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Current events of
January 29, 2010
(
2010-01-29
)
(Friday)
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The
Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond
goes on public display in
Washington, D.C.
,
United States
.
(
The Irish Times
)
(BBC)
(
The Daily Telegraph
)
The
United States
approves a US$6 billion arms sales package to
Taiwan
.
(
The New York Times
)
(AFP)
(
Taiwan News
)
Haiti
acknowledges the immediate international assistance it received from
Cuba
, the
Dominican Republic
and
Venezuela
following the
recent earthquake
and confirms the death toll has reached 150,000.
(Granma)
A
state of emergency
is declared in parts of
Bolivia
and rescue efforts continue in
Peru
amid heavy rain and floods in the region.
(BBC)
(Andina)
The offices of defeated
Sri Lankan
presidential candidate
Sarath Fonseka
are raided by police.
(Press Trust of India)
(Al Jazeera)
(BBC)
A
Nigerian
court dismisses a call for an interim leader to be appointed while President
Umaru Yar'Adua
is in hospital in
Saudi Arabia
.
(NEXT)
(Reuters)
(BBC)
North Korea
fires artillery towards
South Korean
territory at the
Northern Limit Line
for a third consecutive day.
(Xinhua)
(Yonhap)
A 25-year-old employee of the
Bank of Ireland
is detained by authorities in connection with the
largest bank robbery
in the country's history.
(
The Irish Times
)
(RTÉ)
First flight of the
Russian
stealth fighter
Sukhoi T-50
.
(
The Times
)
(BBC)
Several people are killed in heavy fighting in the
Somalian
capital
Mogadishu
.
(CNN)
(
Dawn
)
(Al Jazeera)
Tony Blair
appears at the
Iraq Inquiry
and is questioned in public for the first time about his decision to take the
United Kingdom
to
war
against
Iraq
.
(BBC)
(
The Guardian
)
Vietnamese
author
Pham Thanh Nghien
, who criticised the ruling
Communist Party
, is sentenced to four years in prison for spreading
propaganda
against the state.
(Al Jazeera)
(BBC)
Canadian
Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
appoints five new
Senators
.
(
Globe and Mail
)
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