• Three people are killed in attacks on the offices of the International Relief and Development (IRD) in the Afghan city of Kandahar. (AFP via Yahoo News)

• Australian airline Qantas resumes flights after a ruling by Fair Work Australia. (The Australian)
• The Government of Japan intervenes to reduce the exchange rate of the Japanese yen with the United States dollar after the yen reached record highs. (Reuters)
• US brokerage firm MF Global files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after declaring £4bn of Eurozone debt exposure. (BBC)

• UNESCO becomes the first United Nations agency to admit Palestine as a full member, with the United States withdrawing funding in protest. (AFP via Adelaide Now) (CBS News)

• A jury in the US state of Arizona convicts Mark Goodeau on all charges related to the Baseline Killer murders. (AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution)

• Kizza Besigye, the leader of Uganda's political opposition, is arrested while leading a "walk to work" protest. (AFP via Google)
• The Rt Rev Graeme Knowles resigns as Dean of London's St Paul's Cathedral as protests by Occupy London demonstrators continue. (BBC)
• Abdurrahim El-Keib is named as the new interim Prime Minister of Libya by the country's National Transitional Council. (BBC)
• The Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou calls a referendum on the new European Union debt deal. (AP via Google News)

• The United Nations Population Division estimates that the world population has reached seven billion people. (Los Angeles Times)