A series of bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, India kills at least twenty-nine people and injures over one hundred. This was preceded by a series of bomb blasts in Bangalore, India that killed two people and injured twenty.
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hits off the coast of Honshu, Japan with reports of landslides, injuries and disruption to transport and power supplies. (BBC News)
The Congress of France (the National Assembly and the Senate meeting together) passes a bill that would make major changes to the Constitution of France, with a margin of only one vote; this bill is designed to strengthen Parliament, while establishing a two-term presidential term limit and allowing the President to speak before Parliament.(BBC News)
