2010 Week 53


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This includes events of the fifty third week of 2010, from December 26 (Sunday) through December 31 (Friday)

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Events of Western Civilization are numerous and complex. There were numerous events among Anglic peoples. There were numerous events among Asiatic peoples. Various events were reported among South Asian peoples. Various events were reported among Oriental peoples.


Other history Earlier history through prehistory and antiquity seems to be weakly connected. Classical and medieval history including early classical, late classical, early medieval, and late medieval times can be connected. Other modern history The 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, and the 19th century also seems to be weakly connected. Other 20th century Earlier 20th century history from the early 20th century, early mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late mid 20th century, and late 20th century can be considered. This is part of the early 21st century. The early 2000s can be connected. This is part of the late 2000s and is preceded by events of 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. It is specifically part of 2010, and the fourth quarter 2010. It is part of December 2010 and is immediately preceded by 2010 week 52. It is followed by the early 2010s, immediately by 2011 The first quarter 2011 including January 2011 and 2011 week 1 can be connected. February 2011 and March 2011 can be connected. The second quarter 2011 and third quarter 2011 can be connected. The future can be connected.	Links to other sites More details may be given in December 2010- Wikipedia
Sociology Peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change can be applied to examination of events of 2010 week 53. Peoples of the world Nations and major groups of Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples can be connected. Nations including Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Chile Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Malawi, Ecuador, Niger, Guatemala, Senegal Angola, Zimbabwe, Mali, Zambia, Cuba, Greece, Portugal, Belgium Tunisia, Czech Republic, Guinea, Rwanda can be connected. Western Civilization including Australia can be connected. 29 December 2010 Five suspected Islamist militants were arrested for planning to attack Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Denmark. 30 December 2010 Anders Hogstrom, a Swedish man, was sentenced to two years and eight months imprisonment after being convicted of orchestrating the theft of Arbeit macht frei from the Auschwitz entry gate last December. Anglic peoples including Canada can be connected. 27 December 2010 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper invited Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Canada. 30 December 2010 Bertie Ahern, the former taoiseach who led the stricken Fianna Fáil political party from 1994 until 2008, announced he was to resign from Dáil Éireann at the forthcoming general election. 30 December 2010 Newly released papers showed more than €130,000 of public money was used to wine and dine visiting dignitaries to Ireland while then Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey warned on television that the country was "living away beyond our means". 28 December 2010 Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish become parents after a surrogate mother from California gives birth to a son on Christmas Day. The boy is named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John. 26 December 2010 Wikileaks head Julian Assange said he had deals for his autobiography worth more than £1 million and needed the money to defend himself against allegations of sexual assault on two women in Sweden. 30 December 2010 Newly released papers show Gwynfor Evans, former Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen, said he would fast to death if the British government did not provide a Welsh language television service. S4C resulted. 30 December 2010 Buckingham Palace announced the birth of Queen Elizabeth II's first great-grandchild, born to Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn. 31 December 2010 Arts and cultural people Annie Lennox, Herbert Kretzmer, Sheila Hancock, David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Katharine Hamnett, Alice Temperley, Sandy Powell, John Lloyd, Steve McQueen and Trevor Horn were among those to receive a New Year Honour from the Queen of the United Kingdom. 26 December 2010 The eastern United States is struck by more snow, with South Carolina receiving its first ever snow on Christmas Day. (BBC) 28 December 2010 Thousands of homes and businesses in Northern Ireland are without water as melting snow and ice from the recent freezing weather conditions reveals burst pipes. Northern Ireland Water says it is alternating supplies from reservoirs in order to help alleviate the crisis in which some have been without supplies since before Christmas. (BBC) 28 December 2010 5 male teenagers from Little Haiti, Miami, in the U.S. state of Florida are killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in a motel room after fumes from a car kept idling overnight vent up a staircase into their room. (BBC) (Associated Press via Google News) 28 December 2010 A fire in a New Orleans warehouse kills eight people and two dogs, most of them homeless artists and musicians. (Reuters) (The Associated Press) (NOLA.com) 29 December 2010 England retain the Ashes for the first time in 24 years after winning the fourth Test of the 2010–11 series against Australia in Melbourne. (BBC) The United Kingdom can be connected. 26 December 2010 Police in the UK said they were "satisfied" that a body found on Christmas Day was that of missing woman Joanna Yeates. (BBC) 28 December 2010 The UK's Avon and Somerset Police launched a murder investigation after a post mortem into the death of Joanna Yeates concluded that she had been strangled. 28 December 2010 The UK Government defended a decision not to include children under the age of five in this year's flu vaccination programme, saying the decision was for medical and not financial reasons. 28 December 2010 33 leading forensic scientists have expressed concerns about the UK Government's plans to close the Forensic Science Service, saying that the justice system will take a "backward step" as a consequence. 28 December 2010 The UK Government gave the go-ahead to plans to allow popular online petitions to be debated in Parliament within a year. 30 December 2010 A diplomatic cable newly released from the British National Archives, dated 1980, claimed that Israel would be "ready to use their atomic weapon" in any further war against its adversaries. The United States can be connected. 26 December 2010 United States diplomatic cables leak: Newly released cables from July 2004 reveal that American diplomats panicked about a screening of the film Fahrenheit 9/11, which is critical of the U.S. government's response to the September 11 attacks. Diplomats stopped what they called a "potential fiasco" by intervening and contacting the offices of the New Zealand prime minister and Marian Hobbs, a government minister referred to as "Boo Boo" Hobbs by America. (Radio New Zealand International) Newly released cables allege that world governments have sought assistance from the United States with wiretapping criminal and political adversaries, leading to denials and claims of "misunderstanding". (BBC) Foreign Minister of Israel Avigdor Liberman states at a meeting with Israeli ambassadors that "classic diplomacy" is "not helpful" and that the right diplomacy is to say things "as is" due to the WikiLeaks website. Lieberman also attacks comments by the Foreign Minister of Turkey. 27 December 2010 Allen Stanford's lawyers sought a two-year postponement of his trial and for his release from prison in the meanwhile. He was charged with running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. 29 December 2010 The United States revoked the visa for Bernardo Álvarez Herrera, the Venezuelan ambassador to the country. 30 December 2010 Minnesota sued 3M claiming they pumped PFCs, a very toxic chemical according to the EPA, into local waterways. 30 December 2010 Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour freed two sisters 16 years into double life terms received for armed robbery of two men for $11, citing one of the sister's "medical condition creates a substantial cost to the state of Mississippi." Latin peoples including Venezuela can be connected. 28 December 2010 Spain and Russia each expelled two diplomats on suspicion of spying in a tit-for-tat row. 30 December 2010 A bomb exploded at the Greek Embassy in Buenos Aires; there are no injuries. Some windows were broken. 27 December 2010 Bus drivers announce a strike action in response to the 83 per cent increase in the price of gasoline and the 73 per cent increase in the price of diesel fuel announced by Bolivian Vice-President Álvaro García Linera on Sunday. (Al Jazeera) Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected. 31 December Italy was to ban plastic bags. French peoples including those of France can be connected. Hispanic peoples including those of Peru can be connected. Spain can be connected. Hispanic Mexican American peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. 26 December 2010 The 48th President of the Dominican Republic Salvador Jorge Blanco died at his home in Santo Domingo. 29 December 2010 The Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel threatened to launch a war in northern Guatemala where the government declared a "state of siege". 29 December 2010 Cuba commuted the last remaining death sentence on the island. Hispanic Colombian American peoples including those of Colombia can be connected. 29 December 2010 President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos announced the death of Pedro Guerrero, one of the country's most wanted men who was killed in a gunbattle with police while he celebrated Christmas. Hispanic Argentine American peoples including those of Argentina can be connected. Lusitanic peoples including Brazil can be connected. Germanic peoples including those of Germany can be connected. 28 December 2010 A late Bronze Age grave of a Celtic princess has been unearthed in Heuneburg, Germany. Grave goods of Celtic jewelery made of gold, bronze, coal and amber have been discovered. Northeast European peoples including Poland can be connected. 30 December 2010 Four opposition figures in Belarus were charged with organising riots after demonstrations against the re-election of Alexander Lukashenko. 31 December 2010 Estonia, one of the Baltic republics of the former Soviet Union, adopts the euro as its official currency, becoming the 17th country to do so. 28 December 2010 A Russian Antonov military cargo plane crashes between Tula and Oryol, Russia, killing all 11 on board.(AP via Google) 29 December 2010 An Antonov An-22 cargo plane crashes during training in Russia's Tula region, killing 12 crew. (BBC) (Times of India) (RIA Novosti) Russia can be connected. 26 December 2010 More than 1,500 people protested in Moscow, Russia against a recent wave of ethnic unrest following the shooting dead of a football fan. 27 December 2010 Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was found guilty of embezzlement in a second trial, which he described as politically motivated. 30 December 2010 Former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky had his prison sentence extended to a total of 14 years after a second conviction. 28 December 2010 Spain and Russia each expelled two diplomats on suspicion of spying in a tit-for-tat row. Ukraine can be connected. Balkan peoples including those of Romania can be connected. 30 December 2010 An early morning bomb exploded before two courthouses in Athens; there were no injuries. 31 December 2010 A pre-dawn bomb exploded outside a closed night club in Athens; there are no injuries. Asiatic peoples including those of Syria can be connected. Middle Eastern peoples including those of Yemen can be connected. 26 December 2010 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel) announces that it will boycott Durban III (World Conference against Racism), the 2011 United Nations summit commemorating the tenth anniversary of the World Conference against Racism 2001, due to the conference's "anti-Semitic undertones and displays of hatred for Israel and the Jewish world," a day after the UN General Assembly approved a resolution, by a vote of 104 to 22, with 33 abstentions, to hold the summit in September 2011; Canada has already announced that it will also not attend, calling it a "charade". (AFP via Google News) (The Washington Post) (JTA) 26 December 2010 The first humanitarian Asian flotilla, Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan of Asia 1, which left New Delhi with people of 15 differing nationalities aboard, left Damascus for Latakia, its final stop before it reaches its destination. (Tehran Times) 26 December 2010 Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel Binyamin Ben-Eliezer responds to Ecuador's formal recognition of Palestine as an independent state by saying that the "entire world" could recognise a Palestinian state in the next year. (AFP via Google News) 26 December 2010 Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian militants of the al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad who were planting an explosive device to be used against an Israeli patrol near the border in the southern Gaza Strip. 26 December 2010 Dr Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish filed a lawsuit against Israel one day before the second anniversary of Israel's War on Gaza. Abu al-Aish's three daughters were killed at home by Israeli forces on live television on 16 January 2009 as the gynaecologist was doing an interview with Israel's Channel 10 television. 27 December 2010 A Tel Aviv court sentenced Israeli graphic designer Jonathan Pollak to three months imprisonment after convicting him of taking part in a "critical mass bicycle ride" demonstration highlighting the blockade of Gaza in January 2008. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel described it as "an unusually harsh measurement" for a charge that normally does not see the perpetrator imprisoned. 29 December 2010 A proposed draft resolution calling on the United Nations Security Council to criticise the construction of settlements by Israel was obtained by the Associated Press. 29 December 2010 An open letter from about 30 rabbi wives caused controversy due to its call for Israeli girls not to date Arabs or work in places that employ non-jews, three weeks after a similar letter urged Jews not to engage in property trade with non-Jews. 30 December 2010 An international aid convoy from Asia entered Gaza, though Iranian and Jordanian members of the flotilla were denied entry and generators donated by Iran were banned too. 30 December 2010 Israeli forces arrested Hamas MP Khalil Ar-Rabai after surrounding his home in the early morning in the southern West Bank town of Yatta. The destruction of family property was also reported. 30 December 2010 Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape and other sexual offences by a court in Tel Aviv. 26 December 2010 Protests against unemployment grew more violent as Tunisian security forces cracked down on the residents in Sidi Bou Zid Governorate and a teenager was killed when police opened fire. 27 December 2010 During demonstrations in Tunis, approximately 1000 people call for jobs, in solidarity with protesters elsewhere in Tunisia. Police use batons and at at least a dozen protesters are injured and others faint. (Al Jazeera) 28 December 2010 2010 Tunisian protests: Protests in Tunisia over unemployment and poor living conditions are criticized by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during a national television broadcast; he warns of "firm" punishment. 28 December 2010 2010 Turkish construction workers employed in Israel protest in front of the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv over fears they may lose their jobs. 29 December 2010 2010 Tunisian protests: People ignore threats of "firm" punishment from Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and continue to protest over unemployment and poor living conditions. 28 December 2010 Israeli archaeologists reportedly discover human remains from 400,000 years ago, challenging the theory that humans originated in Africa. 26 December 2010 Eight people were killed and 21 injured after a bus crash in Egypt. (CBC) (Hindustan Times) 27 December 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rules out apologising to Turkey for killing nine of its citizens during May's Gaza flotilla raid, saying, however, that Israel would "express its regret"; the interview came after Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Turkey should apologize to Israel for supporting terrorists. (Al Jazeera) (JTA) 27 December 2010 The Lebanese army claims that Israeli Air Force planes violated Lebanon's airspace several times, in violation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution, which ended the Israeli-Lebanese war of 2006 between Lebanese-based Islamic militant group Hezbollah and Israel. (Haaretz) Turkey can be connected. 26 December 2010 Thousands of people shouting "death to Israel" gathered at Sarayburnu port in Istanbul to welcome back the MV Mavi Marmara, draped with a banner containing faces of the 9 people killed during the Gaza flotilla raid. (Al Jazeera) (Arutz Sheva) Egypt can be connected. 26 December 2010 Egypt sent to Damascus a dossier of sensitive technical information involving details of an Israeli spy ring in Syria, including a high ranking chemical expert who assisted Israel for 13 years. Persian peoples including those of Afghanistan can be connected. 26 December 2010 Four Turkish workers were kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan. 27 December 2010 At least 3 people were killed and others were injured when a car bomb exploded near Kabul Bank in Kandahar. Iran can be connected. 26 December 2010 A court in Iran convicted a man of spying for Israel. His identity was to be revealed after the sentence is confirmed. 26 December 2010 Iranian authorities halted the impending execution of a Kurdish student convicted of "enmity against God", in connection with alleged membership and activities on behalf of the militant Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), following appeals by international organizations claiming that his trial was held behind closed doors and his lawyer was not allowed to be present. 31 December After an official protest by German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, Iran allowed access to two journalists arrested in mid-October for interviewing family members of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery. Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be connected. 28 December 2010 Kuwaiti Prime Minister Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah was grilled by MPs over clashes between riot police and protesters at an opposition rally earlier this month. 29 December 2010 The Iraqi civilian death toll due to violence has fallen to just under 4,000 in 2010, the lowest since the 2003 invasion of Iraq according to the Iraq Body Count. 30 December 2010 2 people were killed and 18 others are wounded during bomb attacks on minority Christian homes in various parts of Baghdad. Arabian peoples including those of Saudi Arabia can be connected. 26 December 2010 A Saudi woman, accused of attacking and torturing her Indonesian maid last month in a case that strained Saudi-Indonesia relations, now denied the charges, claiming that the maid tortured herself because she was “not normal.” 30 December 2010 The Yemeni government released at least 428 Houthi northern rebels as part of a ceasefire mediated by Qatar in return for 10 military vehicles. North African peoples including those of Algeria can be connected. Morocco can be connected. 31 December 2010 A protestor died of his injuries in Tunisia as protests continued across the country over unemployment and poor living conditions. South Asian peoples including Sri Lanka can be connected. 26 December 2010 The Sri Lankan government said more than 210 former Tamil Tiger rebels have passed a university entrance exam, with 40 qualifying for entry; the Movement for the Release of Political Prisoners called for the release of all political prisoners. 28 December 2010 Nepal amended legislation allowing children with disabilities to be adopted abroad. 29 December 2010 Ikililou Dhoinine was elected president by residents of the Comoros Islands. 31 December 2010 Ikililou Dhoinine was elected President of the Comoros, defeating rival Mohamed Said Fazul with 61% of the vote. 26 December 2010 A collision between a bus and a mini-truck kills 34 people and leaves 30 injured, near the town of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh state, in northern India. (The Australian) (Oneindia) (AP via Google News) 26 December 2010 Waves of cold in Jammu and Kashmir show no signs of relenting, though the minimum temperature improves. (The Hindu) India can be connected. 26 December 2010 A police curfew continued for a seventh day in the village of Inderkoot in Bandipora district, Kashmir, "as a precautionary measure", but was lifted from Sumbal. 30 December 2010 A major Indian separatist leader, Arabinda Rajkhowa of the United Liberation Front of Asom, was released on bail. Pakistan can be connected. 28 December 2010 A series of suspected U.S. missile strikes caused at least 15 deaths in North Waziristan, Pakistan. 31 December Sunni Muslim clerics organized strikes across Pakistan to protest against possible changes to the country’s blasphemy laws. Bangladesh can be connected. Nepal can be connected. Central Asian peoples including those of Uzbekistan can be connected. Oriental peoples including Taiwan can be connected. 29 December 2010 The minimum wage in the Chinese capital Beijing is raised by 20% for the second time in six months, amid rising food costs. 30 December 2010 North Korea's state-run television broadcasts its first Western film, Bend It Like Beckham. 27 December 2010 At least seven people are killed and fifteen injured in a 100-vehicle pile up in southwest China. (CNN) (NDTV) (People's Daily) 27 December 2010 A Seoul-based radio station targeting North Koreans reports that a train carrying birthday gifts for North Korean future leader Kim Jong-un derailed, in what it describes as a possible act of revolt by opponents. South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) states that it is checking the report. (AFP via Google News) (Joongang Daily) China can be connected. 26 December 2010 China and South Korea were to hold defence talks following tension on the Korean Peninsula. (China Daily) (BBC) 28 December 2010 A Chinese investigative reporter known for reporting on sensitive issues died after being attacked by six men. 29 December 2010 The Chinese government set out new measures to tackle corruption. 30 December 2010 A 19-year-old Uyghur woman, Pezilet Ekber, was sentenced to death following a secret trial, the second Uyghur woman to receive the death penalty on charges of participating in ethnic riots last year. 31 December Officials in the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warned of a crackdown on "illegal" voice-over-Internet(VoIP) telephony services that are not licensed or approved by the country's telecoms regulator. 31 December 2010 Three Tibetan writers, detained earlier this year by Chinese authorities, were sentenced to jail terms of three to four years for "inciting activities to split the nation” Japan can be connected. South Korea can be connected. North Korea can be connected. Southeast Asian peoples including Malaysia can be connected. 29 December 2010 12 Vietnamese sailors are missing after a cargo ship sinks in the South China Sea. 11 other crew were rescued. (Saigon Daily) 29 December 2010 Malaysia wins 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup with a total of 4-2 over Indonesia in the final matches. (ABS-CBN) Peoples of the Southeast Asian mainland including Burma can be connected. 30 December 2010 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with opposition leaders who broke away from the National League for Democracy party. Vietnam can be connected. Thailandcan be connected. 29 December 2010 Seven people were injured in a bomb attack in southern Thailand by suspected Islamist insurgents. 29 December 2010 Seven Thais, including a MP, were arrested after illegally crossing the border into Cambodia. 30 December 2010 Thailand urged Cambodia to release seven of its citizens–including an MP–arrested after crossing their mutual border. 30 December 2010 A court in Thailand jailed 79 pro-government "yellow shirt" protesters for storming a state television station two years ago. Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including the Philippines can be connected. Indonesia can be connected. African peoples including those of Madagascar can be connected. Eastern African peoples including those of Uganda can be connected. Northern East African peoples including those of Ethiopia can be connected. 26 December 2010 Somali pirates seized a Thai-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia. 28 December 2010 Somali pirates released a German ship with 22 crew, eight months after it was seized near Oman. Interior East African peoples including those of Sudan can be connected. 27 December 2010 The commission overseeing the independence referendum in Southern Sudan rejects a lawsuit to halt the referendum on the basis that the commission violated the law. 30 December 2010 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said the government will withdraw from peace talks with rebels from Darfur unless a deal is reached this week. Central East African peoples including those of Kenya can be connected. Tanzania can be connected. Western African peoples including those of Ghana can be connected. Southern Coastal West Africa including Nigeria can be connected. 26 December 2010 Armed conflicts and attacks Jos attacks: Further violence broke out in the Nigerian city of Jos following bombings earlier this week. President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan said his government would "take all necessary action" to punish the perpetrators of the deadly bombings in Jos. 26 December 2010 2010 Ivorian presidential election controversy Approximately 14,000 refugees have fled Côte d'Ivoire for Liberia following the disputed presidential election. Laurent Gbagbo threatened to treat United Nations peacekeepers of the UNOCI mission as rebels if they do not follow orders and leave. 27 December 2010 Riot police were deployed to the streets of Jos in central Nigeria following clashes between ethnic groups and a bombing on Christmas Eve. 27 December 2010 Alassane Ouattara, the internationally-recognised winner of the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, called for a general strike to force Laurent Gbagbo, who was refusing to cede power, to step down. 28 December 2010 The leaders of Benin, Cape Verde and Sierra Leone arrived in Côte d'Ivoire to urge Laurent Gbagbo to resign as President. 28 December 2010 The death toll from recent violence between Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria, rose to 80. Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsiblity for the deadly Christmas Eve bombings in the city. 29 December 2010 Three people were killed by Islamist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, in the latest in a number of attacks. 29 December 2010 Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down after a meeting with other African leaders. 30 December 2010 Côte d'Ivoire's ambassador to the United Nations, Youssoufou Bamba, said the country is on the "brink of genocide". 31 December 2010 A bomb exploded in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing four people. Southern African peoples including those of Mozambique can be connected. South Africa can be connected. 26 December 2010 Cape Town was to name a street after former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. Central African peoples including Congo DR can be connected. 29 December 2010 A court in Angola sentenced Joao Antonio Puati to 24 years imprisonment after convicting him in relation to the Togo national football team attack last January. American Indian peoples including those of Venezuela can be connected. Middle American Indian peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Southwestern American Indian peoples including those of the southwest United States can be connected. South American Indian peoples including those of Peru can be connected. Andean peoples including those of Colombia Argentina can be connected. Amazonian peoples including those of Brazil Argentina can be connected. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples including those of Argentina can be connected. North American Indian peoples including those of Canada can be connected. Eastern North American Indian peoples including those of the eastern United States can be connected. Western North American Indian peoples including those of the Western United States can be connected. Communities Communities can be connected. Social structure and change Social change, social types, and social structure can be connected. Institutions Religion including religious organization, religious practice, and religious belief can be connected. Particular religions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, Pagan religion, and secularism can be consiered. Government Particular governments including international government, national government, and local government can be considered. International government including traditional empires, colonial empires, and modern compacts can be connected. Modern compacts including temporary alliances, special purpose organization, regional associations, and world government can be connected. World government including the United Nations can be connected. National government can be connected. Government activity including state relations, administration, and succession can be connected. State relations including diplomacy, espionage, and warfare can be connected. Government structure including government forms, heads of state, executive sytems, legislative systems, judicial systems, and political prties and interest groups can be connected. Law including international law, Western law, Asian law, and tribal law can be connected. Economics including economic systems, industries, and economic activity can be connected. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be connected. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage can be connected. Culture Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs can be connected. Conceptual culture including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, language, graphic arts, and literature can be connected. Material culture including miscellanoeus artifacts, communication systems, transportation systems, clothing, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be connected. 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. Science including biology, earth science, astronomy, chemistry, and physics can be connected.

Other history

Earlier history through prehistory and antiquity seems to be weakly connected. Classical and medieval history including early classical, late classical, early medieval, and late medieval times can be connected.

Other modern history

The 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, and the 19th century also seems to be weakly connected.

Other 20th century

Earlier 20th century history from the early 20th century, early mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late mid 20th century, and late 20th century can be considered.

This is part of the early 21st century. The early 2000s can be connected. This is part of the late 2000s and is preceded by events of 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. It is specifically part of 2010, and the fourth quarter 2010. It is part of December 2010 and is immediately preceded by 2010 week 52.

It is followed by the early 2010s, immediately by 2011 The first quarter 2011 including January 2011 and 2011 week 1 can be connected. February 2011 and March 2011 can be connected. The second quarter 2011 and third quarter 2011 can be connected. The future can be connected.

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Sociology

Peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change can be applied to examination of events of 2010 week 53.

Peoples of the world

Nations and major groups of Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples can be connected.

Nations including Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Chile Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Malawi, Ecuador, Niger, Guatemala, Senegal Angola, Zimbabwe, Mali, Zambia, Cuba, Greece, Portugal, Belgium Tunisia, Czech Republic, Guinea, Rwanda can be connected.

Western Civilization including Australia can be connected.

29 December 2010 Five suspected Islamist militants were arrested for planning to attack Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Denmark.

30 December 2010 Anders Hogstrom, a Swedish man, was sentenced to two years and eight months imprisonment after being convicted of orchestrating the theft of Arbeit macht frei from the Auschwitz entry gate last December.

Anglic peoples including Canada can be connected.

27 December 2010 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper invited Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Canada.

30 December 2010 Bertie Ahern, the former taoiseach who led the stricken Fianna Fáil political party from 1994 until 2008, announced he was to resign from Dáil Éireann at the forthcoming general election.

30 December 2010 Newly released papers showed more than €130,000 of public money was used to wine and dine visiting dignitaries to Ireland while then Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey warned on television that the country was "living away beyond our means".

28 December 2010 Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish become parents after a surrogate mother from California gives birth to a son on Christmas Day. The boy is named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John.

26 December 2010 Wikileaks head Julian Assange said he had deals for his autobiography worth more than £1 million and needed the money to defend himself against allegations of sexual assault on two women in Sweden.

30 December 2010 Newly released papers show Gwynfor Evans, former Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen, said he would fast to death if the British government did not provide a Welsh language television service. S4C resulted.

30 December 2010 Buckingham Palace announced the birth of Queen Elizabeth II's first great-grandchild, born to Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn.

31 December 2010 Arts and cultural people Annie Lennox, Herbert Kretzmer, Sheila Hancock, David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Katharine Hamnett, Alice Temperley, Sandy Powell, John Lloyd, Steve McQueen and Trevor Horn were among those to receive a New Year Honour from the Queen of the United Kingdom.

26 December 2010 The eastern United States is struck by more snow, with South Carolina receiving its first ever snow on Christmas Day. (BBC)

28 December 2010 Thousands of homes and businesses in Northern Ireland are without water as melting snow and ice from the recent freezing weather conditions reveals burst pipes. Northern Ireland Water says it is alternating supplies from reservoirs in order to help alleviate the crisis in which some have been without supplies since before Christmas. (BBC)

28 December 2010 5 male teenagers from Little Haiti, Miami, in the U.S. state of Florida are killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in a motel room after fumes from a car kept idling overnight vent up a staircase into their room. (BBC) (Associated Press via Google News)

28 December 2010 A fire in a New Orleans warehouse kills eight people and two dogs, most of them homeless artists and musicians. (Reuters) (The Associated Press) (NOLA.com)

29 December 2010 England retain the Ashes for the first time in 24 years after winning the fourth Test of the 2010–11 series against Australia in Melbourne. (BBC)

The United Kingdom can be connected.

26 December 2010 Police in the UK said they were "satisfied" that a body found on Christmas Day was that of missing woman Joanna Yeates. (BBC)

28 December 2010 The UK's Avon and Somerset Police launched a murder investigation after a post mortem into the death of Joanna Yeates concluded that she had been strangled.

28 December 2010 The UK Government defended a decision not to include children under the age of five in this year's flu vaccination programme, saying the decision was for medical and not financial reasons.

28 December 2010 33 leading forensic scientists have expressed concerns about the UK Government's plans to close the Forensic Science Service, saying that the justice system will take a "backward step" as a consequence.

28 December 2010 The UK Government gave the go-ahead to plans to allow popular online petitions to be debated in Parliament within a year.

30 December 2010 A diplomatic cable newly released from the British National Archives, dated 1980, claimed that Israel would be "ready to use their atomic weapon" in any further war against its adversaries.

The United States can be connected.

26 December 2010 United States diplomatic cables leak: Newly released cables from July 2004 reveal that American diplomats panicked about a screening of the film Fahrenheit 9/11, which is critical of the U.S. government's response to the September 11 attacks. Diplomats stopped what they called a "potential fiasco" by intervening and contacting the offices of the New Zealand prime minister and Marian Hobbs, a government minister referred to as "Boo Boo" Hobbs by America. (Radio New Zealand International) Newly released cables allege that world governments have sought assistance from the United States with wiretapping criminal and political adversaries, leading to denials and claims of "misunderstanding". (BBC) Foreign Minister of Israel Avigdor Liberman states at a meeting with Israeli ambassadors that "classic diplomacy" is "not helpful" and that the right diplomacy is to say things "as is" due to the WikiLeaks website. Lieberman also attacks comments by the Foreign Minister of Turkey.

27 December 2010 Allen Stanford's lawyers sought a two-year postponement of his trial and for his release from prison in the meanwhile. He was charged with running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme.

29 December 2010 The United States revoked the visa for Bernardo Álvarez Herrera, the Venezuelan ambassador to the country.

30 December 2010 Minnesota sued 3M claiming they pumped PFCs, a very toxic chemical according to the EPA, into local waterways.

30 December 2010 Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour freed two sisters 16 years into double life terms received for armed robbery of two men for $11, citing one of the sister's "medical condition creates a substantial cost to the state of Mississippi."

Latin peoples including Venezuela can be connected.

28 December 2010 Spain and Russia each expelled two diplomats on suspicion of spying in a tit-for-tat row.

30 December 2010 A bomb exploded at the Greek Embassy in Buenos Aires; there are no injuries. Some windows were broken.

27 December 2010 Bus drivers announce a strike action in response to the 83 per cent increase in the price of gasoline and the 73 per cent increase in the price of diesel fuel announced by Bolivian Vice-President Álvaro García Linera on Sunday. (Al Jazeera)

Italic peoples including those of Italy can be connected.

31 December Italy was to ban plastic bags.

French peoples including those of France can be connected.

Hispanic peoples including those of Peru can be connected.

Spain can be connected.

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

26 December 2010 The 48th President of the Dominican Republic Salvador Jorge Blanco died at his home in Santo Domingo.

29 December 2010 The Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel threatened to launch a war in northern Guatemala where the government declared a "state of siege".

29 December 2010 Cuba commuted the last remaining death sentence on the island.

Hispanic Colombian American peoples including those of Colombia can be connected.

29 December 2010 President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos announced the death of Pedro Guerrero, one of the country's most wanted men who was killed in a gunbattle with police while he celebrated Christmas.

Hispanic Argentine American peoples including those of Argentina can be connected.

Lusitanic peoples including Brazil can be connected.

Germanic peoples including those of Germany can be connected.

28 December 2010 A late Bronze Age grave of a Celtic princess has been unearthed in Heuneburg, Germany. Grave goods of Celtic jewelery made of gold, bronze, coal and amber have been discovered.

Northeast European peoples including Poland can be connected.

30 December 2010 Four opposition figures in Belarus were charged with organising riots after demonstrations against the re-election of Alexander Lukashenko.

31 December 2010 Estonia, one of the Baltic republics of the former Soviet Union, adopts the euro as its official currency, becoming the 17th country to do so.

28 December 2010 A Russian Antonov military cargo plane crashes between Tula and Oryol, Russia, killing all 11 on board.(AP via Google)

29 December 2010 An Antonov An-22 cargo plane crashes during training in Russia's Tula region, killing 12 crew. (BBC) (Times of India) (RIA Novosti)

Russia can be connected.

26 December 2010 More than 1,500 people protested in Moscow, Russia against a recent wave of ethnic unrest following the shooting dead of a football fan.

27 December 2010 Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was found guilty of embezzlement in a second trial, which he described as politically motivated.

30 December 2010 Former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky had his prison sentence extended to a total of 14 years after a second conviction.

28 December 2010 Spain and Russia each expelled two diplomats on suspicion of spying in a tit-for-tat row.

Ukraine can be connected.

Balkan peoples including those of Romania can be connected.

30 December 2010 An early morning bomb exploded before two courthouses in Athens; there were no injuries.

31 December 2010 A pre-dawn bomb exploded outside a closed night club in Athens; there are no injuries.

Asiatic peoples including those of Syria can be connected.

Middle Eastern peoples including those of Yemen can be connected.

26 December 2010 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel) announces that it will boycott Durban III (World Conference against Racism), the 2011 United Nations summit commemorating the tenth anniversary of the World Conference against Racism 2001, due to the conference's "anti-Semitic undertones and displays of hatred for Israel and the Jewish world," a day after the UN General Assembly approved a resolution, by a vote of 104 to 22, with 33 abstentions, to hold the summit in September 2011; Canada has already announced that it will also not attend, calling it a "charade". (AFP via Google News) (The Washington Post) (JTA)

26 December 2010 The first humanitarian Asian flotilla, Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan of Asia 1, which left New Delhi with people of 15 differing nationalities aboard, left Damascus for Latakia, its final stop before it reaches its destination. (Tehran Times)

26 December 2010 Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel Binyamin Ben-Eliezer responds to Ecuador's formal recognition of Palestine as an independent state by saying that the "entire world" could recognise a Palestinian state in the next year. (AFP via Google News)

26 December 2010 Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian militants of the al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad who were planting an explosive device to be used against an Israeli patrol near the border in the southern Gaza Strip.

26 December 2010 Dr Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish filed a lawsuit against Israel one day before the second anniversary of Israel's War on Gaza. Abu al-Aish's three daughters were killed at home by Israeli forces on live television on 16 January 2009 as the gynaecologist was doing an interview with Israel's Channel 10 television.

27 December 2010 A Tel Aviv court sentenced Israeli graphic designer Jonathan Pollak to three months imprisonment after convicting him of taking part in a "critical mass bicycle ride" demonstration highlighting the blockade of Gaza in January 2008. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel described it as "an unusually harsh measurement" for a charge that normally does not see the perpetrator imprisoned.

29 December 2010 A proposed draft resolution calling on the United Nations Security Council to criticise the construction of settlements by Israel was obtained by the Associated Press.

29 December 2010 An open letter from about 30 rabbi wives caused controversy due to its call for Israeli girls not to date Arabs or work in places that employ non-jews, three weeks after a similar letter urged Jews not to engage in property trade with non-Jews.

30 December 2010 An international aid convoy from Asia entered Gaza, though Iranian and Jordanian members of the flotilla were denied entry and generators donated by Iran were banned too.

30 December 2010 Israeli forces arrested Hamas MP Khalil Ar-Rabai after surrounding his home in the early morning in the southern West Bank town of Yatta. The destruction of family property was also reported.

30 December 2010 Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape and other sexual offences by a court in Tel Aviv.

26 December 2010 Protests against unemployment grew more violent as Tunisian security forces cracked down on the residents in Sidi Bou Zid Governorate and a teenager was killed when police opened fire.

27 December 2010 During demonstrations in Tunis, approximately 1000 people call for jobs, in solidarity with protesters elsewhere in Tunisia. Police use batons and at at least a dozen protesters are injured and others faint. (Al Jazeera)

28 December 2010 2010 Tunisian protests: Protests in Tunisia over unemployment and poor living conditions are criticized by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during a national television broadcast; he warns of "firm" punishment.

28 December 2010 2010 Turkish construction workers employed in Israel protest in front of the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv over fears they may lose their jobs.

29 December 2010 2010 Tunisian protests: People ignore threats of "firm" punishment from Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and continue to protest over unemployment and poor living conditions.

28 December 2010 Israeli archaeologists reportedly discover human remains from 400,000 years ago, challenging the theory that humans originated in Africa.

26 December 2010 Eight people were killed and 21 injured after a bus crash in Egypt. (CBC) (Hindustan Times)

27 December 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rules out apologising to Turkey for killing nine of its citizens during May's Gaza flotilla raid, saying, however, that Israel would "express its regret"; the interview came after Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Turkey should apologize to Israel for supporting terrorists. (Al Jazeera) (JTA)

27 December 2010 The Lebanese army claims that Israeli Air Force planes violated Lebanon's airspace several times, in violation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution, which ended the Israeli-Lebanese war of 2006 between Lebanese-based Islamic militant group Hezbollah and Israel. (Haaretz)

Turkey can be connected.

26 December 2010 Thousands of people shouting "death to Israel" gathered at Sarayburnu port in Istanbul to welcome back the MV Mavi Marmara, draped with a banner containing faces of the 9 people killed during the Gaza flotilla raid. (Al Jazeera) (Arutz Sheva)

Egypt can be connected.

26 December 2010 Egypt sent to Damascus a dossier of sensitive technical information involving details of an Israeli spy ring in Syria, including a high ranking chemical expert who assisted Israel for 13 years.

Persian peoples including those of Afghanistan can be connected.

26 December 2010 Four Turkish workers were kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan.

27 December 2010 At least 3 people were killed and others were injured when a car bomb exploded near Kabul Bank in Kandahar.

Iran can be connected.

26 December 2010 A court in Iran convicted a man of spying for Israel. His identity was to be revealed after the sentence is confirmed.

26 December 2010 Iranian authorities halted the impending execution of a Kurdish student convicted of "enmity against God", in connection with alleged membership and activities on behalf of the militant Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), following appeals by international organizations claiming that his trial was held behind closed doors and his lawyer was not allowed to be present.

31 December After an official protest by German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, Iran allowed access to two journalists arrested in mid-October for interviewing family members of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery.

Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be connected.

28 December 2010 Kuwaiti Prime Minister Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah was grilled by MPs over clashes between riot police and protesters at an opposition rally earlier this month.

29 December 2010 The Iraqi civilian death toll due to violence has fallen to just under 4,000 in 2010, the lowest since the 2003 invasion of Iraq according to the Iraq Body Count.

30 December 2010 2 people were killed and 18 others are wounded during bomb attacks on minority Christian homes in various parts of Baghdad.

Arabian peoples including those of Saudi Arabia can be connected.

26 December 2010 A Saudi woman, accused of attacking and torturing her Indonesian maid last month in a case that strained Saudi-Indonesia relations, now denied the charges, claiming that the maid tortured herself because she was “not normal.”

30 December 2010 The Yemeni government released at least 428 Houthi northern rebels as part of a ceasefire mediated by Qatar in return for 10 military vehicles.

North African peoples including those of Algeria can be connected. Morocco can be connected.

31 December 2010 A protestor died of his injuries in Tunisia as protests continued across the country over unemployment and poor living conditions.

South Asian peoples including Sri Lanka can be connected.

26 December 2010 The Sri Lankan government said more than 210 former Tamil Tiger rebels have passed a university entrance exam, with 40 qualifying for entry; the Movement for the Release of Political Prisoners called for the release of all political prisoners.

28 December 2010 Nepal amended legislation allowing children with disabilities to be adopted abroad.

29 December 2010 Ikililou Dhoinine was elected president by residents of the Comoros Islands.

31 December 2010 Ikililou Dhoinine was elected President of the Comoros, defeating rival Mohamed Said Fazul with 61% of the vote.

26 December 2010 A collision between a bus and a mini-truck kills 34 people and leaves 30 injured, near the town of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh state, in northern India. (The Australian) (Oneindia) (AP via Google News)

26 December 2010 Waves of cold in Jammu and Kashmir show no signs of relenting, though the minimum temperature improves. (The Hindu)

India can be connected.

26 December 2010 A police curfew continued for a seventh day in the village of Inderkoot in Bandipora district, Kashmir, "as a precautionary measure", but was lifted from Sumbal.

30 December 2010 A major Indian separatist leader, Arabinda Rajkhowa of the United Liberation Front of Asom, was released on bail.

Pakistan can be connected.

28 December 2010 A series of suspected U.S. missile strikes caused at least 15 deaths in North Waziristan, Pakistan.

31 December Sunni Muslim clerics organized strikes across Pakistan to protest against possible changes to the country’s blasphemy laws.

Bangladesh can be connected.

Nepal can be connected.

Central Asian peoples including those of Uzbekistan can be connected.

Oriental peoples including Taiwan can be connected.

29 December 2010 The minimum wage in the Chinese capital Beijing is raised by 20% for the second time in six months, amid rising food costs.

30 December 2010 North Korea's state-run television broadcasts its first Western film, Bend It Like Beckham.

27 December 2010 At least seven people are killed and fifteen injured in a 100-vehicle pile up in southwest China. (CNN) (NDTV) (People's Daily)

27 December 2010 A Seoul-based radio station targeting North Koreans reports that a train carrying birthday gifts for North Korean future leader Kim Jong-un derailed, in what it describes as a possible act of revolt by opponents. South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) states that it is checking the report. (AFP via Google News) (Joongang Daily)

China can be connected.

26 December 2010 China and South Korea were to hold defence talks following tension on the Korean Peninsula. (China Daily) (BBC)

28 December 2010 A Chinese investigative reporter known for reporting on sensitive issues died after being attacked by six men.

29 December 2010 The Chinese government set out new measures to tackle corruption.

30 December 2010 A 19-year-old Uyghur woman, Pezilet Ekber, was sentenced to death following a secret trial, the second Uyghur woman to receive the death penalty on charges of participating in ethnic riots last year.

31 December Officials in the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warned of a crackdown on "illegal" voice-over-Internet(VoIP) telephony services that are not licensed or approved by the country's telecoms regulator.

31 December 2010 Three Tibetan writers, detained earlier this year by Chinese authorities, were sentenced to jail terms of three to four years for "inciting activities to split the nation”

Japan can be connected.

South Korea can be connected. North Korea can be connected.

Southeast Asian peoples including Malaysia can be connected.

29 December 2010 12 Vietnamese sailors are missing after a cargo ship sinks in the South China Sea. 11 other crew were rescued. (Saigon Daily)

29 December 2010 Malaysia wins 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup with a total of 4-2 over Indonesia in the final matches. (ABS-CBN)

Peoples of the Southeast Asian mainland including Burma can be connected.

30 December 2010 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with opposition leaders who broke away from the National League for Democracy party.

Vietnam can be connected.

Thailandcan be connected.

29 December 2010 Seven people were injured in a bomb attack in southern Thailand by suspected Islamist insurgents.

29 December 2010 Seven Thais, including a MP, were arrested after illegally crossing the border into Cambodia.

30 December 2010 Thailand urged Cambodia to release seven of its citizens–including an MP–arrested after crossing their mutual border.

30 December 2010 A court in Thailand jailed 79 pro-government "yellow shirt" protesters for storming a state television station two years ago.

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

African peoples including those of Madagascar can be connected.

Eastern African peoples including those of Uganda can be connected.

Northern East African peoples including those of Ethiopia can be connected.

26 December 2010 Somali pirates seized a Thai-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia.

28 December 2010 Somali pirates released a German ship with 22 crew, eight months after it was seized near Oman.

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

27 December 2010 The commission overseeing the independence referendum in Southern Sudan rejects a lawsuit to halt the referendum on the basis that the commission violated the law.

30 December 2010 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said the government will withdraw from peace talks with rebels from Darfur unless a deal is reached this week.

Central East African peoples including those of Kenya can be connected. Tanzania can be connected.

Western African peoples including those of Ghana can be connected.

Southern Coastal West Africa including Nigeria can be connected.

26 December 2010 Armed conflicts and attacks Jos attacks: Further violence broke out in the Nigerian city of Jos following bombings earlier this week. President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan said his government would "take all necessary action" to punish the perpetrators of the deadly bombings in Jos.

26 December 2010 2010 Ivorian presidential election controversy Approximately 14,000 refugees have fled Côte d'Ivoire for Liberia following the disputed presidential election. Laurent Gbagbo threatened to treat United Nations peacekeepers of the UNOCI mission as rebels if they do not follow orders and leave.

27 December 2010 Riot police were deployed to the streets of Jos in central Nigeria following clashes between ethnic groups and a bombing on Christmas Eve.

27 December 2010 Alassane Ouattara, the internationally-recognised winner of the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, called for a general strike to force Laurent Gbagbo, who was refusing to cede power, to step down.

28 December 2010 The leaders of Benin, Cape Verde and Sierra Leone arrived in Côte d'Ivoire to urge Laurent Gbagbo to resign as President.

28 December 2010 The death toll from recent violence between Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria, rose to 80. Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsiblity for the deadly Christmas Eve bombings in the city.

29 December 2010 Three people were killed by Islamist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, in the latest in a number of attacks.

29 December 2010 Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down after a meeting with other African leaders.

30 December 2010 Côte d'Ivoire's ambassador to the United Nations, Youssoufou Bamba, said the country is on the "brink of genocide".

31 December 2010 A bomb exploded in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing four people.

Southern African peoples including those of Mozambique can be connected.

South Africa can be connected.

26 December 2010 Cape Town was to name a street after former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.

Central African peoples including Congo DR can be connected.

29 December 2010 A court in Angola sentenced Joao Antonio Puati to 24 years imprisonment after convicting him in relation to the Togo national football team attack last January.

American Indian peoples including those of Venezuela can be connected.

Middle American Indian peoples including those of Mexico can be connected. Southwestern American Indian peoples including those of the southwest United States can be connected.

South American Indian peoples including those of Peru can be connected. Andean peoples including those of Colombia Argentina can be connected. Amazonian peoples including those of Brazil Argentina can be connected. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples including those of Argentina can be connected.

North American Indian peoples including those of Canada can be connected. Eastern North American Indian peoples including those of the eastern United States can be connected. Western North American Indian peoples including those of the Western United States can be connected.

Communities

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Social structure and change

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Religion including religious organization, religious practice, and religious belief can be connected. Particular religions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, Pagan religion, and secularism can be consiered.

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