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- The world's longest borehole, at 12,345 meters (40,502 ft) long, is drilled off the coast of the Russian island Sakhalin.[1]
- Hashim Thaçi remains Prime Minister of Kosovo after the Democratic Party wins an election in the disputed territory.[2]
- Marouf Bakhit is appointed the new Prime Minister of Jordan in a cabinet reshuffle by Abdullah II of Jordan, following mass protests.[3]
- President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak (pictured) announces he will not run for re-election after political unrest in the country.[4]
- British composer John Barry, known for writing the music to 11 films in the James Bond series dies at the age of 77.[5]
- Cyclone Yasi, the strongest cyclone to hit Australia in generations, makes landfall near Innisfail, Queensland.[6]
- IANA allocates the last free blocks of IPv4 internet addresses to the regional Internet registries. Transition to the next generation internet protocol IPv6 is in progress.[7]
- Thousands protest in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, after Ali Abdullah Saleh (pictured) announces he will step down in 2013.[8]
- NASA's Kepler mission releases preliminary results that indicate over 1,200 candidate extrasolar planets, 54 of which are located in the habitable zone.[9]
- The Prime Minister of Burma, Thein Sein is named the new President of the country, following the 2010 general election.[10]
- After seven months of political gridlock, Jhala Nath Khanal is elected Prime Minister of Nepal by the country's Parliament.[11]
- The International Cricket Council bans Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, and Mohammad Amir for five years for spot-fixing.[12]
- Explosion of the Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's North Sinai Governorate suspends natural gas supplies to Israel and Jordan.[13]
- The Japan Sumo Association cancels a Grand Tournament for the first time in 65 years after a match-fixing controversy.[14]
- In American football, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers to win Super Bowl XLV.[15]
- A new round of clashes erupts between Cambodian and Thai soldiers over the area surrounding Preah Vihear Temple.[16]
- NASA's STEREO probes produce the first ever 3D images of the entire surface of the Sun.[17]
- After two weeks of protests across Egypt, the largest crowd gathers in Tahrir Square amid renewed calls for President Hosni Mubarak's resignation.[18]
- After more than two weeks of protests across Egypt (protesters pictured), President Hosni Mubarak resigns.[19]
- Anti-government protests are held across Algeria.[20]
- Anti-government protests are held in Algeria (pictured) and Yemen amid similar protests across the Arab world.[21]
- The discovery of a 3.2 million years-old bone of the species Australopithecus afarensis that indicates the human walk upward is announced.[22]
- The King's Speech wins seven awards, including best film, at the 64th British Academy Film Awards.[23]
- Lady Antebellum wins five Grammy Awards including Record of the Year, while Arcade Fire wins Album of the Year in the 53rd Grammy Awards.[24]
- Anti-government protests are held in Algeria, Bahrain and Yemen amid similar protests across the Arab world.[25]
- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is indicted for allegedly hiring an under-age prostitute.[26]
- Chevron is fined $8.6 billion for Texaco's pollution of the Amazon region of Ecuador over a twenty-year period.[27]
- Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun undergoes investigation for corruption after being sacked as ministry party chief.[28]
- Anti-government protests are held in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran and Yemen.[29]
- The People's Republic of China overtakes Japan as the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP.[30]
- NASA probe Stardust flies by the comet Tempel 1, capturing images of the crater formed by the Deep Impact mission.[31]
- Anti-government protests are held in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Libya and Yemen.[32]
- IBM's artificial intelligence program Watson wins on the American quiz show Jeopardy! against two of the show's most prolific contestants.[33]
- In Operation Power Outage, conducted by the U.S. Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force, 74 members of the criminal organization Armenian Power are arrested in Southern California.[34]
- Belgium breaks the record for the longest time any country has been without a government.[35]
- Authorities open fire on demonstrators in Libya and Bahrain amid continuing protests across the Arab world.[36]
- The Iranian film Nader and Simin, A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi (pictured), wins the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.[37]
- In stock car racing, Trevor Bayne becomes the youngest person to ever win the Daytona 500.[38]
- The Libyan protests spread to the capital Tripoli as hundreds of protesters are reported dead.[39]
- A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Canterbury region of New Zealand and the city of Christchurch in particular, causing major damage and at least 65 deaths.[40]
- Behgjet Pacolli is elected President of the Republic of Kosovo.[41]
- An Indian court convicts thirty-one people of perpetrating the 2002 Godhra train burning, which led to rioting in Gujarat.[42]
- STS-133, the final flight of Space Shuttle Discovery, launches from Kennedy Space Center.[43]
- Algeria lifts its 19-year-old state of emergency amid widespread protests in the country.[44]
- Russia launches the first GLONASS-K satellite, intended as part of the GLONASS global navigation satellite system.[45]
- The U.N. Security Council refers Libya to the International Criminal Court and imposes sanctions amid crackdowns on anti-government protesters.[46]
- Protests are held after Friday prayers in Iraq, Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain amid continuing turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa.[47]
- Fine Gael win a plurality in the Irish general election.[48]
- The King's Speech wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[49]
- Beji Caid el Sebsi becomes Prime Minister of Tunisia after Mohamed Ghannouchi resigned amid ongoing protests.[50]