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Current events of
January 22, 2010
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2010-01-22
)
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Japanese
Prime Minister
Yukio Hatoyama
says he will resign if proven guilty of receiving illegal political fund donations.
(
Mainichi Shimbun
)
(UPI)
Ten
rhinoceros
horns seized in recent weeks at
Shannon Airport
in
Ireland
are said to be "rare" and "of international significance".
(RTÉ)
Operation Aurora
:
China
rejects criticism by the
United States
of its
internet controls
, saying it could
harm relations
between the two countries.
(
China Daily
)
(BBC)
A
White House
spokesman says
U.S.
President
Barack Obama
is "troubled" by the
cyber attacks
and wants "some answers".
(BBC)
(
Bangkok Post
)
U.K.
Home Secretary
Alan Johnson
announces the
Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre
has raised the
terrorist threat level
from "substantial" to "severe".
(BBC)
A
U.S.
Justice Department
task force
recommends 47
Guantanamo Bay
detainees
should be
held indefinitely without charge
.
(BBC)
Former
U.S.
Air Force
lieutenant colonel
James Fondren
is sentenced to three years in
prison
for providing
classified documents
to
Chinese
spy
Tai Shen Kuo
.
(BBC)
A
Nuremberg
court issues an
arrest warrant
for former
Argentine
leader
Jorge Rafael Videla
, on suspicion of killing a
German
man.
(BBC)
(Deutsche Welle)
The
Electoral Synod
of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
meets in
Belgrade
and chooses
Bishop Irinej of Niš
as the new
patriarch
.
(B92)
(BBC)
European
banking
stocks drop sharply following
U.S.
President
Barack Obama
's plans to restrict activities of the biggest
American
banks.
(BBC)
The
Supreme Court
of
Nigeria
gives the
government
14 days to decide whether ailing
President
Umaru Yar'Adua
is fit to rule the country.
(BBC)
Turkish
police
arrest 120 suspects in a major
anti-terrorism
operation against
Al-Qaeda
.
(
Today's Zaman
)
(BBC)
A
security alert
is issued at all of
India
's airports after
intelligence
reports of a plot to
hijack
an Indian plane.
(
Indian Express
)
(Al Jazeera)
(AFP)
The home of an opposition activist is bombed in the
Sri Lankan
capital
Colombo
days ahead of the
presidential election
.
(Press Trust of India)
(BBC)
Alexey Dymovskiy
, the
Russian
policeman
who became famous for denouncing
police corruption
on
YouTube
, is arrested on charges of
fraud
and corruption.
(BBC)
The internationally renowned
Waterford Crystal
tourist centre in
Kilbarry
,
Ireland
, ceases to function.
(RTÉ)
Conan O'Brien
hosted the late night variety television show,
The Tonight Show
, on
NBC
for the final time.
(tvbythenumbers.com)
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