephen Hawking]] warns humans about the dangers of contacting |
*[[Stephen Hawking|Professor Stephen Hawking]] warns humans about the dangers of contacting [[extraterrestrials]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8642558.stm (BBC)] [http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/25/dont-talk-aliens-warns-stephen-hawking/ (Fox News)] [http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/26/stories/2010042661472000.htm (''The Hindu'')] [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Stephen-Hawking-Alien-Warning-Dont-Talk-To-Space-Life-Professor-Says-In-Discovery-Documentary/Article/201004415619548?lpos=Strange_News_News_Your_Way_Region_9&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15619548_Stephen_Hawking_ (Sky News)] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7107207.ece (''The Sunday Times'')] |
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*The [[United Kingdom]] [[Professional Footballers' Association]] votes [[Wayne Rooney]] as "player of the year". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8643305.stm (BBC)] [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/wayne-rooney/7632050/Manchester-Uniteds-Wayne-Rooney-banishes-World-Cup-fears-after-winning-PFA-award.html (''The Daily Telegraph'')] |
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*The first passenger flight between [[Iraq]] and the [[United Kingdom]] in two decades touches down at [[London Gatwick Airport]], nine days overdue |
*The first passenger flight between [[Iraq]] and the [[United Kingdom]] in two decades touches down at [[London Gatwick Airport]], nine days overdue because of [[Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption|volcanic ash problems]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8643105.stm (BBC)] |
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Latest revision as of 21:40, 14 September 2024
April 25, 2010
(Sunday)
- The International Court of Arbitration in The Hague orders the British government to pay £400 million to Iran for an arms deal cancelled following the Iranian Revolution. (Ha'aretz) (Press TV) (ABC News)
- 55 people are killed and 85 injured after clashes between Arab nomads from the Darfur region of Sudan and the Southern Sudan army. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (AFP)
- An inquiry is launched as at least 80 schoolgirls in different Kunduz schools are poisoned this week; the Taliban, opposed to female education, denies any knowledge. (BBC) (Japan Today) (Reuters)
- Zhou Qiang succeeds Zhang Chunxian as the provincial party secretary of Hunan Province in China. (China Daily)
- At least five people are killed and 20 others are injured by a bomb blast at a cafe in the Ethiopian town of Adi Haro. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli police clash with Palestinian protesters objecting to an "extremely provocative" march by settlers in Silwan in East Jerusalem, calling for the removal of Palestinians who live in the area. (Al Jazeera)
- Mexican Labour Party leader in Guerrero Rey Hernández dies after being shot at least seven times outside his home in Tlacoachistlahuaca. (The Times of India) (People's Daily Online)
- Hungary's Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union wins a historic two-thirds general election victory, according to second round results. (BBC) (CBC) (The Daily Telegraph)
- Heinz Fischer wins the Austrian presidential election, 2010. (Al Jazeera) (CBC) (The Irish Times)
- Nearly 100,000 people rally in Okinawa, Japan, demanding the removal of an American base from the island. (Kyoto) (Washington Post) (China Daily)
- Thousands of people rally in Beirut to ask for the separation of religion and state in Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- A huge fire destroys hundreds of homes and leaves thousands homeless in Quezon City, Philippines. (ABS-CBN News) (BBC)
- The Spanish Navy captures eight suspected pirates off the Somalia coast. (Press TV) (The Washington Post)
- The Ladies in White are stopped from marching in Havana but stand silently instead. (BBC) (The Miami Herald)[permanent dead link ]
- Cuba's Speaker of the Parliament Ricardo Alarcón challenges the United States to lift its 48-year embargo on the island if it believes Cuba benefits from the embargo, as Hillary Clinton suggested. (euronews) (Press TV) (Channel News Asia)
- Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki meets the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna and says Iran remains interested in a nuclear fuel swap drafted by the United Nations. (Al Jazeera) (Press TV) (Xinhua)
- London Marathon:
- Tsegaye Kebede wins the men's marathon with a time of 2:05:19; Liliya Shobukhova wins the women's marathon with a time of 2:22:00. (USA Today)
- Princess Beatrice of York becomes the first royal to complete the London Marathon. (The Daily Telegraph)
- Chennai Super Kings defeat Mumbai Indians to win the third Indian Premier League cricket tournament. CNN, Al Jazeera, Sydney Morning Herald
- Pope Benedict XVI and his upcoming visit to Britain:
- The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office apologises after The Sunday Telegraph obtains a "foolish" document calling for the upcoming September visit of Pope Benedict XVI to be marked by the launch of "Benedict-branded" condoms, the opening of an abortion clinic and the blessing of a same-sex marriage. (BBC) (The Guardian) (RTÉ)
- The Vatican downplays the incident and says it will continue to visit despite the diplomatic gaffe. (National Post)
- South African President Jacob Zuma announces that he is HIV-negative in an effort to promote AIDS awareness. (BBC) (China Post) (France24)[permanent dead link ] (News24)
- Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan reveals he has cirrhosis of the liver. (BBC) (CBC) (The Straits Times) (The Times)
- Professor Stephen Hawking warns humans about the dangers of contacting extraterrestrials. (BBC) (Fox News) (The Hindu) (Sky News) (The Sunday Times)
- The United Kingdom Professional Footballers' Association votes Wayne Rooney as "player of the year". (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph)
- The first passenger flight between Iraq and the United Kingdom in two decades touches down at London Gatwick Airport, nine days overdue because of volcanic ash problems. (BBC)