- Nikola Gruevski (pictured), Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, retains his position for a third consecutive term in office.
- NATO begins employing attack helicopters for the first time in air operations over Libya.
- In tennis, Li Na wins the women’s singles and Rafael Nadal wins the men’s singles at the French Open.
- Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupts, forcing 3,500 people to evacuate.
- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is injured in an attack on the presidential palace and transported to a Saudi Arabia hospital for treatment.
- Senior Al-Qaeda member Ilyas Kashmiri is killed by an American drone strike in South Waziristan, Pakistan.
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