# Ruins of an ancient Wari city are discovered in northern Peru.
# ASEAN meets in Jakarta, Indonesia, to launch the ASEAN Charter, which groups its 10 member states into a legal entity.
# The House of Representatives of Thailand selects Abhisit Vejjajiva of the Democrat Party as the country's new Prime Minister.
# Bernard Madoff is arrested by the FBI in the United States, and charged with defrauding investors in a US$50 billion Ponzi scheme.
# Switzerland becomes the 25th European country to join the Schengen Agreement, whereby cross-border passport checks (pictured) will be abolished.
# The Channel Island of Sark, a British crown dependency, holds its first fully democratic elections under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism.
# Anti-police riots break out in Athens and spread to several cities across Greece.
# Ireland issues an international recall of its pork products following the discovery of contaminated pig feed.
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