- The President of Bolivia Evo Morales declares the Bolivian floods as a national disaster with 35 deaths and 72,000 people becoming homeless. (CNN)
- Marthinus van Schalkwyk, the South African Minister for the Environment, releases a plan to control the elephant population which contains culling as a last resort. (New York Times)
- United States Presidential Election, 2008: Senator John McCain (R- AZ) announces his candidacy for president on the Late Show with David Letterman. (FOX)
- Romano Prodi, the Prime Minister of Italy, survives a no-confidence motion in the Senate. (CNN)
- Airbus announces plans to cut 10,000 jobs across Europe in the next four years. (AFP and ABC News Australia)
- The European Union announces plans to make significant cuts to the European Union Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (BBC)
- Strong wind blows a passenger train off the tracks near Turpan, Xinjiang, China, killing four and injuring 30 more. (China Daily)
- Authorities monitor a volcano on the island of Stromboli off the north coast of Sicily as lava pours down its slope for a second successive day. (AP via Washington Post)
- Cuba-United States relations: Carlos and Elsa Alvarez are sentenced to five and three year prison terms respectively after being convicted of spying for the Cuban government. (BBC)
- Two paintings by Pablo Picasso, Maya with Doll and Jacqueline, have been stolen from the painter's granddaughter's apartment in Paris, France. (The Times)
- Iraq War: A car bomb kills at least 10 people in Baghdad. (AP via Washington Post)
- Japan abandons its whaling hunt in the Southern Ocean for this year due to the damage caused to the Nisshin Maru. (ABC)
- The Sri Lanka Navy kills at least fifteen members of the Tamil Tigers as they try to infiltrate the port of Trincomalee. (AP via the Hindu)
- Finance Minister of Thailand Pridiyathorn Devakula resigns over differences of opinion with the Prime Minister of Thailand Surayud Chulanont. (BBC)
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