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Current events of
January 7, 2010
(
2010-01-07
)
(Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
(
The Jerusalem Post
)
At least four militants are dead after a 23-hour gun battle at a hotel in
Srinagar
,
Jammu and Kashmir
.
(Sify)
(
New York Times
)
(
Indian Express
)
Aid agencies warn of
renewed violence
in
Southern Sudan
unless there are attempts to save the
2005 peace agreement
, as 140 people are killed in ethnic clashes.
(BBC)
(Xinhua)
(
Khaleej Times
)
At least six
Coptic Christians
are killed in a drive-by shooting at a church in
Nag Hammadi
, southern
Egypt
, with clashes later taking place between police and Copts.
(Al Jazeera)
(BBC)
(CNN)
Arts and culture
The
Xinhua
news agency responds 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
.
(China Dialogue)
James Cameron
's film
Avatar
is expected to become the
second-highest grossing movie of all time
, just passing
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
.
(MTV)
The
BBC
's
Spotlight
programme reveals 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.
(BBC)
(
The Guardian
)
Business and economy
The
United States
approves arms sales to
Taiwan
, amid opposition from
China
.
(Radio Taiwan International)
(BBC)
(AFP)
Disasters and accidents
Extreme weather in
Europe
kills nine people in
Germany
, traps a
Eurostar
train in the
Channel Tunnel
, disrupts flights at international airports in
Amsterdam
,
Dublin
,
Knock
and
Paris
, shuts hundreds of schools in
Ireland
and disrupts
Norway
's bus service in
Oslo
.
(BBC)
Environment
The governments of
Australia
and
New Zealand
announce 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
.
(Reuters)
International relations
A weekend killing in
Australia
has prompted the
Indian government
to issue an advisory for its college students studying in that country.
(CNN)
(Indian Express)
Kenya
deports to
Gambia
a radical
Jamaican
Muslim
cleric who is on a global terror watch list.
(KBC)
(AFP)
(AllAfrica.com)
Nepal
begins discharging child soldiers who fought for the
Maoists
as part of a process of national reconciliation.
(Reuters)
(
The Rising Nepal
)
(
The Guardian
)
United Nations Special Rapporteur
Philip Alston
says three independent experts have confirmed that mobile phone video footage showing
extra-judicial killings
by the
Sri Lankan military
is authentic.
(BBC)
(Channel 4 News)
Law and crime
An
ABB
employee commits suicide after
shooting eight people
, three fatally, at the
ABB Power
building in
St. Louis
,
Missouri
in the
United States
.
(CNN)
A
Burmese
court sentences two officials to death and one to imprisonment for leaking details of secret government visits to
North Korea
and
Russia
.
(BBC)
Politics and elections
Guinea
's interim leader, General
Sékouba Konaté
, proposes a
unity government
led by a Prime Minister from the opposition.
(
The Guardian
)
(African Press Agency)
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