Wikinews:2010/January
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- Afghanistan: two kidnapped French journalists believed to be in good health
- At least eighteen dead after storms in Brazil
- Afghanistan's parliament rejects Karzai's cabinet nominations
- UK Wikinews Shorts: January 2, 2010
- Illinois high school girls basketball: Immaculate Conception defeats Wheaton Academy, wins Lisle tournament
- Remains of 1912 expedition plane found in Antarctica
- Somali man attempts failed attack on controversial cartoonist
- North Korea seeks diplomatic relations with the US
- At least 75 dead following suicide bombing in Pakistan; scores more wounded
- China to surpass Japan to become second largest economy
- Russia raises minimum vodka prices
- Magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocks the Solomon Islands
- New year introduces Illinois texting while driving ban, among other laws
- Nearly 25% of Iceland's voters petition for veto of Icesave bill
- US jobless claims fall, reach seventeen-month low
- US researchers increase tobacco's oil production for biofuel use
- NHL: Boston Bruins win Winter Classic in overtime
- Volcano erupts in Democratic Republic of Congo
- Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to sixty
- Suicide bomber at US base in Afghanistan was al-Qaeda double agent
- US Secret Service discovers third uninvited guest at White House dinner
- Airport security tightened worldwide
- Wikinews Shorts: January 6, 2010
- No debt yet: Iceland's President vetoes repayment of Icesave losses
- Explosives pass security checks in Slovakia, arrive in Ireland in failed test
- Giant tuna sold for $177,000 at Japanese fish market
- Croatian ruling party expels ex-PM from membership
- Swiss millionaire gets record speeding fine
- Jonathan Ross announces departure from BBC
- Bank of England holds interest rates at record low
- Man accused of Holocaust Museum shooting dies
- With US mid-term elections fast approaching, three prominent Democrats announce retirement
- Obama's suspension of Guantanamo repatriations criticized
- Northern Ireland loyalist group lays down arms
- Suicide bomber in southern Russia kills at least five policemen
- Rocket hits US consulate in Afghanistan
- UN: 30,000 people affected by flooding in Kenya
- Togo footballers ambushed in Angola
- Costa Rican volcano erupts, alert issued
- Moroccan court sentences fourteen to jail on terror charges
- Alabama wins 2010 American football college title
- U.N. pulls out of southern Somalia
- Japanese survivor of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings dies, aged 93
- Suicide bomber kills at least eight in eastern Afghanistan
- Tribal clashes in Sudan kill 139
- Study suggests 48% of US soda fountain machines have coliform bacteria
- Chevron pipeline in Nigeria attacked by gunmen
- Taliban commander blows himself up in Pakistan
- Bomb explodes in central Athens, Greece; no injuries reported
- Arrest made in Newark Airport security breach
- Two arrested in New York subway bomb plot
- Four killed in suspected US drone strike in Pakistan
- World's largest package delivery service to cut 1,800 jobs
- 'Not guilty' plea from Abdulmutallab on Detroit jet bombing charges
- Adult H1N1 swine flu death takes Northern Ireland death toll to seventeen
- Explosion in Afghanistan kills two
- Two suspected rebels killed in gunfight with authorities in Kashmir
- Chevron shuts down some oil production in Nigeria following attack
- Two Palestinians reportedly shot dead by Israeli troops
- Two dead after building collapse in Kenya
- China overtakes Germany as world's biggest exporter
- Wikinews Shorts: January 10, 2010
- Gordon Brown says the UK won't run out of gas
- U.S. Vice President Biden's mother dies, aged 92
- Two charged in Heathrow bomb threat
- 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off California coast
- US warns of attacks on Sudan-Uganda flights
- Health expert: Swine flu outbreak exaggerated by pharmaceutical companies for profits
- French Guiana and Martinique reject referendum for increased autonomy
- Angolan police arrest two after attack on Togo football team
- United Airlines flight makes emergency landing at Newark Airport
- NFL Playoffs: Cardinals thrill Packers in overtime
- Illinois high school boys basketball: Benet beats Carmel after losing previous close games
- US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid criticized over "Negro" comments
- UNHCR: 200,000 people displaced by violence in Yemen
- Former Bartlett, Illinois official punished for possessing child porn
- India test-fires 'Astra' missile
- 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off Haitian coast
- Three dead in workplace shooting in Georgia, USA
- At least fourteen dead after rebel clashes in Somalia
- Iranian media: Professor of Tehran University killed in bombing
- New Jersey to legalize medical marijuana
- Al-Qaida demands hostage exchange; threatens to kill if demands not met
- Former U.S. governor Palin signs TV deal with Fox News
- Former baseball star McGwire admits to steroid use
- Bus crashes into shop in Cardiff, Wales
- Indian hockey players return to training camp after strike
- Local al-Qaida leader killed in eastern Yemen
- Google may shut down Chinese operations due to censorship and cyber attacks
- George Garanian, Russian Armenian jazz band leader, dies at age 75
- Details emerge in Haiti earthquake; thousands feared dead
- Alleged drug kingpin arrested in Mexico
- UK to ban Islamist group
- European court in Strasbourg rules UK's Terrorism Act in breach of human rights law
- US TV host Conan O'Brien rejects NBC's offer to switch his show's time slot
- South Africa reopens beaches after fatal shark attack
- Countries around the world send aid, help to Haiti
- Cocaine found at Kennedy Space Center
- UK research indicates big bums are healthy
- Suspected US drone attack kills at least fourteen in Pakistan
- An interview with Paul Campbell, founder of Amazing Radio UK
- Sri Lankan reporter Tissanayagam released on bail
- Ugandan president distances himself from anti-gay bill
- Author of My Billion Year Contract reflects on life in elite Scientology group
- Republican leads race to fill Ted Kennedy's vacated US Senate seat
- NBA star Gilbert Arenas pleads guilty to gun possession, could face six months in prison
- Haitian earthquake: in pictures
- Haiti relief efforts: in depth
- Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson under fire for remarks about earthquake in Haiti
- Crossing guard killed by truck in Glasgow, Scotland
- Eleven year-old driver kills family in collision
- Sixteen civilians killed by bomber in southern Afghanistan
- US TV host Conan O'Brien leads in late night ratings
- New York's JFK airport evacuated, reopened
- Woman killed after train and car crash in Herefordshire, England
- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent US$108 million on third term bid
- Seven killed in Kenyan protest for radical Islamic cleric
- Japan Airlines to file for bankruptcy
- Taliban launches series of attacks against Afghanistan capital
- Ukraine presidential election headed for runoff
- US drone strike kills at least fifteen in Pakistan
- Historic gym the site of Benet Academy, Illinois victory over Oswego
- Mongolia establishes moratorium on executions
- Istanbul named European Capital of Culture for 2010
- Senegal president offers free land to "repatriate" Haitians
- At least ten dead after clashes in Nigeria
- World's oldest dog dies at age 20
- Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out
- US President Obama celebrates his first Martin Luther King Jr. Day while in office
- Highway billboard gives Moscow drivers an unexpected show
- Man who shot Pope released from prison in Turkey
- Zimbabwe may face famine due to wilting crops, organisation says
- Somali pirates release tanker after receiving millions of dollars in ransom
- Conservative Piñera wins Chile polls, opponent Frei concedes defeat
- France, Germany officials warn against using Internet Explorer
- According to UN report, bribes cost Afghans US$2.5 billion per year
- Oxford University anti-peer-to-peer policy hits legal music service Spotify
- 6.1 magnitude aftershock earthquake hits Haiti
- Former rugby union commentator Bill McLaren dies at age 86
- Iraq collects victim signatures for Blackwater lawsuit
- Cricket: Buderim to fill half Politicians team on Australia Day
- TV host Conan O'Brien accepts US$45 million settlement with NBC
- UK woman convicted of 'mercy' murder of son
- Eight killed in Virginia shooting, suspect surrenders
- Scott Brown wins special election for Massachusetts's Senate seat in upset victory
- 67th Annual Golden Globe Award highlights
- Tornado touches down in Huntsville, Alabama
- English policeman accused of being serial rapist
- US President Obama proposes financial reform
- IPCC claims about Himalayan glaciers were not based on science
- Storm causes Southern Californian residents to evacuate
- Russian journalist beaten by police officer dies
- Six-year-old boy dies two weeks after falling through icy pond in Berkshire, England
- Bomb scare aboard plane caused by harmless prayer box
- UK military deaths in Afghanistan reach 250
- Haiti rescue effort abandoned
- World Bank President to make eight-day African tour
- UK raises terrorism alert level to "severe"
- Swiss court rules in favor of American account holder
- Somali pirates threaten to kill British hostages in days
- Technical problem on Airbus A400M maiden flight
- Woman killed in house fire in South Yorkshire, England
- Chicago man pleads "not guilty" to Mumbai attack plot charges
- Iraq executes "Chemical Ali"
- Leaders of UK, Ireland meet for emergency justice talks
- Trial begins for Canadian soldier accused of murder in battlefield killing
- US home sales fall at fastest pace on record
- Gordon Brown: Extra troops for Afghanistan, Yemen security the focus for int'l conference
- Iranian air politician blames pilot error for yesterday's jet crash
- Iranian passenger flight catches fire
- David Abraham appointed as new chief executive of British Channel 4
- Bomb explosions kill several people in central Baghdad
- Sam's Club to cut 11,000 jobs
- Bill Gates: Full economic recovery could take years
- 48 whales beached in New Zealand
- Spokesman: Saudi government donating US$50 million to Haiti
- Bomb explosion in Somaliland kills four cops
- English "Lady in the Lake" killer found dead in prison cell
- Ambidextrous children more likely to have problems at school, say researchers
- People limited to 150 friends, despite Facebook, says academic
- Seven-year-old raises £100,000 for Haiti in sponsored bike ride
- Explosion in Afghanistan kills British soldier
- Man caught driving 111 kph over limit in Australia
- Ethiopian airliner crashes into Mediterranean Sea
- Inuk hunter adrift on arctic ice floe
- Three Yemeni troops killed in shooting
- Shooting near mine in Indonesia wounds at least six
- US flight from Washington, DC diverted after man reportedly tries to open door
- Haitian minister: Over 150,000 dead in capital after earthquake
- "Osama to Obama": Bin Laden addresses US President
- Cricket: 'Politicians and Pals' defeat Buderim XI in Australia Day Twenty20 match
- 'Avatar' becomes highest-grossing film of all time
- Welsh air route in difficulties, call for funding cut
- French MPs call for ban on veils for Muslim women
- British military secrets leaked on social networking sites
- Dubai World refused permission to use QE2 as floating hotel in Cape Town
- Wales railway upgrade proposals would cost £5bn, says expert
- Officials say crashed Ethiopian plane didn't follow suggested tower directions
- Marine scientist says Australia's blobfish faces extinction
- Two killed, two seriously injured after boulder collapses onto house in Stein an der Traun, Germany
- World-record wind speed confirmed
- Anglican bishop abducted in Nigeria
- Mayor of Camden, London, arrested in benefit fraud inquiry
- John Constable painting location mystery solved after 195 years
- UK economy grows in last quarter of 2009; recession ends
- Pakistan security forces airstrikes kill several Taliban militants
- Scientists improve cancer research techniques
- Interview: PRS, the UK's music royalty collection society
- Canadian diplomat and whistleblower Richard Colvin files complaint against Harper government
- Unreported tainted milk incident publicised in China
- Man throws shoe at President of Sudan during public conference
- EU to send police officers to Haiti
- Apple, Inc. has record quarter profits
- UK mother cleared of attempted murder of ME-suffering daughter
- Italian chocolatemaker Ferrero rules out buying UK's Cadbury
- 2,000 stranded in Machu Picchu, Peru after torrential rains
- One killed, one injured as vehicle crashes into tree in Worcestershire, England
- European Union offers to train Somali troops as fighting breaks out
- Two injured in two car crash on Isle of Man
- Dead children found in car in Sussex, UK
- Seventeen-year-old shot dead in Merseyside, England
- 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Peru
- Former Guatemalan president arrested
- Blast in Pakistan kills one, injures ten
- UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith admits to changing mind over Iraq war
- Haiti's banks reopen
- Healing ozone layer may contribute to global warming
- North and South Korea exchange fire
- UK cabinet minister Jack Straw ignored advice that Iraq invasion was illegal
- UK bans export of fraudulent bomb detector; arrests director of manufacturer
- Suicide bomber attacks US base in Afghanistan
- Japanese company recalls two million needles in US
- Votes in Sri Lankan presidential elections counted
- Obama to announce partial "spending freeze"
- Guinea swears in civilian prime minister
- McDonald's unfairly dismissed worker for giving a colleague free cheese, says Dutch court
- Baghdad bombing kills several people, scores injured
- Man jailed for murder of doctor in South Yorkshire, England
- World Economic Forum security chief found dead on eve of summit
- South Korean economy grew 0.2% in last quarter
- British, Irish premiers leave Northern Ireland; no justice deal yet reached
- Obama's first State of the Union speech focuses on economy, jobs
- NBA: Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton suspended for the season
- Canadian politician calls for terrorism inquiry into pie-throwing
- Ford Motors posts US$2.7 billion annual profit
- Floods in South Africa wreak havoc
- 2009 was worst year for airlines, says International Air Transport Association
- International conference agrees on plan for Yemen's terror problem
- Novelist J.D. Salinger dies aged 91
- Historian Howard Zinn dies at age 87
- Victoria, Australia Police investigate suspicious fire near rural town
- Tony Blair tells Iraq Inquiry he would invade again
- Teenage girl pulled out of rubble in Haiti fifteen days after earthquake
- Eurozone unemployment rate reaches ten percent
- Haiti rescue efforts continue, but survivors face increasing insecurity
- US economy grows at fastest pace in six years
- Chad calls for UN troops to withdraw
- Japanese exports rise by 12.1% in December
- Microsoft reports 60% profit increase
- Two Iranians hanged over mosque bombing
- Ben Bernanke confirmed as Federal Reserve chairman for second term
- Suicide bomber hits checkpoint in Pakistan
- At least twelve die in Mogadishu attacks
- Ten confirmed dead, scores missing as overcrowded boat capsizes in India
- Gandhi ashes scattered off South African coast
- Alex Reid wins UK's Celebrity Big Brother 2010
- Russia announces Libyan arms deal
- Interpreter shoots two US soldiers in Afghanistan
- Google phases out IE6 support
- Woman dies after being struck by fire truck hose in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Honda recalls fire risk cars
- Hamas claims Israel assassinated commander in Dubai
- Regional council fights to keep sustainable growth on Australian Sunshine Coast
- Toyota recalls up to 1.8 million automobiles
- Pentagon proposes Taiwanese arms sale
- No people or animals hurt in rural Australian fire
- Domestic stabbing suspect arrested in Massachusetts
- Man found dead after car crash in Shetland
- Asian ministers pledge to increase wild tiger numbers
- Roger Federer wins Australian Open
- Gaddafi loses African Union chair
- China threatens to take action over US-Taiwan deal
- US government stops Haiti evacuations
- Snow causes German travel woes