The state of Connecticut is to repeal death penalty. The state's House of Representatives voted 86 to 62 to abolish capital punishment. The governor P. Mallory announced that he will sign the law. The law makes the state the 17th in the nation that ends the practice.
The North Korean Kim regime readies for the controversial rocket launch. It declared the time frame for its launch between Thursday and Monday and had ended fueling the rocket. The G8 nations denounced its plan to launch a long-range rocket a a "clear violation" of the UN resolutions.