- Nobel laureate José Ramos-Horta (pictured) wins the East Timorese presidential election, defeating FRETILIN candidate Francisco Guterres.
- A 6.1-Mw earthquake strikes in a remote area near Luang Prabang in Laos, and is felt as far away as Bangkok and Hanoi, where high-rise buildings sway, residents panic and buildings are evacuated. No injuries or severe damage is reported.
- The Malaysian Federal Court rejects an appeal by Christian convert Lina Joy to have the word "Islam" removed from her national identity card.
- The Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency says it has signed an agreement to help build a nuclear reactor in Myanmar.
- In violence leading up to the Philippines general election, a bomb explodes in a public market in Tacurong City, killing eight people. The election violence death toll is 126.
- The Singapore Grand Prix is confirmed for the 2008 Formula One season, with a 4.8km Singapore Street Circuit planned for the downtown area.
- A Constitutional Tribunal rules on violations in the April 2006 Thai general election, ordering the former ruling party, Thai Rak Thai, dissolved. Ousted prime minister and former party leader Thaksin Shinawatra is banned from politics for five years, along with 110 other party executives. The opposition Democrat Party is acquitted of six charges and left intact.
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