January 2010


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Other history This is weakly connected to earlier history through classical and medieval times. It is preceded by most of modern times, through the 19th century, and by most of the 20th century through the late 20th century. It is also weakly connected to the early 2000s and is preceded directly by 2009, specifically the fourth quarter 2009 and December 2009. It is at present part of the near future, particularly next month, and February 2010 It will be followed by next quarter including March 2010, and next year, the middle future, and the far future.	Links to other sites Note: Section beginning with Content is adapted from 2010 - Wikipedia More details may be given in Jan 2010- Wikipedia
Sociology Peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change can be used to examine events of January 2010. These include events of Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3. Peoples of the world Nations and major divisions of Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples can be used to examine events of January 2010. Nations Canada, Afghanistan, Uganda, Nepal, Peru, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia Venezuela, Malaysia, North Korea, Ghana, Yemen, Taiwan, Romania, Mozambique Sri Lanka, Australia, Madagascar, Syria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Chile Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, and Malawi can be connected. Western Civiliation Nations including Poland can be considered. 2 Jan 2010 - A quarter of voters in Iceland signed a petition asking President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto a bill on repaying US$5 billion to foreign savers who lost their money when Icelandic banks collapsed. 2 Jan 2010 - 19-year-old Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was confirmed as the youngest-ever world number one in the official January 2010 FIDE rating list. 2 Jan 2010 - Police in Denmark shot a 28-year-old male Somali after he broke into the Viby J home of Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist at the centre of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy in 2005, and threatened his family with an axe. 4 Jan 2010 - The Government of Serbia sued Croatia for genocide before the International Court of Justice with historical account of the Holocaust. 5 Jan 2010 - The President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announced a referendum during a live televised speech. 9 Jan 2010 - A bomb exploded outside the Greek Parliament in Athens with no casualties. 10 Jan 2010 - Winter of 2009–2010 in Europe: More than 160 people were trapped in vehicles overnight in Germany, dozens of flights are cancelled, Berlin and Leipzig were buried under 30cm of snow, parts of Schleswig-Holstein remained unreachable. The electricity of 80,000 people was cut off by snow in Poland. Eurostar services were affected in Belgium, Britain and France. 10 Jan 2010 - Ivo Josipovic won in the second round of the presidential election, and was elected third President of Croatia. Anglic peoples can be considered. 2 Jan 2010 - Atheist Ireland purposefully published the words of Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Salman Rushdie, Mark Twain and Pope Benedict XVI on its website despite a new law banning them on grounds of blasphemy. 2 Jan 2010 - An Antarctic expedition found remains of the first aeroplane brought to the continent, a single-propeller Vickers plane of explorer Douglas Mawson. 3 Jan 2010 - Remains of the first plane taken to Antarctica in 1912 were discovered by Australian researchers. 3 Jan 2010 - More than 1,000 people were evacuated after days of flooding in New South Wales, Australia. 3 Jan 2010 - The United States and United Kingdom closed their embassies in Yemen, citing threats from Al-Qaeda. 4 Jan 2010 - Met Éireann said Ireland is experiencing its most extreme cold spell of weather since 1963. 6 Jan 2010 - Iris Robinson, the wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister, admitted having previously attempted suicide. Her husband Peter Robinson gave an emotional interview in which he spoke of being "deeply hurt" after learning of her extramarital affair. 7 Jan 2010 - A weekend killing in Australia prompted the Indian government to issue an advisory for its college students studying in that country. 7 Jan 2010 - Extreme weather in Europe kills nine people in Germany, trapped a Eurostar train in the Channel Tunnel, disrupted flights at international airports in Amsterdam, Dublin, Knock and Paris, shut hundreds of schools in Ireland and disrupted Norway's bus service in Oslo. 7 Jan 2010 - The governments of Australia and New Zealand announced an investigation into an incident where a boat belonging to the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was damaged in a confrontation with a Japanese ship in the Southern Ocean. 8 Jan 2010 - A PSNI officer was seriously injured after a bomb detonated under his car in County Antrim. 9 Jan 2010 - An Indian man was set on fire in Melbourne, Australia, in the latest in a series of attacks on Indian nationals in the country. 10 Jan 2010 - President of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams received a death threat. 10 Jan 2010 - It was revealed that AHS Centaur, an Australian hospital ship dating from World War II, had been viewed for the first time since it was torpedoed by the Japanese in May 1943 killing 268 people. 11 Jan 2010 - Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson temporarily handed over his position to Arlene Foster in the wake of the ongoing political scandal surrounding his wife and fellow politician Iris Robinson. 12 Jan 2010 - Australia experienced its hottest night since 1902, as a heatwave gripped the country. 12 Jan 2010 - The 1980s Welsh popstar Michael Barrett (Shakin' Stevens) was convicted of assault and criminal damage at a court in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Events of the United Kingdom can be connected. 1 Jan 2010 - David Tennant's last Doctor Who episode The End of Time aired at BBC One 6:40 pm GMT 3 Jan 2010 - Several British Muslim writers spoke out about Prime Suspect writer Lynda La Plante's complaint against the BBC regarding how much more difficult it is to have her scripts commissioned than it would be for a "little Muslim boy". 3 Jan 2010 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that full body scanners will be introduced at UK airports following the failed attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day. 5 Jan 2010 - The United Kingdom was once again deluged by heavy snowfall as the country endured its worst cold snap for at least 20 years. 6 Jan 2010 - Ex-Cabinet Ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt called for a secret ballot to settle the debate over the leadership of the Labour Party of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 7 Jan 2010 - The BBC's Spotlight programme revealed that Iris Robinson, former UK MP and wife of the First Minister of Northern Ireland, helped a 19 year old male who she was having a relationship with receive funding for a business project. 8 Jan 2010 - Police in England responded to a security alert on a Dubai-bound flight from London Heathrow Airport. 8 Jan 2010 - Two brothers died after falling through ice on a frozen lake in Leicestershire, UK. 9 Jan 2010 - UK MP Iris Robinson was sacked by the Democratic Unionist Party after further details emerge of her involvement in a political and sex scandal as her teenage lover became a gay icon around Europe and online. 10 Jan 2010 - Britain was set to ban a Muslim group, Al-Muhajiroun, also known as Islam4UK, that recently caused outrage by proposing a demonstration in the town that receives the bodies of British war dead killed abroad, the Home Office says. 12 Jan 2010 - The European Court of Human Rights ruled that powers contained in the UK Terrorism Act 2000 violated the European Convention on Human Rights. 12 Jan 2010 - The United Kingdom banned the Islamist organisation Al-Muhajiroun and an offshoot group, Islam4UK. 12 Jan 2010 - Four men were featured in the first Crown Court criminal trial to be held without a jury in England and Wales for more than 350 years. 12 Jan 2010 - Police in Kent, UK, admitted the unlawful searching of two 11-year-old children who were left "crying and shaking" after being targeted at a demonstration near Hoo. Events of the United States can be considered. 4 Jan 2010 - NASA's Kepler telescope detected its first five exoplanets. 4 Jan 2010 - American media reported that the attacker who killed eight people at a CIA base in Afghanistan was a Jordanian triple agent. 4 Jan 2010 - Police searched for a mystery man who went missing after sparking a security alert at Newark Liberty International Airport in the United States, causing the airport to be completely locked down. 4 Jan 2010 - A representation of President of the United States Barack Obama was found hanging by a noose with the epitaph "Plains, Georgia. Home of Jimmy Carter, our 39th President". 4 Jan 2010 - A gunman opened fire in the lobby of the Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada, containing the offices of Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign. A court security officer was killed and a U.S. Marshal injured before the assailant was shot dead. 5 Jan 2010 - The US State Department announced that they were revamping how foreign delegations are handled, in response to a Secret Service report that a third man had crashed the state dinner for the Prime Minister of India. 5 Jan 2010 - A Learjet cargo plane on approach to Chicago Executive Airport crashed into the Des Plaines River in Wheeling, Illinois. 5 Jan 2010 - Warren Buffett who through Berkshire Hathaway controls a significant block of the shares of Kraft came out in opposition to Kraft's proposal to float 370 million shares in order to fund its bid for the UK based confectioner Cadbury. 6 Jan 2010 - Algerian US ambassador Abdellah Baali and Nigerian Information Minister Dora Akunyili were upset at the decision of the United States to subject Algerians and Nigerians to tougher than usual security tests at airports, saying it is "discrimination" and "risks ties". Both have officially complained. 6 Jan 2010 - The U.S. government lowered the threshold for information deemed important enough to put suspicious individuals on a watch list or no-fly list, or have their visa revoked. 7 Jan 2010 - An ABB employee committed suicide after shooting eight people, three fatally, at the ABB Power building in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States. 7 Jan 2010 - James Cameron's film Avatar was expected to become the second-highest grossing movie of all time, just passing The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. 7 Jan 2010 - The United States approved arms sales to Taiwan, amid opposition from China. 8 Jan 2010 - Two people were arrested over a bomb plot in New York City last year. 9 Jan 2010 - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes offshore near Eureka, California, with reports of damage and local power outages. 9 Jan 2010 - The United States warned against an attack by "regional extremists" on an Air Uganda flight between Uganda and Sudan. 11 Jan 2010 - Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a challenge to California Proposition 8 and likely a landmark case regarding same-sex marriage rights in the United States, began in San Francisco. 11 Jan 2010 - The New York City Health Department sought national reduction of salt in food. 12 Jan 2010 - U.S. talk show host Conan O'Brien announced his intention to quit The Tonight Show if NBC went forward with their plan to move the show from its long standing 11:35pm timeslot to 12:05am in favor of The Jay Leno Show. Latin peoples including those of Spain can be connected. Italic peoples including those of Italy can be considered. 8 Jan 2010 - Riots broke out amongst immigrants and local inhabitants in the town of Rosarno in southern Italy in a protest against an attack on African workers by white youths. French peoples including those of France can be connected. 8 Jan 2010 - French research in Analytical Chemistry suggested that the heavy eye make-up of Cleopatra could be medically useful. 12 Jan 2010 - A severe 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Tsunami watches were issued across the Caribbean. Hispanic peoples including those of Argentina can be connected. 3 Jan 2010 - The Supreme Court of Peru upheld a 25 year prison sentence for former President Alberto Fujimori, convicted of mass human rights violations. 12 Jan 2010 - Chile became the first South American country to be admitted to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. 3 Jan 2010 - Mexican police arrested alleged drug lord Carlos Beltrán Leyva in Culiacán, Sinaloa. 11 Jan 2010 - Hundreds of prisoners were transferred from the Ignacio Allende prison in Veracruz, Mexico, in preparation for a controversial Mel Gibson film shoot. Protests from relatives of the prisoners are ignored. 12 Jan 2010 - A United Nations investigation cleared Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom in the murder of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, and ruled that Rosenberg plotted his own murder. 12 Jan 2010 - Mexican authorities reported the capture of Teodoro García Simental, one of the country's most notorious drug lords, in a raid in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Hispanic Colombian American peoples including Colombia can be connected. 1 Jan 2010 - At least 18 FARC rebels were killed while celebrating the New Year in an air raid by the Colombian Air Force in the south of the country. 3 Jan 2010 - The Colombian volcano Galeras erupted, forcing the evacuation of 8,000 people. 9 Jan 2010 - Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez announced that the national currency, the bolívar, will be devalued for the first time since 2005, by between 17% and 50%. Lusitanic peoples including those of Brazil can be connected. 1 Jan 2010 - At least 19 people were dead and five are injured as mudslide hits an island resort near Angra dos Reis, Ilha Grande. Large numbers were also killed elsewhere in Brazil. 3 Jan 2010 - The death toll as a result of recent mudslides which have hit Brazil rose to more than 70 and two nuclear power stations were intended to be shut down as a precaution. 5 Jan 2010 - At least seven people were killed and 20 missing after a bridge collapse in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. 8 Jan 2010 - The Portuguese parliament approved a bill to legalise same-sex marriage. Germanic peoples including those of Germany can be connected. 4 Jan 2010 - Johan Ferrier, first President of Suriname and the world's oldest living former head of state, died in the Netherlands at the age of 99. 9 Jan 2010 - Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Germany as the severe weather conditions across Europe continued. The government asks people to buy several days worth of food and retreat indoors for the rest of the week. 10 Jan 2010 - China overtook Germany to become the world's largest exporter. Northeast European peoples including those of Ukraine can be connected. 5 Jan 2010 - Slovakia admitted responsibility for a major bomb alert on Dorset Street in Dublin, Ireland, after planting explosives on a civilian as a test. Events of Russia can be connected. 1 Jan 2010 - Russians were surprised by a cartoon "gently lampooning" Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin who were portrayed dancing, singing and playing musical instruments. 6 Jan 2010 - At least six police officers were killed and another 16 injured in a suicide car bomb attack in Dagestan, southern Russia. 8 Jan 2010 - A Georgian flight landed in Moscow, Russia, the first since the 2008 war. 12 Jan 2010 - A bomb blast damaged the Mozdok – Makhachkala – Kazi Magomed pipeline in Russia's Republic of Dagestan, leaving eleven towns in the republic without gas supply. Asiatic peoples Nations such as Algeria can be connected. Middle Eastern peoples such as those of Morocco can be connected. 2 Jan 2010 - The Israeli Air Force launched an attack against tunnels leading from Gaza into Israel in response to missile attacks and mortar fire. 4 Jan 2010 - The Burj Khalifa, the tallest structure ever built, opened to the public in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 5 Jan 2010 - The Yemeni government launched campaigns in three provinces to battle Al-Qaeda fighters. 5 Jan 2010 - The United States reopened its embassy in Yemen after strikes on al-Qaeda. 6 Jan 2010 - Yemen arrested three suspected Al-Qaeda members, including one leader, northwest of the capital Sana'a. 7 Jan 2010 - Palestinians fire mortars and Katyusha rocket from Gaza, causing widespread panic in Ashkelon, Israel, in the first such rocket attack on Israel in a year. 10 Jan 2010 - Three Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine operatives were killed while firing mortars into Israel from Gaza. 10 Jan 2010 - Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, brother of the leader of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was acquitted of beating a former business partner in a videotaped attack. 10 Jan 2010 - Ahead of the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010, the De-Ba'athification Commission recommended banning the leaders of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, the Coalition for Iraqi National Unity and 13 other parties for links to Saddam Hussein's banned Ba'ath Party. 10 Jan 2010 - 15 people were killed and 15 were injured, five seriously, when a bus and truck collided on a major highway in the Sahara Desert in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. Turkey can be connected. 3 Jan 2010 - Two trains collided near the city of Bilecik in northwestern Turkey, killing one and injuring at least four others. Egypt can be connected. 4 Jan 2010 - Egyptian archaeologists discovered the largest tomb yet discovered in the ancient Saqqara necropolis. 6 Jan 2010 - Palestinians killed an Egyptian border guard and 50 people were injured in clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and Egyptian police as a Viva Palestina convoy neared the border with Gaza. 7 Jan 2010 - At least six Coptic Christians were killed in a drive-by shooting at a church in Nag Hammadi, southern Egypt, with clashes later taking place between police and Copts. 8 Jan 2010 - Three people were arrested for their involvement in the killing of six Copts as they left a church in southern Egypt. 8 Jan 2010 - British MP George Galloway was deported from Egypt. 9 Jan 2010 - Egypt banned all future aid convoys to Gaza, following recent clashes with Viva Palestina. 11 Jan 2010 - Tombs discovered near Egypt's great pyramids reinforced the theory they were built by free workers rather than slaves. Persian peoples such as those of Iran can be connected. 2 Jan 2010 - The Afghan Parliament rejected 17 out of 24 cabinet nominees proposed by President Hamid Karzai. 3 Jan 2010 - At least seven Iranian police and two drug traffickers died in a shootout between Iranian police and drug traffickers in Khorosan. 5 Jan 2010 - Iran banned its citizens from contact with 60 international organisations and media outlets over claims they conspired against the country. 5 Jan 2010 - The suicide bomber from Jordan, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan, was reported to be an al-Qaeda triple agent. 6 Jan 2010 - The Dauletabad – Salyp Yar gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Iran was opened. 8 Jan 2010 - Mehdi Karroubi's car was hit by fire in Qazvin, Iran. 9 Jan 2010 - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai resubmitted his proposal for forming the cabinet after his previous selection was rejected by the National Assembly. 10 Jan 2010 - The Sunday Mirror's defence correspondent Rupert Hamer was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, becoming the first British journalist to be killed there and the first to be killed in a war zone since 2003. 12 Jan 2010 - Masoud Alimohammadi, an Iranian nuclear physics professor, was killed in a bomb attack in the capital Tehran; Iran state media accused Israel and the United States of involvement. South Asian peoples such as those of Bangladesh can be connected. 7 Jan 2010 - Nepal began discharging child soldiers who fought for the Maoists as part of a process of national reconciliation. 9 Jan 2010 - The Sri Lankan army released over 700 former Tamil Tiger fighters after a rehabilitation program. 7 Jan 2010 - United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston said three independent experts have confirmed that mobile phone video footage showing extra-judicial killings by the the Sri Lankan military were authentic. 12 Jan 2010 - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements. Events of India can be connected. 7 Jan 2010 - At least four militants were dead after a 23-hour gun battle at a hotel in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Events of Pakistan can be connected 1 Jan 2010 - 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing: At least 95 people were killed, more than 100 more were injured and 20 houses were destroyed after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, northwest Pakistan. 6 Jan 2010 - Three soldiers were killed and 11 wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Central Asian peoples including some peoples of China and Russia can be considered. 3 Jan 2010 - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake left 20,000 homeless and caused US$1.5 million in damage in eastern Tajikistan. 6 Jan 2010 - The Dauletabad – Salyp Yar gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Iran was opened. Oriental peoples such as those of South Korea can be considered. 1 Jan 2010 - North Korea called for the end of hostilities with the United States and a nuclear free Korean Peninsula, to restart talks; in its annual New Year editorial. 9 Jan 2010 - 30 people were injured after bottles of acid were thrown from a building into in a busy street in Hong Kong. 9 Jan 2010 - Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party won all three seats in by-elections against the ruling Kuomintang. 11 Jan 2010 - North Korea proposed a peace treaty, replacing the Korean War armistice. 12 Jan 2010 - Google said it may end its operations in China as it was no longer willing to continue censoring its search results. 12 Jan 2010 - A gunman killed two people at a bar in Habikino, Japan, before turning the gun on himself. 12 Jan 2010 - The first map in Chinese to show the Americas, created by Matteo Ricci at the request of the Wanli Emperor, went on public display. 12 Jan 2010 - China's top search engine Baidu was allegedly attacked by Iranian hackers, sparking a retaliatory attack by Chinese hackers on Iranian sites. Events of China can be considered. 1 Jan 2010 - China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched a Free Trade Area. 3 Jan 2010 - Hundreds of people attempted to control a large diesel leak into a major tributary of the Yellow River, the Wei River, in Shaanxi, China. 4 Jan 2010 - A diesel fuel leak in Shaanxi, China reached the Yellow River, a water source for millions of people. 4 Jan 2010 - Large parts of northern China and South Korea were affected by the heaviest snowfall in 60 years, causing widespread disruption. 6 Jan 2010 - At least 25 people were killed and at least three others were trapped in a mine fire in Xiangtan County in Hunan. 6 Jan 2010 - 50-year-old Chinese journalist Li Junqi was imprisoned for 16 years after accepting bribes for his part in a mass three-month cover-up of a coal mine disaster in Hebei in which 35 people, including a rescue worker, were killed prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. 6 Jan 2010 - China became the largest exporting country, pushing Germany from first place. 6 Jan 2010 - China's tourism revenue hit USD 185 billion in 2009. 7 Jan 2010 - The Xinhua news agency responded to claims by The Guardian newspaper that China had tried “hijack” the Copenhagen summit's Accord by claiming that the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao was not invited to secret US-initiated talks on December 17. 8 Jan 2010 - China Mobile, the world's largest mobile telephone operator, sacked its vice chairman Zhang Chunjiang. 8 Jan 2010 - China became the number one automobile market in the world. 10 Jan 2010 - China overtook Germany to become the world's largest exporter. 11 Jan 2010 - P.R. China conducted a land-based high-altitude anti-ballistic missile test. 11 Jan 2010 - The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences reported that more than 24 million Chinese men of marrying age will be without spouses by the end of the decade, citing an uneven birth rate. Events of Japan can be connected. 3 Jan 2010 - Japan doubled a state-sponsored credit line to troubled airline Japan Airlines to Y200bn (US$2.2bn). 6 Jan 2010 - Anti-whaling activists accused a Japanese vessel of sinking their protest boat during a confrontation in the Southern Ocean. 6 Jan 2010 - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii resigned at the age of 77 due to ill health. Southeast Asian peoples including those of Burma can be connected. 4 Jan 2010 - At least 500 homes were damaged after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Solomon Islands. 5 Jan 2010 - As many as 1,000 people in the Solomon Islands were reportedly homeless following the two major earthquakes and tsunami which struck the country earlier this week. Peoples of the Southeast Asian mainland including those of Thailand can be connected. 1 Jan 2010 - A Cambodian court issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, for failing to turn up at court over a border dispute with Vietnam. 4 Jan 2010 - 52 unmarried couples in Malaysia faced charges of sexual misconduct and possible imprisonment after being caught alone in hotel rooms by the country's Islamic morality police. 4 Jan 2010 - Burmese military junta leader General Than Shwe urged people to make the "correct choices" in elections later this year. 7 Jan 2010 - A Burmese court sentenced two officials to death and one to imprisonment for leaking details of secret government visits to North Korea and Russia. 8 Jan 2010 - Two Burmese whistleblowers were sentenced to death for leaking details of secret government visits to North Korea. 8 Jan 2010 - Several churches in Malaysia were attacked amid tensions over the use of "Allah" by non-Muslims in the country. 9 Jan 2010 - A fourth church was attacked in Malaysia as a row over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims deepens. 10 Jan 2010 - Some more churches were attacked in Malaysia. 11 Jan 2010 - Thousands of supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gathered outside the home of a royal adviser accused of involvment in the 2006 coup that ousted the Prime Minister. 12 Jan 2010 - Five Thai policemen were charged with murder over the disappearance of a Saudi businessman 20 years ago that was linked to the theft of Saudi royal jewellery. Events of Vietnam can be connected. Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including those of the Philippines can be connected. Events of Indonesia can be connected. 5 Jan 2010 - Andal Ampatuan, Jr., charged with 41 counts of murder in the Maguindanao massacre in November, pleaded not guilty at the beginning of his trial in the Philippines. African peoples Nations such as Kenya can be connected. Eastern African peoples such as those of Tanzania can be considered. 2 Jan 2010 - The Ugandan army announced it had killed Bok Abudema, a senior member of the Lord's Resistance Army, in the Central African Republic. 7 Jan 2010 - Kenya deported to Gambia a radical Jamaican Muslim cleric who was on a global terror watch list. 8 Jan 2010 - The Ugandan death penalty for homosexuality may be declared "not necessary". Northern East African peoples such as those of Ethiopia can be connected. 2 Jan 2010 - Somali pirates seized an Indonesian chemical tanker with 24 crew in the Gulf of Aden and a British cargo ship with 26 cars 620 miles off the Horn of Africa. 3 Jan 2010 - The Eritrean military claimed at least 10 Ethiopian soldiers were killed and 2 captured when Ethiopia launched an armed incursion into Eritrea. The Ethiopian military claimed 25 Eritrean soldiers were killed while attacking Ethiopian positions. 3 Jan 2010 - At least 47 people were killed during heavy fighting in the Somali town of Dhuusa Mareeb. 5 Jan 2010 - The World Food Programme suspended its operations in southern Somalia due to rising instability in the region. Events of Interior East African peoples including Sudan can be connected. 7 Jan 2010 - Aid agencies warned of renewed violence in Southern Sudan unless there are attempts to save the 2005 peace agreement, as 140 people were killed in ethnic clashes. 8 Jan 2010 - A large statue of the Pharaoh Taharqa was discovered deep in Sudan. Western African peoples such as those of Nigeria can be considered. 3 Jan 2010 - A fire destroyed one of Africa's most popular markets in Kumasi, Ghana. 5 Jan 2010 - Opposition parties in Nigeria raised their concerns over "missing" President Umaru Yar'Adua who has been at a hospital in Saudi Arabia for six weeks. 7 Jan 2010 - Guinea's interim leader, General Sékouba Konaté, proposed a unity government led by a Prime Minister from the opposition. 8 Jan 2010 - Sékouba Konaté, the interim head of the junta in Guinea, was flown to Senegal after falling ill. 8 Jan 2010 - One person was killed and several were injured after gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying the Togo national football team to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. 9 Jan 2010 - Togo national football team bus attack: The Togo national football team withdrew from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations as a third member of the team was confirmed dead following the attack on their team bus. The Confederation of African Football announced that football matches will continue to be played in Cabinda Province where the attack took place. The Togo national football team later decided to reverse their decision to pull out of the Africa Cup of Nations. The Togo government decided to pull them out anyway. 12 Jan 2010 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was ‘encouraged’ by recent developments in Guinean politics, and stated the UN will continue working with the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other partners. 12 Jan 2010 - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua gave his first interview since going into hospital in Saudi Arabia to the BBC, saying he hopes to return home soon as protests in the capital Abuja demand an end to the political situation. 12 Jan 2010 - The Confederation of African Football officially "disqualified" and planned to punish the Togo national football team for failing to take part in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, despite the fatal machine gun attack on their team bus. Southern African peoples such as those of South Africa can be connected. 4 Jan 2010 - South African President Jacob Zuma married his fifth and currently third wife. 9 Jan 2010 - South African President Jacob Zuma urged party unity and warned economic recovery will be slow at a gathering celebrating the 98th anniversary of the African National Congress. Central African peoples such as Congo DR can be connected. 3 Jan 2010 - Mount Nyamuragira in the Democratic Republic of the Congo erupted, threatening rare wildlife in the Virunga National Park. 11 Jan 2010 - Angola made two arrests over an attack on the Togo national football team in Cabinda Province. 10 Jan 2010 - With the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations due to get underway in Angola, confusion surrounded the participation of Togo following the fatal attack on their team bus. Their Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo sent a plane to bring them home. 11 Jan 2010 - The 2010 African Cup of Nations continued without Togo as Malawi unexpectedly beat World Cup qualifiers Algeria by three goals. American Indian peoples Nations such as Argentina can be connected. Middle American Indian peoples found in Mexico can be considered. Southwestern American Indian peoples found in the southwest United States can be connected. South American Indian peoples such as those of Colombia can be connected. Andean peoples including those of Brazil can be connected. North American Indian peoples found in the United States can be connected. Eastern North American Indian peoples and Western North American Indian peoples can be connected. Communities Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, Delhi Bombay, New York city, Sao Paulo, and Manila can be connected. Social structure and change Social change, social types, and social structure can be connected. Institutions Religion, government, economics, education, and families can be connected. 1 Jan 2010 - Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden. 5 Jan 2010 - Facebook blocked a social network suicide website. 11 Jan 2010 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined seven priorities for 2010 and urges a renewed focus on sustainable development, ending poverty, disease and hunger. 11 Jan 2010 - Wolfgang Wodarg, the Council of Europe's head of health affairs, claimed that the 2009 flu pandemic was a "false pandemic" orchestrated by the pharmaceutical industry to sell vaccines. 11 Jan 2010 - The United Nations sought to virtually eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Michel Sidibé visited Sauri in western Kenya, which is a village of the Millennium Villages Project. Culture Behavioral culture, conceptual culture, and material culture can be connected. 6 Jan 2010 - Computer scientist Fabrice Bellard claimed he had computed pi to almost 2.7 trillion digits. 6 Jan 2010 - Extreme weather across Europe led to dozens of deaths, including at least 122 in Poland and at least 7 as a result of an avalanche in Switzerland. 8 Jan 2010 - The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's anti-whaling speedboat Ady Gil, which was damaged on Wednesday during a confrontation with the Japanese security vessel Shonan Maru 2, sank in the Southern Ocean shortly before 3:30 a.m. AEDT as the Society's Bob Barker attempts to salvage the boat. 11 Jan 2010 - People in 16 countries in 44 cities from Adelaide to Zürich caused "scenes of chaos and joy in public places" by removing their trousers in public, with 3,000 people doing it in New York alone. Anthropology including particular groups, human geography, human ecology, physical anthropology, demography, and social foundations can be connected. Personal studies including biography, psychology, and the human body can be connected. 1 Jan 2010 - A study suggests that teenagers who go to bed late are more likely to develop depression and to have suicidal thoughts. 1 Jan 2010 - Researchers announced that the likely origin of devil facial tumour disease, a transmissible cancer which has caused the population of Tasmanian devils to collapse by 60% in the past decade, is Schwann cells. Science including biology, earth science, astronomy, chemistry, and physics can be connected. 12 Jan 2010 - The "bizarre behaviour" of a nocturnal raspy cricket pollinating a flower was caught on camera on the island of Réunion, contradicting the image of crickets destroying flowers.

This is weakly connected to earlier history through classical and medieval times. It is preceded by most of modern times, through the 19th century, and by most of the 20th century through the late 20th century. It is also weakly connected to the early 2000s and is preceded directly by 2009, specifically the fourth quarter 2009 and December 2009.

It is at present part of the near future, particularly next month, and February 2010 It will be followed by next quarter including March 2010, and next year, the middle future, and the far future.

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Sociology

Peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change can be used to examine events of January 2010. These include events of Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3.

Peoples of the world

Nations and major divisions of Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples can be used to examine events of January 2010.

Nations

Canada, Afghanistan, Uganda, Nepal, Peru, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia Venezuela, Malaysia, North Korea, Ghana, Yemen, Taiwan, Romania, Mozambique Sri Lanka, Australia, Madagascar, Syria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Chile Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, and Malawi can be connected.

Western Civiliation

Nations including Poland can be considered.

2 Jan 2010 - A quarter of voters in Iceland signed a petition asking President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto a bill on repaying US$5 billion to foreign savers who lost their money when Icelandic banks collapsed.

2 Jan 2010 - 19-year-old Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was confirmed as the youngest-ever world number one in the official January 2010 FIDE rating list.

2 Jan 2010 - Police in Denmark shot a 28-year-old male Somali after he broke into the Viby J home of Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist at the centre of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy in 2005, and threatened his family with an axe.

4 Jan 2010 - The Government of Serbia sued Croatia for genocide before the International Court of Justice with historical account of the Holocaust.

5 Jan 2010 - The President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announced a referendum during a live televised speech.

9 Jan 2010 - A bomb exploded outside the Greek Parliament in Athens with no casualties.

10 Jan 2010 - Winter of 2009–2010 in Europe: More than 160 people were trapped in vehicles overnight in Germany, dozens of flights are cancelled, Berlin and Leipzig were buried under 30cm of snow, parts of Schleswig-Holstein remained unreachable. The electricity of 80,000 people was cut off by snow in Poland. Eurostar services were affected in Belgium, Britain and France.

10 Jan 2010 - Ivo Josipovic won in the second round of the presidential election, and was elected third President of Croatia.

Anglic peoples can be considered.

2 Jan 2010 - Atheist Ireland purposefully published the words of Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Salman Rushdie, Mark Twain and Pope Benedict XVI on its website despite a new law banning them on grounds of blasphemy.

2 Jan 2010 - An Antarctic expedition found remains of the first aeroplane brought to the continent, a single-propeller Vickers plane of explorer Douglas Mawson.

3 Jan 2010 - Remains of the first plane taken to Antarctica in 1912 were discovered by Australian researchers.

3 Jan 2010 - More than 1,000 people were evacuated after days of flooding in New South Wales, Australia.

3 Jan 2010 - The United States and United Kingdom closed their embassies in Yemen, citing threats from Al-Qaeda.

4 Jan 2010 - Met Éireann said Ireland is experiencing its most extreme cold spell of weather since 1963.

6 Jan 2010 - Iris Robinson, the wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister, admitted having previously attempted suicide. Her husband Peter Robinson gave an emotional interview in which he spoke of being "deeply hurt" after learning of her extramarital affair.

7 Jan 2010 - A weekend killing in Australia prompted the Indian government to issue an advisory for its college students studying in that country.

7 Jan 2010 - Extreme weather in Europe kills nine people in Germany, trapped a Eurostar train in the Channel Tunnel, disrupted flights at international airports in Amsterdam, Dublin, Knock and Paris, shut hundreds of schools in Ireland and disrupted Norway's bus service in Oslo.

7 Jan 2010 - The governments of Australia and New Zealand announced an investigation into an incident where a boat belonging to the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was damaged in a confrontation with a Japanese ship in the Southern Ocean.

8 Jan 2010 - A PSNI officer was seriously injured after a bomb detonated under his car in County Antrim.

9 Jan 2010 - An Indian man was set on fire in Melbourne, Australia, in the latest in a series of attacks on Indian nationals in the country.

10 Jan 2010 - President of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams received a death threat.

10 Jan 2010 - It was revealed that AHS Centaur, an Australian hospital ship dating from World War II, had been viewed for the first time since it was torpedoed by the Japanese in May 1943 killing 268 people.

11 Jan 2010 - Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson temporarily handed over his position to Arlene Foster in the wake of the ongoing political scandal surrounding his wife and fellow politician Iris Robinson.

12 Jan 2010 - Australia experienced its hottest night since 1902, as a heatwave gripped the country.

12 Jan 2010 - The 1980s Welsh popstar Michael Barrett (Shakin' Stevens) was convicted of assault and criminal damage at a court in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

Events of the United Kingdom can be connected.

1 Jan 2010 - David Tennant's last Doctor Who episode The End of Time aired at BBC One 6:40 pm GMT

3 Jan 2010 - Several British Muslim writers spoke out about Prime Suspect writer Lynda La Plante's complaint against the BBC regarding how much more difficult it is to have her scripts commissioned than it would be for a "little Muslim boy".

3 Jan 2010 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that full body scanners will be introduced at UK airports following the failed attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day.

5 Jan 2010 - The United Kingdom was once again deluged by heavy snowfall as the country endured its worst cold snap for at least 20 years.

6 Jan 2010 - Ex-Cabinet Ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt called for a secret ballot to settle the debate over the leadership of the Labour Party of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

7 Jan 2010 - The BBC's Spotlight programme revealed that Iris Robinson, former UK MP and wife of the First Minister of Northern Ireland, helped a 19 year old male who she was having a relationship with receive funding for a business project.

8 Jan 2010 - Police in England responded to a security alert on a Dubai-bound flight from London Heathrow Airport.

8 Jan 2010 - Two brothers died after falling through ice on a frozen lake in Leicestershire, UK.

9 Jan 2010 - UK MP Iris Robinson was sacked by the Democratic Unionist Party after further details emerge of her involvement in a political and sex scandal as her teenage lover became a gay icon around Europe and online.

10 Jan 2010 - Britain was set to ban a Muslim group, Al-Muhajiroun, also known as Islam4UK, that recently caused outrage by proposing a demonstration in the town that receives the bodies of British war dead killed abroad, the Home Office says.

12 Jan 2010 - The European Court of Human Rights ruled that powers contained in the UK Terrorism Act 2000 violated the European Convention on Human Rights.

12 Jan 2010 - The United Kingdom banned the Islamist organisation Al-Muhajiroun and an offshoot group, Islam4UK.

12 Jan 2010 - Four men were featured in the first Crown Court criminal trial to be held without a jury in England and Wales for more than 350 years.

12 Jan 2010 - Police in Kent, UK, admitted the unlawful searching of two 11-year-old children who were left "crying and shaking" after being targeted at a demonstration near Hoo.

Events of the United States can be considered.

4 Jan 2010 - NASA's Kepler telescope detected its first five exoplanets. 4 Jan 2010 - American media reported that the attacker who killed eight people at a CIA base in Afghanistan was a Jordanian triple agent. 4 Jan 2010 - Police searched for a mystery man who went missing after sparking a security alert at Newark Liberty International Airport in the United States, causing the airport to be completely locked down. 4 Jan 2010 - A representation of President of the United States Barack Obama was found hanging by a noose with the epitaph "Plains, Georgia. Home of Jimmy Carter, our 39th President". 4 Jan 2010 - A gunman opened fire in the lobby of the Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada, containing the offices of Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign. A court security officer was killed and a U.S. Marshal injured before the assailant was shot dead. 5 Jan 2010 - The US State Department announced that they were revamping how foreign delegations are handled, in response to a Secret Service report that a third man had crashed the state dinner for the Prime Minister of India. 5 Jan 2010 - A Learjet cargo plane on approach to Chicago Executive Airport crashed into the Des Plaines River in Wheeling, Illinois. 5 Jan 2010 - Warren Buffett who through Berkshire Hathaway controls a significant block of the shares of Kraft came out in opposition to Kraft's proposal to float 370 million shares in order to fund its bid for the UK based confectioner Cadbury. 6 Jan 2010 - Algerian US ambassador Abdellah Baali and Nigerian Information Minister Dora Akunyili were upset at the decision of the United States to subject Algerians and Nigerians to tougher than usual security tests at airports, saying it is "discrimination" and "risks ties". Both have officially complained. 6 Jan 2010 - The U.S. government lowered the threshold for information deemed important enough to put suspicious individuals on a watch list or no-fly list, or have their visa revoked. 7 Jan 2010 - An ABB employee committed suicide after shooting eight people, three fatally, at the ABB Power building in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States. 7 Jan 2010 - James Cameron's film Avatar was expected to become the second-highest grossing movie of all time, just passing The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. 7 Jan 2010 - The United States approved arms sales to Taiwan, amid opposition from China. 8 Jan 2010 - Two people were arrested over a bomb plot in New York City last year. 9 Jan 2010 - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes offshore near Eureka, California, with reports of damage and local power outages. 9 Jan 2010 - The United States warned against an attack by "regional extremists" on an Air Uganda flight between Uganda and Sudan. 11 Jan 2010 - Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a challenge to California Proposition 8 and likely a landmark case regarding same-sex marriage rights in the United States, began in San Francisco. 11 Jan 2010 - The New York City Health Department sought national reduction of salt in food.

12 Jan 2010 - U.S. talk show host Conan O'Brien announced his intention to quit The Tonight Show if NBC went forward with their plan to move the show from its long standing 11:35pm timeslot to 12:05am in favor of The Jay Leno Show.

Latin peoples including those of Spain can be connected.

Italic peoples including those of Italy can be considered.

8 Jan 2010 - Riots broke out amongst immigrants and local inhabitants in the town of Rosarno in southern Italy in a protest against an attack on African workers by white youths.

French peoples including those of France can be connected.

8 Jan 2010 - French research in Analytical Chemistry suggested that the heavy eye make-up of Cleopatra could be medically useful.

12 Jan 2010 - A severe 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. Tsunami watches were issued across the Caribbean.

Hispanic peoples including those of Argentina can be connected.

3 Jan 2010 - The Supreme Court of Peru upheld a 25 year prison sentence for former President Alberto Fujimori, convicted of mass human rights violations.

12 Jan 2010 - Chile became the first South American country to be admitted to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Mexico can be connected.

3 Jan 2010 - Mexican police arrested alleged drug lord Carlos Beltrán Leyva in Culiacán, Sinaloa.

11 Jan 2010 - Hundreds of prisoners were transferred from the Ignacio Allende prison in Veracruz, Mexico, in preparation for a controversial Mel Gibson film shoot. Protests from relatives of the prisoners are ignored.

12 Jan 2010 - A United Nations investigation cleared Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom in the murder of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, and ruled that Rosenberg plotted his own murder.

12 Jan 2010 - Mexican authorities reported the capture of Teodoro García Simental, one of the country's most notorious drug lords, in a raid in La Paz, Baja California Sur.

Hispanic Colombian American peoples including Colombia can be connected.

1 Jan 2010 - At least 18 FARC rebels were killed while celebrating the New Year in an air raid by the Colombian Air Force in the south of the country.

3 Jan 2010 - The Colombian volcano Galeras erupted, forcing the evacuation of 8,000 people.

9 Jan 2010 - Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez announced that the national currency, the bolívar, will be devalued for the first time since 2005, by between 17% and 50%.

Lusitanic peoples including those of Brazil can be connected.

1 Jan 2010 - At least 19 people were dead and five are injured as mudslide hits an island resort near Angra dos Reis, Ilha Grande. Large numbers were also killed elsewhere in Brazil.

3 Jan 2010 - The death toll as a result of recent mudslides which have hit Brazil rose to more than 70 and two nuclear power stations were intended to be shut down as a precaution.

5 Jan 2010 - At least seven people were killed and 20 missing after a bridge collapse in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

8 Jan 2010 - The Portuguese parliament approved a bill to legalise same-sex marriage.

Germanic peoples including those of Germany can be connected.

4 Jan 2010 - Johan Ferrier, first President of Suriname and the world's oldest living former head of state, died in the Netherlands at the age of 99.

9 Jan 2010 - Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Germany as the severe weather conditions across Europe continued. The government asks people to buy several days worth of food and retreat indoors for the rest of the week.

10 Jan 2010 - China overtook Germany to become the world's largest exporter.

Northeast European peoples including those of Ukraine can be connected.

5 Jan 2010 - Slovakia admitted responsibility for a major bomb alert on Dorset Street in Dublin, Ireland, after planting explosives on a civilian as a test.

Events of Russia can be connected.

1 Jan 2010 - Russians were surprised by a cartoon "gently lampooning" Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin who were portrayed dancing, singing and playing musical instruments.

6 Jan 2010 - At least six police officers were killed and another 16 injured in a suicide car bomb attack in Dagestan, southern Russia.

8 Jan 2010 - A Georgian flight landed in Moscow, Russia, the first since the 2008 war.

12 Jan 2010 - A bomb blast damaged the Mozdok – Makhachkala – Kazi Magomed pipeline in Russia's Republic of Dagestan, leaving eleven towns in the republic without gas supply.

Asiatic peoples

Nations such as Algeria can be connected.

Middle Eastern peoples such as those of Morocco can be connected.

2 Jan 2010 - The Israeli Air Force launched an attack against tunnels leading from Gaza into Israel in response to missile attacks and mortar fire.

4 Jan 2010 - The Burj Khalifa, the tallest structure ever built, opened to the public in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

5 Jan 2010 - The Yemeni government launched campaigns in three provinces to battle Al-Qaeda fighters.

5 Jan 2010 - The United States reopened its embassy in Yemen after strikes on al-Qaeda.

6 Jan 2010 - Yemen arrested three suspected Al-Qaeda members, including one leader, northwest of the capital Sana'a.

7 Jan 2010 - Palestinians fire mortars and Katyusha rocket from Gaza, causing widespread panic in Ashkelon, Israel, in the first such rocket attack on Israel in a year.

10 Jan 2010 - Three Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine operatives were killed while firing mortars into Israel from Gaza.

10 Jan 2010 - Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, brother of the leader of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was acquitted of beating a former business partner in a videotaped attack.

10 Jan 2010 - Ahead of the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010, the De-Ba'athification Commission recommended banning the leaders of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, the Coalition for Iraqi National Unity and 13 other parties for links to Saddam Hussein's banned Ba'ath Party.

10 Jan 2010 - 15 people were killed and 15 were injured, five seriously, when a bus and truck collided on a major highway in the Sahara Desert in Ghardaïa Province, Algeria.

Turkey can be connected.

3 Jan 2010 - Two trains collided near the city of Bilecik in northwestern Turkey, killing one and injuring at least four others.

Egypt can be connected.

4 Jan 2010 - Egyptian archaeologists discovered the largest tomb yet discovered in the ancient Saqqara necropolis.

6 Jan 2010 - Palestinians killed an Egyptian border guard and 50 people were injured in clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and Egyptian police as a Viva Palestina convoy neared the border with Gaza.

7 Jan 2010 - At least six Coptic Christians were killed in a drive-by shooting at a church in Nag Hammadi, southern Egypt, with clashes later taking place between police and Copts.

8 Jan 2010 - Three people were arrested for their involvement in the killing of six Copts as they left a church in southern Egypt.

8 Jan 2010 - British MP George Galloway was deported from Egypt.

9 Jan 2010 - Egypt banned all future aid convoys to Gaza, following recent clashes with Viva Palestina.

11 Jan 2010 - Tombs discovered near Egypt's great pyramids reinforced the theory they were built by free workers rather than slaves.

Persian peoples such as those of Iran can be connected.

2 Jan 2010 - The Afghan Parliament rejected 17 out of 24 cabinet nominees proposed by President Hamid Karzai.

3 Jan 2010 - At least seven Iranian police and two drug traffickers died in a shootout between Iranian police and drug traffickers in Khorosan.

5 Jan 2010 - Iran banned its citizens from contact with 60 international organisations and media outlets over claims they conspired against the country.

5 Jan 2010 - The suicide bomber from Jordan, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan, was reported to be an al-Qaeda triple agent.

6 Jan 2010 - The Dauletabad – Salyp Yar gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Iran was opened.

8 Jan 2010 - Mehdi Karroubi's car was hit by fire in Qazvin, Iran.

9 Jan 2010 - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai resubmitted his proposal for forming the cabinet after his previous selection was rejected by the National Assembly.

10 Jan 2010 - The Sunday Mirror's defence correspondent Rupert Hamer was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, becoming the first British journalist to be killed there and the first to be killed in a war zone since 2003.

12 Jan 2010 - Masoud Alimohammadi, an Iranian nuclear physics professor, was killed in a bomb attack in the capital Tehran; Iran state media accused Israel and the United States of involvement.

South Asian peoples such as those of Bangladesh can be connected.

7 Jan 2010 - Nepal began discharging child soldiers who fought for the Maoists as part of a process of national reconciliation.

9 Jan 2010 - The Sri Lankan army released over 700 former Tamil Tiger fighters after a rehabilitation program.

7 Jan 2010 - United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston said three independent experts have confirmed that mobile phone video footage showing extra-judicial killings by the the Sri Lankan military were authentic.

12 Jan 2010 - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements.

Events of India can be connected.

7 Jan 2010 - At least four militants were dead after a 23-hour gun battle at a hotel in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.

Events of Pakistan can be connected

1 Jan 2010 - 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing: At least 95 people were killed, more than 100 more were injured and 20 houses were destroyed after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, northwest Pakistan.

6 Jan 2010 - Three soldiers were killed and 11 wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Central Asian peoples including some peoples of China and Russia can be considered.

3 Jan 2010 - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake left 20,000 homeless and caused US$1.5 million in damage in eastern Tajikistan.

6 Jan 2010 - The Dauletabad – Salyp Yar gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Iran was opened.

Oriental peoples such as those of South Korea can be considered.

1 Jan 2010 - North Korea called for the end of hostilities with the United States and a nuclear free Korean Peninsula, to restart talks; in its annual New Year editorial.

9 Jan 2010 - 30 people were injured after bottles of acid were thrown from a building into in a busy street in Hong Kong.

9 Jan 2010 - Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party won all three seats in by-elections against the ruling Kuomintang.

11 Jan 2010 - North Korea proposed a peace treaty, replacing the Korean War armistice.

12 Jan 2010 - Google said it may end its operations in China as it was no longer willing to continue censoring its search results.

12 Jan 2010 - A gunman killed two people at a bar in Habikino, Japan, before turning the gun on himself.

12 Jan 2010 - The first map in Chinese to show the Americas, created by Matteo Ricci at the request of the Wanli Emperor, went on public display.

12 Jan 2010 - China's top search engine Baidu was allegedly attacked by Iranian hackers, sparking a retaliatory attack by Chinese hackers on Iranian sites.

Events of China can be considered.

1 Jan 2010 - China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched a Free Trade Area.

3 Jan 2010 - Hundreds of people attempted to control a large diesel leak into a major tributary of the Yellow River, the Wei River, in Shaanxi, China.

4 Jan 2010 - A diesel fuel leak in Shaanxi, China reached the Yellow River, a water source for millions of people.

4 Jan 2010 - Large parts of northern China and South Korea were affected by the heaviest snowfall in 60 years, causing widespread disruption.

6 Jan 2010 - At least 25 people were killed and at least three others were trapped in a mine fire in Xiangtan County in Hunan.

6 Jan 2010 - 50-year-old Chinese journalist Li Junqi was imprisoned for 16 years after accepting bribes for his part in a mass three-month cover-up of a coal mine disaster in Hebei in which 35 people, including a rescue worker, were killed prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

6 Jan 2010 - China became the largest exporting country, pushing Germany from first place.

6 Jan 2010 - China's tourism revenue hit USD 185 billion in 2009.

7 Jan 2010 - The Xinhua news agency responded to claims by The Guardian newspaper that China had tried “hijack” the Copenhagen summit's Accord by claiming that the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao was not invited to secret US-initiated talks on December 17.

8 Jan 2010 - China Mobile, the world's largest mobile telephone operator, sacked its vice chairman Zhang Chunjiang.

8 Jan 2010 - China became the number one automobile market in the world.

10 Jan 2010 - China overtook Germany to become the world's largest exporter.

11 Jan 2010 - P.R. China conducted a land-based high-altitude anti-ballistic missile test.

11 Jan 2010 - The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences reported that more than 24 million Chinese men of marrying age will be without spouses by the end of the decade, citing an uneven birth rate.

Events of Japan can be connected.

3 Jan 2010 - Japan doubled a state-sponsored credit line to troubled airline Japan Airlines to Y200bn (US$2.2bn).

6 Jan 2010 - Anti-whaling activists accused a Japanese vessel of sinking their protest boat during a confrontation in the Southern Ocean.

6 Jan 2010 - Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii resigned at the age of 77 due to ill health.

Southeast Asian peoples including those of Burma can be connected.

4 Jan 2010 - At least 500 homes were damaged after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Solomon Islands.

5 Jan 2010 - As many as 1,000 people in the Solomon Islands were reportedly homeless following the two major earthquakes and tsunami which struck the country earlier this week.

Peoples of the Southeast Asian mainland including those of Thailand can be connected.

1 Jan 2010 - A Cambodian court issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, for failing to turn up at court over a border dispute with Vietnam.

4 Jan 2010 - 52 unmarried couples in Malaysia faced charges of sexual misconduct and possible imprisonment after being caught alone in hotel rooms by the country's Islamic morality police.

4 Jan 2010 - Burmese military junta leader General Than Shwe urged people to make the "correct choices" in elections later this year.

7 Jan 2010 - A Burmese court sentenced two officials to death and one to imprisonment for leaking details of secret government visits to North Korea and Russia.

8 Jan 2010 - Two Burmese whistleblowers were sentenced to death for leaking details of secret government visits to North Korea.

8 Jan 2010 - Several churches in Malaysia were attacked amid tensions over the use of "Allah" by non-Muslims in the country.

9 Jan 2010 - A fourth church was attacked in Malaysia as a row over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims deepens.

10 Jan 2010 - Some more churches were attacked in Malaysia.

11 Jan 2010 - Thousands of supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gathered outside the home of a royal adviser accused of involvment in the 2006 coup that ousted the Prime Minister.

12 Jan 2010 - Five Thai policemen were charged with murder over the disappearance of a Saudi businessman 20 years ago that was linked to the theft of Saudi royal jewellery.

Events of Vietnam can be connected.

Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including those of the Philippines can be connected.

Events of Indonesia can be connected.

5 Jan 2010 - Andal Ampatuan, Jr., charged with 41 counts of murder in the Maguindanao massacre in November, pleaded not guilty at the beginning of his trial in the Philippines.

African peoples

Nations such as Kenya can be connected.

Eastern African peoples such as those of Tanzania can be considered.

2 Jan 2010 - The Ugandan army announced it had killed Bok Abudema, a senior member of the Lord's Resistance Army, in the Central African Republic.

7 Jan 2010 - Kenya deported to Gambia a radical Jamaican Muslim cleric who was on a global terror watch list.

8 Jan 2010 - The Ugandan death penalty for homosexuality may be declared "not necessary".

Northern East African peoples such as those of Ethiopia can be connected.

2 Jan 2010 - Somali pirates seized an Indonesian chemical tanker with 24 crew in the Gulf of Aden and a British cargo ship with 26 cars 620 miles off the Horn of Africa.

3 Jan 2010 - The Eritrean military claimed at least 10 Ethiopian soldiers were killed and 2 captured when Ethiopia launched an armed incursion into Eritrea. The Ethiopian military claimed 25 Eritrean soldiers were killed while attacking Ethiopian positions.

3 Jan 2010 - At least 47 people were killed during heavy fighting in the Somali town of Dhuusa Mareeb.

5 Jan 2010 - The World Food Programme suspended its operations in southern Somalia due to rising instability in the region.

Events of Interior East African peoples including Sudan can be connected.

7 Jan 2010 - Aid agencies warned of renewed violence in Southern Sudan unless there are attempts to save the 2005 peace agreement, as 140 people were killed in ethnic clashes.

8 Jan 2010 - A large statue of the Pharaoh Taharqa was discovered deep in Sudan.

Western African peoples such as those of Nigeria can be considered.

3 Jan 2010 - A fire destroyed one of Africa's most popular markets in Kumasi, Ghana.

5 Jan 2010 - Opposition parties in Nigeria raised their concerns over "missing" President Umaru Yar'Adua who has been at a hospital in Saudi Arabia for six weeks.

7 Jan 2010 - Guinea's interim leader, General Sékouba Konaté, proposed a unity government led by a Prime Minister from the opposition.

8 Jan 2010 - Sékouba Konaté, the interim head of the junta in Guinea, was flown to Senegal after falling ill.

8 Jan 2010 - One person was killed and several were injured after gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying the Togo national football team to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

9 Jan 2010 - Togo national football team bus attack: The Togo national football team withdrew from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations as a third member of the team was confirmed dead following the attack on their team bus. The Confederation of African Football announced that football matches will continue to be played in Cabinda Province where the attack took place. The Togo national football team later decided to reverse their decision to pull out of the Africa Cup of Nations. The Togo government decided to pull them out anyway.

12 Jan 2010 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was ‘encouraged’ by recent developments in Guinean politics, and stated the UN will continue working with the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other partners.

12 Jan 2010 - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua gave his first interview since going into hospital in Saudi Arabia to the BBC, saying he hopes to return home soon as protests in the capital Abuja demand an end to the political situation.

12 Jan 2010 - The Confederation of African Football officially "disqualified" and planned to punish the Togo national football team for failing to take part in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, despite the fatal machine gun attack on their team bus.

Southern African peoples such as those of South Africa can be connected.

4 Jan 2010 - South African President Jacob Zuma married his fifth and currently third wife.

9 Jan 2010 - South African President Jacob Zuma urged party unity and warned economic recovery will be slow at a gathering celebrating the 98th anniversary of the African National Congress.

Central African peoples such as Congo DR can be connected.

3 Jan 2010 - Mount Nyamuragira in the Democratic Republic of the Congo erupted, threatening rare wildlife in the Virunga National Park.

11 Jan 2010 - Angola made two arrests over an attack on the Togo national football team in Cabinda Province.

10 Jan 2010 - With the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations due to get underway in Angola, confusion surrounded the participation of Togo following the fatal attack on their team bus. Their Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo sent a plane to bring them home.

11 Jan 2010 - The 2010 African Cup of Nations continued without Togo as Malawi unexpectedly beat World Cup qualifiers Algeria by three goals.

American Indian peoples

Nations such as Argentina can be connected. Middle American Indian peoples found in Mexico can be considered. Southwestern American Indian peoples found in the southwest United States can be connected. South American Indian peoples such as those of Colombia can be connected. Andean peoples including those of Brazil can be connected. North American Indian peoples found in the United States can be connected. Eastern North American Indian peoples and Western North American Indian peoples can be connected.

Communities

Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, Delhi Bombay, New York city, Sao Paulo, and Manila can be connected.

Social structure and change

Social change, social types, and social structure can be connected.

Institutions

Religion, government, economics, education, and families can be connected.

1 Jan 2010 - Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.

5 Jan 2010 - Facebook blocked a social network suicide website.

11 Jan 2010 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined seven priorities for 2010 and urges a renewed focus on sustainable development, ending poverty, disease and hunger.

11 Jan 2010 - Wolfgang Wodarg, the Council of Europe's head of health affairs, claimed that the 2009 flu pandemic was a "false pandemic" orchestrated by the pharmaceutical industry to sell vaccines.

11 Jan 2010 - The United Nations sought to virtually eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Michel Sidibé visited Sauri in western Kenya, which is a village of the Millennium Villages Project.

Culture

Behavioral culture, conceptual culture, and material culture can be connected.

6 Jan 2010 - Computer scientist Fabrice Bellard claimed he had computed pi to almost 2.7 trillion digits.

6 Jan 2010 - Extreme weather across Europe led to dozens of deaths, including at least 122 in Poland and at least 7 as a result of an avalanche in Switzerland.

8 Jan 2010 - The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's anti-whaling speedboat Ady Gil, which was damaged on Wednesday during a confrontation with the Japanese security vessel Shonan Maru 2, sank in the Southern Ocean shortly before 3:30 a.m. AEDT as the Society's Bob Barker attempts to salvage the boat.

11 Jan 2010 - People in 16 countries in 44 cities from Adelaide to Zürich caused "scenes of chaos and joy in public places" by removing their trousers in public, with 3,000 people doing it in New York alone.

Anthropology including particular groups, human geography, human ecology, physical anthropology, demography, and social foundations can be connected.

Personal studies including biography, psychology, and the human body can be connected.

1 Jan 2010 - A study suggests that teenagers who go to bed late are more likely to develop depression and to have suicidal thoughts.

1 Jan 2010 - Researchers announced that the likely origin of devil facial tumour disease, a transmissible cancer which has caused the population of Tasmanian devils to collapse by 60% in the past decade, is Schwann cells.

Science including biology, earth science, astronomy, chemistry, and physics can be connected.

12 Jan 2010 - The "bizarre behaviour" of a nocturnal raspy cricket pollinating a flower was caught on camera on the island of Réunion, contradicting the image of crickets destroying flowers.

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