Wikipedia:ITN archives/2010/January

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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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=335240179 Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant] (User:BorgQueen)
The ASEAN–China Free Trade Area, the world's largest free trade area in terms of population, comes into effect.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=335251346 ASEAN–China Free Trade Area] (User:Tone)
At least 95 people are killed and more than 100 injured in a suicide bombing in Lakki Marwat, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=335333665 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing] (User:BorgQueen)
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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=335412078 Devil facial tumour disease] (User:BorgQueen)
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen (pictured) becomes the youngest world number one in the official January 2010 FIDE rating list.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=335508471 Magnus Carlsen] (User:BorgQueen)
Burj Dubai, the tallest structure ever built, opens to the public in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=335772707 Burj Dubai] (User:DragonflySixtyseven)
Several countries, including France, the United Kingdom and the United States, close their embassies in Yemen in response to threats by al-Qaeda.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=335833465 Foreign relations of Yemen#2010 embassy closures] (User:BorgQueen)
A new wave of very cold weather, with temperatures dropping to −41 °C (−42 °F), affects much of Europe.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=336199105 European winter storms of 2009–10] (User:Tone)
Turkmenistan gains a new route to export its natural gas production to Iran with the opening of the Dauletabad – Salyp Yar pipeline.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=336199105 Dauletabad – Salyp Yar pipeline] (User:Tone)
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person to have survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, dies of stomach cancer aged 93.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=336199105 Tsutomu Yamaguchi] (User:Tone)
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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=336581482 Ulster Defence Association] (User:BorgQueen)
Several churches in Malaysia are attacked following a legal dispute involving a Catholic newsweekly which used the word Allah for the Christian God.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=336583130 Malaysia v. The Herald] (User:BorgQueen)
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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=336583130 Earthrace] (User:BorgQueen) Later [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=336616976 removed] as "there is no consensus for the boat story".
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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=336687847 Togo national football team] (User:BorgQueen)
Social democrat Ivo Josipović is elected President of Croatia, beating Milan Bandić by 60.3% to 39.7%.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=337044850 Croatian presidential election, 2009–2010] (User:Jake Wartenberg)
In world darts championships, Martin "Wolfman" Adams wins the 2010 BDO World Championship and Phil "The Power" Taylor wins the 2010 PDC World Championship.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=337179807 Martin "Wolfman" Adams, Phil "The Power" Taylor] (User:MSGJ) Later [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=337185776 removed] as "you can't say there is a consensus about the darts item, removing until there is one".
Chile accepts the invitation to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and will become the first member from South America.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=337343842 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] (User:BorgQueen)
A 7.0 M_w earthquake strikes Haiti, causing the collapse of a hospital and other buildings in Port-au-Prince.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=337408118 2010 Haiti earthquake] (User:Dumelow)
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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=337511211 Impossible Black Tulip (map)] (User:BorgQueen)
The Liberal Democratic Party wins a plurality of seats in elections to the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=337560426 Uzbekistani parliamentary election, 2009–2010] (User:BorgQueen)
The longest annular solar eclipse (animated path pictured) until the year 3043 occurs over parts of Africa, the Indian Ocean and Asia.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=337748434 Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010] (User:BorgQueen)
Papua New Guinea's worst road accident kills at least 40 people after two buses collide near Lae.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=337989802 2010 Papua New Guinea bus crash] (User:Tone)
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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=338128408 Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano] (User:BorgQueen)
Beach in Pourville (pictured), a painting by Impressionist artist Claude Monet stolen in September 2000, is recovered in Poland.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=338272206 Beach in Pourville] (User:Dumelow)
The first experimental measurement of the melting point of diamond indicates that the solid floats on the liquid.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=338280184 Diamond] (User:Jake Wartenberg)
Sebastián Piñera (pictured) of the center-right Alliance for Chile is elected President of Chile.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=338375149 Sebastián Piñera] (User:Davidcannon)
Communist politician Jyoti Basu, the longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal, dies at the age of 95.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=338467562 Jyoti Basu] (User:Tone)
Japan Airlines, the national carrier of Japan, declares bankruptcy.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=338772285 Japan Airlines] (User:BorgQueen)
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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=338794143 Cadbury plc#Kraft buyout] (User:BorgQueen)
The Democratic Party caucus loses its supermajority in the United States Senate after a special election in Massachusetts.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=338916380 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010] (User:Jehochman)
A strong aftershock measuring 6.1 M_w strikes Haiti one week after an earthquake that caused widespread destruction in Port-au-Prince.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=338968250 2010 Haiti earthquake#Aftershocks] (User:Tariqabjotu)
More than 200 people are killed during several days of rioting between Muslims and Christians in Jos, Nigeria.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=339001009 2010 Jos riots] (User:Tariqabjotu)
The National Assembly of Angola passes a new constitution.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=339181599 Constitution of Angola] (User:BorgQueen)
Irinej is chosen as the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=339439086 Patriarch Irinej of Serbia] (User:Tone)
Sultan Iskandar of Johor, the eighth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (elected monarch) of Malaysia, dies at the age of 77.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=339450533 Iskandar of Johor] (User:BorgQueen)
Overturning two precedents, the U.S. Supreme Court rules corporations and labor unions may spend money to influence elections.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=339603829 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission] (User:Jehochman)
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, with 85 passengers on board, crashes into the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Beirut Airport, Lebanon.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=339789209 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409] (User:Tone)
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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=339917703 Ali Hassan al-Majid] (User:Jehochman)
James Cameron's Avatar becomes the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing his 1997 Titanic.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=340089605 Avatar (2009 film)] (User:Tone)
The Labour Party, led by Denzil Douglas, is elected to a fourth consecutive term in government in Saint Kitts and Nevis.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=340179427 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election, 2010] (User:Dumelow)
Mahinda Rajapaksa is re-elected as the President of Sri Lanka.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=340318916 Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010] (User:Tone)
American novelist J. D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, dies at the age of 91.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=340382649 J. D. Salinger] (User:BorgQueen)
The U.S. Senate votes to give Ben Bernanke (pictured) a second term as Chair of the Federal Reserve.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=340674967 Ben Bernanke] (User:BorgQueen)
Following the discovery of an accelerator pedal fault, Toyota announces the recall of 7.5 million vehicles worldwide.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=340771799 2010 Toyota vehicle recalls] (User:BorgQueen)
In tennis, Serena Williams wins her fifth women's singles Australian Open title, beating Justine Henin in the final.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=340890467 Serena Williams] (User:Dumelow)

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