Hailed as the largest World's Fair in history, Expo 2010 opens in Shanghai, China. (Financial Times)[permanent dead link](Xinhua) (China.org) (Sina) (People) (China.com) (Shanghai Daily)
MaltesePresidentGeorge Abela is hospitalised after sustaining an injury in his China hotel and has to cancel his appearance at the official inauguration. (The Times of Malta)
At least eight villagers die following a landslide in Kenya, with others hospitalised or missing and homes destroyed. (BBC)
At least eight people die in an attack on an army base in South Sudan. (BBC)
French senator Charles Pasqua is convicted and sentenced on charges of corruption which occurred whilst he was interior minister in the 1990s. (France24) (BBC) (China Post)