Portal:Current events/2010 January 13

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

A fatal attack on a tourist by a "dinosaur-sized" shark off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, prompts the closure of several beaches. [http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaur-sized-shark-kills-tourist.html (Discovery News)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116153918/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=iol1263366105281S621 (IOL)] [http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jxTLzs7LQ7toyoAbN2Bcq_f6zddg (AFP)]

;Business and economy

Mercedes-Benz's 2009 sales rise 77% in the People's Republic of China. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/12/content_12798388.htm (Xinhua)]
The United States trade deficit rose 9.7% to 36.4 billion US dollars in November. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/13/content_12798885.htm (Xinhua)] [http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90858/90864/6866980.html (People's Daily)] [http://www.rttnews.com/Content/USEconomicNews.aspx?Id=1177483 (RTT News)]
The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is held in Detroit, Michigan, US. Green vehicles are seen as a response to the late 2000s recession. Automotive News World Congress is held at the Renaissance Center. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/13/content_12798877.htm (Xinhua)] [http://www.merinews.com/article/auto-show-2010-detroit-starts-open-for-public-jan-17/15794058.shtml (Merinews)]
Shares in Japan Airlines fall by 81%. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8455851.stm (BBC)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100117043755/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Money/Story/STIStory_476726.html (The Straits Times)]

;Disasters and accidents

An Arkefly Boeing 767 flying from Amsterdam to the Netherlands Antilles is grounded at Shannon Airport after a man claims there is a bomb on board. All 242 passengers and crew are evacuated. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0113/shannon.html (RTÉ)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110607042050/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/bomb-alert-halts-amsterdam-caribbean-flight (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)] [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/plane-diverted-to-ireland-after-dutch-man-cries-bomb-reports/story-fn3dxity-1225819023759 (The Australian)]

;International relations

Guinea's junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara arrives in Burkina Faso after being hospitalised in Morocco. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100115012511/http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/article258808.ece (Times LIVE)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8455682.stm (BBC)]
Turkey threatens to recall its ambassador from Israel over a dispute involving Turkey's ambassador to the country. Israel apologized later. [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60C1M420100113 (Reuters)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116153947/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1142344.html (Ha'aretz)] [http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-198418-turkey-says-will-withdraw-ambassador-if-israel-does-not-apologize.html (Today's Zaman)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The Kiev Court of Appeal accuses Joseph Stalin and other leaders of the former Soviet Union and Soviet Ukraine of organizing mass famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933. [http://www.kyivpost.com/news/city/detail/56954/ (Kyiv Post)] [http://en.rian.ru/exsoviet/20100113/157536602.html (RIA Novosti)] [http://rt.com/Politics/2010-01-14/holodomor-famine-stalin-ukraine.html (RT)]

;Law and crime

Pope Benedict XVI meets and forgives the woman who attacked him at Christmas Eve Mass in 2009. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6986436.ece (The Times)] [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/holy_father_meets_privately_with_christmas_assailant/ (Catholic News Agency)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116143418/http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.4194046362 (Adnkronos)]

;Politics and elections

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni urges the government to reconsider the anti-homosexuality bill being debated due to "foreign policy issues". [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/13/uganda-anti-gay-bill-president (The Guardian)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116112205/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/706894 (New Vision)]

;Science and technology

Computer modelling shows that the Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier, once described as a major "tipping point" for the entire West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the embayment of the Amundsen Sea, has reached their own tipping points for eventual collapse, likely to lead to a sea level rise of up to 52 cm. [https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18383-major-antarctic-glacier-is-past-its-tipping-point.html (New Scientist)]
Venezuela announces an electricity rationing programme in which the entire country will be affected by four-hour blackouts every week. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100117014344/http://english.eluniversal.com/2010/01/12/en_eco_esp_four-hour-electric-r_12A3279811.shtml (El Universal)] [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-01/13/content_9314246.htm (China Daily)]
The Government of the People's Republic of China responds to Google's refusal to continue censorship of search results. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/13/content_12804080.htm (Xinhua)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8456950.stm (BBC)]

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