A national Intelligence estimate declares that Iran has frozen its nuclear weapons program.
Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.
Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine, are cut for three days the Russia-Belarus energy dispute.
U.S. planes conduct air strikes in Somalia.
Vietnam joins the World Trade Organisation.
Israel releases $100 million in frozen assets to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority in order to bolster the president's position.
Tony Blair resigns as PM. He is succeeded by Gordon Brown.
Gordon Brown
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns. He is replaced with Yasuo Fakuda.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov resigns. He is replaced with Viktor Zubkov.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's proposed changes to the Venezuelan constitution are narrowly defeated in a nationwide referendum.
Protests occur in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara were alleged to have been racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
India's 10th Five Year Plan comes to an end.
Severe clashes between two rival factions erupted in Parachinar, a tribal area of Pakistan bordering the famous Tora Bora Heights.
Forty-four people are dead after two bombs explode in Hyderabad, India.
India won the ICC Twenty20 WorldCup beating Pakistan by 5 runs.
Presidential election occurs in Pakistan.
The Election commission of Bangladesh is separated from the Judiciary department.
President Pervez Musharraf declares state of emergency in Pakistan.
Over 3,000 people are believed to have died after Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, with the death toll expected to rise.
Nawaz Sharif makes a second attempt to return to Pakistan along with his brother Shahbaz Sharif and other family members.
President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf stands down as the head of the Pakistan Army and was succeeded by Lt. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast at an election rally in Rawalpindi.