- An earthquake on the island of Java, Indonesia (___location pictured) kills at least 6,200 people.
- Myanmar extends the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for another year.
- The largest train station in Europe, the Berlin Hauptbahnhof, opens in the German capital.
- Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are convicted for their roles in the collapse of Enron.
- Australian forces lead Operation Astute to quell the ongoing crisis in East Timor.
- In India, students protest a proposal to increase educational quotas for members of the "backward" castes.
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