Portal:Current events/2010 July 10

Current events of July 10, 2010 (2010-07-10) (Saturday)

Arts, culture and entertainment After more than a century in British collections, the head of Noongar leader Yagan is ceremonially buried on the 177th anniversary of his last full day of freedom. (ABC) (Perth Now) (The West-Yahoo!-7) Business and economy After public outcry, gamemaker Blizzard Entertainment rescinds its plan to force users of its World of Warcraft online game to post under their real names. (BBC News) Chinese exports rose by 43.9% this past June, compared to the same time last year. (BBC News) Law and crime Gunman Raoul Moat shoots and kills himself after a 6-hour standoff with police, ending the largest manhunt in United Kingdom's recent history. (BBC News) (Daily Telegraph) Politics and elections An aid ship trying to carry aid to Gaza is forced to dock at el-Arish in Egypt, after coming under heavy Israeli pressure to not break Israel's Gaza blockade. (BBC News) A new bill is introduced in the Israeli Knesset that would force Haredi Jewish schools to teach core subjects such as mathematics, science, English, and civics, or lose state funding. (Haaretz) Between 1.1 and 1.5 million people, according to organisers, and 56000 demonstrators, according to spanish protesters-counting specialized company Lynce, demonstrate in central Barcelona demanding greater autonomy for Catalonia within Spain. (BBC News) (Times of India) (AFP) A breakaway group from the National League for Democracy in Burma registers to participate in the general election later this year. (BBC News) (AFP) (Al Jazeera) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan makes a final campaign push on the eve of the country's Upper House election. (Channel NewsAsia) North Korea offers to return to the six-party talks over its nuclear weapons programme. (Al Jazeera) (Arirang News) (AP) Sri Lankan lawmaker Wimal Weerawansa ends his hunger strike against United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to send a human rights panel to investigate war crimes to the country. (The Hindu) (AFP) (Xinhua) The leaders of North and South Sudan begin talks on a strategy to deal with the results of next year's referendum on independence for the latter. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) (AFP) Science The Rosetta probe makes a flyby past the 21 Lutetia asteroid to gather scientific data. (BBC News) BP is set to remove the containment cap over the destroyed Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, and replace it with a bigger cap. Oil and gas will spew unrestricted from the well for an estimated four to seven days until the new cap is in place. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera) Sports 2010 FIFA World Cup: Germany defeats Uruguay 3-2 to finish third. (BBC) UEFA President Michel Platini is released from hospital. (France24)