Template:In the news
- In Dublin, over 100 countries agree to the Convention on Cluster Munitions banning cluster bombs (pictured).
- Nepal is declared a republic by its newly elected government, and King Gyanendra ends his reign as the last of a 240-year-old monarchy.
- In the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake, the People's Republic of China evacuates 100,000 people from Mianyang as engineers prepare to drain the landslide dam-created Tangjiashan Lake.
- The State Peace and Development Council of Burma extends opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest by one year.
- Ethiopia's Supreme Court upholds former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam's conviction and sentences him to death in absentia for his role in the Red Terror.
- NASA's Phoenix lands on Mars, the first successful powered descent on the planet in over 30 years.
- The BJP will lead the government by itself after elections in the Indian state of Karnataka, a first in South Indian political history.
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