- Former French President Jacques Chirac (pictured) receives a two-year suspended sentence after being convicted of embezzlement.
- The United States formally declares an end to the Iraq War.
- At least five people are killed and more than one hundred are wounded in a murder–suicide attack in Liège, Belgium.
- The Constituent Assembly of Tunisia elects Moncef Marzouki as the President of Tunisia.
- The UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, closes with an agreement to establish a new treaty to limit carbon emissions.
- Allegations of flaws in the Russian legislative elections trigger the country's largest protests since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- Iran files a formal complaint to the UN Security Council regarding a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel aircraft seized within its territory.
- The National Basketball Association lockout ends with a collective bargaining agreement between players and owners.
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