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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]
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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]
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