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The discovery of
Balaur , a new genus of dinosaurs closely related to
velociraptor , is announced.
[1]
In the
Iraq War , Operation Iraqi Freedom concludes and
Operation New Dawn begins; marking the end of foreign combat operations in
Iraq .
[2]
A
mass shooting in
Bratislava ,
Slovakia , leaves eight people dead, including the gunman.
[3]
Hurricane Earl , a major
Category four hurricane that has already battered the northern
Leeward Islands , impacts the
East Coast of the United States with mandatory evacuations of 30,000 people in
North Carolina .
[4]
Three bombings kill at least 30 people and injure more than 200 others in
Lahore .
[5]
Typhoon Kompasu makes
landfall in
South Korea , becoming the strongest
typhoon to affect
Seoul in fifteen years.
[6]
A 7.1-
magnitude
earthquake strikes the
South Island of
New Zealand , causing widespread damage in
Christchurch .
[7]
In one of the longest trials in
Portuguese history, six men are
convicted on charges stemming from the
child sexual abuse at the
Casa Pia children's home in
Lisbon .
[8]
A
bombing at a
Shia rally in
Quetta ,
Pakistan , marking
Quds Day kills at least 73 people and injures 200 others.
[9]
The
Spanish
Basque nationalist group
ETA announces a
ceasefire ; the first since a similar 2006
declaration .
[10]
At least 54 people are killed by
Tropical Depression Eleven-E in
Guatemala after a series of
mudslides cover parts of the
Inter-American Highway .
[11]
The
Labor Party , led by
Prime Minister
Julia Gillard , forms a
minority government after a
federal election in
Australia that resulted in a
hung parliament .
[12]
The
Iranian government suspends the sentence of death by
stoning for
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani in response to international pressure.
[13]
Gunmen
storm a prison in
Bauchi ,
Nigeria , freeing over 700 inmates.
[14]
The
White House announces that
Staff Sergeant
Salvatore Giunta (pictured) will be awarded the
Medal of Honor , the first
living recipient to be so honored since the
Vietnam War .
[15]
The
American film
Somewhere , directed by
Sofia Coppola , wins the
Golden Lion at the
67th Venice International Film Festival .
[16]
In
basketball , the
United States
defeats
Turkey to win the
2010 FIBA World Championship .
[17]
New Zealand win the
2010 Tri Nations Series undefeated, after beating
Australia at the
ANZ Stadium in
Sydney .
[18]
Voters in
Turkey approve constitutional changes in a
referendum .
[19]
In
tennis ,
Rafael Nadal of
Spain and
Kim Clijsters of
Belgium win the
men's and
women's singles, respectively, at the
US Open .
[20]
The
French
parliament passes a
bill ,
controversially
banning the wearing of the
niqāb or the
burqa
Islamic garments in public.
[21]
Pope Benedict XVI makes the
first state visit by a
pope to the
United Kingdom , amid controversy over
Catholic social policies.
[22]
The killing of exiled
Pakistani politician
Imran Farooq in
London provokes violence in his home town of
Karachi .
[23]
Researchers announce that the
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), closely related to
HIV , has evolved at least 32,000 years ago, making it about a hundred times older than previously thought.
[24]
French athlete
Philippe Croizon becomes the first quadruple
amputee to swim the
English Channel , completing the challenge in less than 14 hours.
[25]
In the
Swedish
general election , the centre-right
Alliance wins a plurality, while the
Sweden Democrats hold the balance of power.
[26]
The King's Speech , directed by
Tom Hooper , wins the
People's Choice Award at the
Toronto International Film Festival .
[27]
In
cycling ,
Vincenzo Nibali from
Italy ,
wins the
Vuelta a España .
[28]
In
Gaelic football ,
Cork
defeat
Down to win their seventh
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship .
[29]
Italian authorities seize €23 million in assets from the
Vatican Bank amidst an investigation of alleged
money laundering .
[30]
The discovery of
Kosmoceratops , a
genus of
ceratopsian
dinosaur that lived during the
Late Cretaceous
period , is announced.
[31]
Typhoon Fanapi makes landfall in
Mainland China after devastating
Taiwan , leaving at least 72 dead.
[32]
Alleged
al-Qaeda operative
Aafia Siddiqui is sentenced by a
federal court to 86 years in prison for
attempted murder , resulting in protests in
Pakistan .
[33]
Soviet politician
Gennady Yanayev , leader of the
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt , dies at the age of 73.
[34]
Hugo Chavez'
United Socialist Party of Venezuela maintains a majority of seats in the
Venezuelan parliamentary election but loses its
supermajority in the
National Assembly .
[35]
President of
Russia
Dmitry Medvedev dismisses
Mayor of
Moscow
Yury Luzhkov with first Deputy Mayor
Vladimir Resin appointed as acting Mayor.
[36]
Maatia Toafa is
elected as
Prime Minister of
Tuvalu .
[37]
Kim Jong-un , the third son of
North Korean leader
Kim Jong-il , is made a general of the
Korean People's Army and a vice chairman of the
Central Military Commission of the
Workers' Party of Korea .
[38]
An
Indian High Court rules that the
disputed holy site in
Ayodhya be split into three parts.
[39]
The
Icelandic parliament
indicts former
Prime Minister
Geir Haarde on charges of negligeance in office related to the
2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis .
[40]
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