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Current events of
January 1, 2010
(
2010-01-01
)
(Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 18
FARC
rebels are killed while celebrating the
New Year
in an air raid by the
Colombian
Air Force
in the south of the country.
(
Latin American Herald Tribune
)
(Al Jazeera)
2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing
: At least 95 people are killed, more than 100 more are injured and 20 houses are destroyed after a
suicide bomber
blows himself up at a
volleyball
game in
Lakki Marwat
, northwest
Pakistan
.
(
The Times
)
(Express India)
(BBC News)
Arts and culture
Russians
are surprised by a cartoon "gently lampooning"
Dmitry Medvedev
and
Vladimir Putin
who are portrayed dancing, singing and playing musical instruments.
(BBC)
(France 24)
Business and economy
China
and the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
launch a
Free Trade Area
.
(
New York Times
)
(Xinhua)
Disasters and accidents
At least 19 people are dead and five are injured as mudslide hits an island resort near
Angra dos Reis
,
Ilha Grande
. Large numbers also killed elsewhere in
Brazil
.
(BBC)
(
The Washington Post
)
Health
A study suggests that teenagers who go to bed late are more likely to develop
depression
and to have
suicidal thoughts
.
(BBC News)
(CBC)
(
Sleep
)
Researchers announce 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
.
(BBC)
(
Time
)
(
New York Times)
(Science)
International relations
A
Cambodian
court issues an arrest warrant for opposition leader
Sam Rainsy
, for failing to turn up at court over a border dispute with
Vietnam
.
(BBC)
(
Phnom Penh Post
)
North Korea
calls for the end of hostilities with the
United States
and a nuclear free
Korean Peninsula
, to restart talks; in its annual
New Year editorial
.
(Yonhap)
(CNN)
(Al Jazeera)
Spain
takes over the
Presidency
of the
Council
of the
European Union
from
Sweden
.
(BBC News)
(Deutsche Welle)
(euronews)
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