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It is the first in a series of earthquakes between 2010 and 2012 that resulted in the deaths of 187 people and over $40 billion worth of damage. [70] [71] Seismologists noted that the earthquake sequence was highly unusual, and likely to never happen again anywhere else in the world. [72] September 7 – Israel becomes the 33rd member of the ...
The World Food Programme announces the number of hungry people in Sudan has quadrupled since August 2009 to 4.3 million. (Emirates News Agency) (Taiwan News) China says that relations will be undermined if U.S. President Barack Obama meets the Dalai Lama. (China Daily)
Rescue efforts continue in the aftermath of the May 2010 Siberia mine explosion. (RIA Novosti) A senior U.S. official, Kurt M. Campbell, meets with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents Poland publishes the transcript of flight data recorders from the fatal 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash which killed 96 officials and intellectuals on 10 April. (BBC) (China Daily) (Aljazeera) Tropical Storm Agatha 132 people are killed across Central America in the aftermath of the first named storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season. (Reuters) (USA Today ...
Disasters The United States "loses track" of 119,000 private planes, with uncertainty over who has access to them. (Al Jazeera) (The Hindu) (CNN) A new archive of the genocide in Rwanda is unveiled in the capital Kigali. (Rwanda News Agency) (BBC) International relations A group of 26 ex-EU leaders has urged the union to impose sanctions on Israel for continuing to build settlements on ...
The World number one snooker player John Higgins and his manager are reported by the News of the World to have been videoed accepting a £261,000 bribe in Ukraine to lose frames in four separate matches later this year; an investigation is launched and the player is immediately suspended on the final day of his reign as world champion ahead of ...
Everything old is new again, or so the song says. And each year we do see forgotten faces, places and products emerge from the dim past to recapture the public's attention. Here are some of this ...
The United States Census Bureau releases the first data from the 2010 Census, revealing the United States to have a population of 308,745,538 on April 1, 2010. Nevada was once more the fastest growing state, growing 35.1% over 2000. Michigan was the only state to lose population.