Saturday
Kuala Lumpur: Breaching a lockdown imposed by authorities, more than 50,000 people today poured onto the streets of Malaysian capital in the biggest political rally in years to demand electoral reforms.
Juba: Joyous people poured onto the streets, danced and kissed the earth to mark the oil-rich South Sudan becoming the world's newest country, with international leaders, including Vice President Hamid Ansari, witnessing history unfolding in the country's capital here.
Sunday
London: Passionate readers trooped into corner shops to pick up the last edition of the 168-year-old 'News of the World' tabloid, as Rupert Murdoch arrived here to take charge of his UK media empire amid a controversy that his company used illegal news gathering practices.
Washington: Angered by Pakistan's reluctance to go full throttle in the war against teror, the US disclosed that it has suspended $800 million worth of military aid to it, reflecting months of bickering between the allies.
Moscow: A vintage double-decker passenger ship with 188 tourists on board sank today in Volga River in Russia's east-central republic of Tatarstan, killing one person while 102 people, including children, are still missing.
Monday
Mari (Cyprus): Huge blasts in a seized Iranian arms cache at a Greek Cypriot naval base in southern Cyprus killed at least 12 people today, triggering power and water outages at the height of summer.
London: The scandal surrounding News of the World spreads to other newspaper titles in Rupert Mordoch's media empire in Britain with revelations that the illegal procurement of information was not confined to the closed News of the World alone.
Tuesday
London: In a rare show of cross-party consensus, the David Cameron government has signalled its willingness to support the opposition Labour party's motion in the House of Commons, asking media baron Rupert Murdoch to withdraw his takeover bid of BSkyB.
Peshawar: At least 45 militants are killed in Pakistan's restive northwest in one of the deadliest strikes by US drones, signalling Washington's resolve to step up assault on terror groups in this country despite growing strains in ties with its key ally.
Wednesday
Washington: US President Barack Obama condemned as "outrageous" the attacks in Mumbai and offered support to bring the perpetrators of the "terrible crimes to justice".
Thursday
London: Bowing to pressure from British lawmakers and others, father-son duo Rupert and James Murdoch decided to attend the key meeting of a House of Commons committee next week to explain their position on the phone-hacking case.
United Nations: Oil-rich South Sudan, the world's newest nation also became the newest member of the United Nations after being voted in by the world body as its 193rd member.
Friday
Damascus: At least 28 civilians are killed including 16 in the capital Damascus and a child, as security forces opened fire to quell the largest anti-regime rallies in four months, activists said.
London: As members of the House of Lords heaped calumnies, media baron Rupert Murdoch went into damage control mode, apologising to Britain for using dubious news-gathering practices and showing the door to News International CEO Rebekah Brooks.
