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 Romania's newly elected right-wing Greater Romania Party MEP George "Gigi" Becali is ordered by court not to leave the country. (BBC)
- Three workers are missing after an explosion at a ConAgra Foods plant in Garner, North Carolina,
 United States. (CNN)
- 2009 swine flu outbreak: World Health Organisation Director-General Margaret Chan believes "on the surface of it" that a pandemic has been reached. She also said that "once I get indisputable evidence, I will make the announcement," and will meet with governments on Wednesday regarding reports about the outbreak. (Associated Press via Breitbart.com)
- The Slim Jim, manufacturing plant in Garner, North Carolina was rocked by an explosion that resulted in the collapse of a section of the facility's roof and wall. Three workers were killed while over 40 others were injured.
- Indians in Australia allege more attacks against them in Sydney. (BBC)
- Dáil Éireann debates a motion of no confidence against the Government of Ireland as George Lee and Maureen O'Sullivan make their debuts in the 30th Dáil. (RTÉ)
- Two Democrats cross party lines and join Republicans to swing control of the Senate of the U.S. state of New York to the Republican Party. (WCBS New York)
- Royal Dutch Shell is to pay out $15.5m (£9.7m) in a legal settlement over its alleged complicity in the 1995 execution of several Nigerian environmental activists, including author Ken Saro-Wiwa, in Nigeria in 1995. (RTÉ) (Sky News)
- Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, is pelted with eggs by protestors and forced to abandon a press conference. (BBC)
- Lloyds Banking Group announce the closure of all Cheltenham & Gloucester branches in the UK and the loss of about 1,660 jobs. (BBC)
- The trial of William Jefferson, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, on charges of bribery and racketeering gets underway. (Washington Post)
- The chairman of Anglo Irish Bank discloses to the Oireachtas Committee on Finance and Public Service that some senior staff at the bank have impaired loans to the bank. (RTÉ)
- A study suggests that the HIV prevalence rate in
 South Africa has leveled off at 10.9% and it could be falling in the under-19 age group. (BBC)
- An explosion kills 11 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar,
 Pakistan. (BBC) (RTÉ)
- A notebook of Pablo Picasso sketches worth several million euro is discovered stolen from the Musée Picasso in Paris. (The Irish Times)
- Post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive released their album, Adelphia (album).
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- The Gas Exporting Countries Forum elects Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, oil and energy minister of Qatar, as the president of the organization. (Bloomberg)
- The President of Cameroon Paul Biya sacks Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni and appoints Philemon Yang to the role. (AP via Google News)
- Dresden loses its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Bloomberg)
- Germany's Constitutional Court approves the Treaty of Lisbon, but suspends ratification of it. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Official figures from the Central Statistics Office show a dramatic contraction in the Irish economy in the first three months of 2009. (RTÉ)
- At least 15 people are killed and 40 are injured by the derailment of an Italian freight train and subsequent explosion of two wagons carrying liquified petroleum gas in Viareggio. (BBC)
- Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310, crashes en route to Moroni, Comoros, from Sana'a, Yemen. (CNN)
- U.S. forces pull out of Baghdad and leave major cities across Iraq. (The New York Times)
- The Pirate Bay, one of the world's largest BitTorrent trackers, confirms today that it would be acquired by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) for 7.8 million USD. (The Pirate Bay blog)
- The Taliban scraps the truce offered in February by the Pakistani government, killing approximately 30 Pakistani soldiers shortly after making the announcement. (The New York Times)
- The Israeli navy intercepts a boat carrying humanitarian supplies headed for Gaza, which remains under a blockade. (The Jerusalem Post) (Al Jazeera)
- United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2008
- Emanuel Zeltser, American prisoner, release authorized today by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka. (BackgroundNow.com)
- Final judgment rendered in U.S. v. John C. Malone, chairman of Liberty Media and CEO of Discovery Holding Company. (BackgroundNow.com)
- The U.S. resumes secret surveillance flights to aid Pakistani commanders. (The New York Times)
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