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| ITNs | Days | Continents | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 31 | 6/7 |
- Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania, the only Chernobyl-type nuclear power station in the European Union, is shut down after 22 years service.[1]
- The ASEAN–China Free Trade Area, the world's largest free trade area in terms of population, comes into effect.[2]
- At least 95 people are killed and more than 100 injured in a suicide bombing in Lakki Marwat, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.[3]
- Researchers announce that the origin of devil facial tumour disease (example pictured), a transmissible cancer which has caused the population of Tasmanian devils to collapse by 60% in the past decade, is Schwann cells.[4]
- Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen (pictured) becomes the youngest world number one in the official January 2010 FIDE rating list.[5]
- Burj Dubai, the tallest structure ever built, opens to the public in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[6]
- Several countries, including France, the United Kingdom and the United States, close their embassies in Yemen in response to threats by al-Qaeda.[7]
- A new wave of very cold weather, with temperatures dropping to −41 °C (−42 °F), affects much of Europe.[8]
- Turkmenistan gains a new route to export its natural gas production to Iran with the opening of the Dauletabad – Salyp Yar pipeline.[9]
- Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person to have survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, dies of stomach cancer aged 93.[10]
- The Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, is confirmed by the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning to have decommissioned all of its weapons.[11]
- Several churches in Malaysia are attacked following a legal dispute involving a Catholic newsweekly which used the word Allah for the Christian God.[12]
- The Ady Gil (pictured), a trimaran used by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, is abandoned following a collision with the Japanese whaling vessel MV Shōnan Maru 2.[13]
- One person is killed and several others are injured as the Togo national football team's bus comes under attack ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[14]
- Social democrat Ivo Josipović is elected President of Croatia, beating Milan Bandić by 60.3% to 39.7%.[15]
- In world darts championships, Martin "Wolfman" Adams wins the 2010 BDO World Championship and Phil "The Power" Taylor wins the 2010 PDC World Championship.[16]
- Chile accepts the invitation to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and will become the first member from South America.[17]
- A 7.0 Mw earthquake strikes Haiti, causing the collapse of a hospital and other buildings in Port-au-Prince.[18]
- The first map in Chinese to show the Americas, created by Matteo Ricci in 1602 at the request of the Wanli Emperor, goes on public display.[19]
- The Liberal Democratic Party wins a plurality of seats in elections to the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan.[20]
- The longest annular solar eclipse (animated path pictured) until the year 3043 occurs over parts of Africa, the Indian Ocean and Asia.[21]
- Papua New Guinea's worst road accident kills at least 40 people after two buses collide near Lae.[22]
- An international investigation into the death of Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, who had left a pre-recorded message saying President of Guatemala Álvaro Colom Caballeros would be responsible for his death, determines Rosenberg staged his own murder.[23]
- Beach in Pourville (pictured), a painting by Impressionist artist Claude Monet stolen in September 2000, is recovered in Poland.[24]
- The first experimental measurement of the melting point of diamond indicates that the solid floats on the liquid.[25]
- Sebastián Piñera (pictured) of the center-right Alliance for Chile is elected President of Chile.[26]
- Communist politician Jyoti Basu, the longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal, dies at the age of 95.[27]
- Japan Airlines, the national carrier of Japan, declares bankruptcy.[28]
- The board of directors of Cadbury plc recommends acceptance of the revised £11.5 billion offer from Kraft Foods for the equity of the company.[29]
- The Democratic Party caucus loses its supermajority in the United States Senate after a special election in Massachusetts.[30]
- A strong aftershock measuring 6.1 Mw strikes Haiti one week after an earthquake that caused widespread destruction in Port-au-Prince.[31]
- More than 200 people are killed during several days of rioting between Muslims and Christians in Jos, Nigeria.[32]
- The National Assembly of Angola passes a new constitution.[33]
- Irinej is chosen as the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church.[34]
- Sultan Iskandar of Johor, the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (elected monarch) of Malaysia, dies at the age of 77.[35]
- Overturning two precedents, the U.S. Supreme Court rules corporations and labor unions may spend money to influence elections.[36]
- Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, with 85 passengers on board, crashes into the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Beirut Airport, Lebanon.[37]
- Ali Hassan al-Majid, nicknamed Chemical Ali for his role in Saddam Hussein's gassing of Kurds, is executed in Iraq after four death sentences.[38]
- James Cameron's Avatar becomes the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing his 1997 Titanic.[39]
- The Labour Party, led by Denzil Douglas, is elected to a fourth consecutive term in government in Saint Kitts and Nevis.[40]
- Mahinda Rajapaksa is re-elected as the President of Sri Lanka.[41]
- American novelist J. D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, dies at the age of 91.[42]
- The U.S. Senate votes to give Ben Bernanke (pictured) a second term as Chair of the Federal Reserve.[43]
- Following the discovery of an accelerator pedal fault, Toyota announces the recall of 7.5 million vehicles worldwide.[44]
- In tennis, Serena Williams wins her fifth women's singles Australian Open title, beating Justine Henin in the final.[45]
- ^ Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ ASEAN–China Free Trade Area (User:Tone)
- ^ 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Devil facial tumour disease (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Magnus Carlsen (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Burj Dubai (User:DragonflySixtyseven)
- ^ Foreign relations of Yemen#2010 embassy closures (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ European winter storms of 2009–10 (User:Tone)
- ^ Dauletabad – Salyp Yar pipeline (User:Tone)
- ^ Tsutomu Yamaguchi (User:Tone)
- ^ Ulster Defence Association (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Malaysia v. The Herald (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Earthrace (User:BorgQueen) Later removed as "there is no consensus for the boat story".
- ^ Togo national football team (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Croatian presidential election, 2009–2010 (User:Jake Wartenberg)
- ^ Martin "Wolfman" Adams, Phil "The Power" Taylor (User:MSGJ) Later removed as "you can't say there is a consensus about the darts item, removing until there is one".
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- ^ Impossible Black Tulip (map) (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Uzbekistani parliamentary election, 2009–2010 (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash (User:Tone)
- ^ Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Beach in Pourville (User:Dumelow)
- ^ Diamond (User:Jake Wartenberg)
- ^ Sebastián Piñera (User:Davidcannon)
- ^ Jyoti Basu (User:Tone)
- ^ Japan Airlines (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Cadbury plc#Kraft buyout (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010 (User:Jehochman)
- ^ 2010 Haiti earthquake#Aftershocks (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ 2010 Jos riots (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ Constitution of Angola (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Patriarch Irinej of Serbia (User:Tone)
- ^ Iskandar of Johor (User:BorgQueen)
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- ^ Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 (User:Tone)
- ^ Ali Hassan al-Majid (User:Jehochman)
- ^ Avatar (2009 film) (User:Tone)
- ^ Saint Kitts and Nevis general election, 2010 (User:Dumelow)
- ^ Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010 (User:Tone)
- ^ J. D. Salinger (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Ben Bernanke (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2010 Toyota vehicle recalls (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Serena Williams (User:Dumelow)