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[[File:Unasur BsAs Crisis Ecuador.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|September 30}} [[President of Ecuador|President]] of [[Ecuador]] [[Rafael Correa]] declares a [[state of emergency]] as '''[[2010 Ecuador crisis|protests]]''' by the police and members of the armed forces close main airports and disrupt communications.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=387991806 2010 Ecuador crisis] ([[User:BorgQueen]])</ref> |
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[[File:Gliese 581 system compared to solar system.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|September 30}} A newly discovered planet, '''[[Gliese 581 g]]''', is found to be in the [[habitable zone]] of [[Gliese 581|its parent star]], where [[Water|liquid water]] may exist.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388017720 Gliese 581 g] ([[User:The ed17]])</ref> |
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[[File:Alberto Contador Tour 2010 team presentation.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|September 30}} [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Road bicycle racing|cyclist]] '''[[Alberto Contador]]''' is suspended following detection of [[clenbuterol]] in a sample taken during the [[2010 Tour de France]], which he won.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388029090 Alberto Contador] (User:The ed17)</ref> |
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[[File:David Lloyd Johnston(Brubacher House).jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 1}} '''[[David Lloyd Johnston]]''' is sworn in as the twenty-eighth [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] of [[Canada]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388099653 David Lloyd Johnston] ([[User:HJ Mitchell]])</ref> |
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{{*mp|October 1}} The [[People's Republic of China]] launches its second lunar orbiter, '''[[Chang'e 2]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388289081 Chang'e 2] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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[[File:Sébastien Loeb, 2010.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 1}} The [[United States]] apologizes for conducting '''[[Syphilis experiments in Guatemala]]''' without the subjects' [[informed consent]] in the 1940s.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388294636 Syphilis experiments in Guatemala] ([[User:Chaser]])</ref> |
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[[File:Valdis Dombrovskis - World Economic Forum on Europe 2010.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 2}} A '''[[2010 Petarukan train collision|train collision]]''' kills 36 people and injures at least 50 in [[Indonesia]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388301317 2010 Petarukan train collision] (User:Chaser)</ref> |
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[[File:Šahovska Olimpijada 2010 1.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 2}} In [[Australian rules football]], [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] '''[[2010 AFL Grand Final|defeats]]''' [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] to win the [[Australian Football League|AFL]] [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388377238 2010 AFL Grand Final] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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[[File:Andre Geim 2010-1.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 3}} The '''[[2010 Commonwealth Games|XIX Commonwealth Games]]''' begin at [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in [[Delhi]], [[India]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388427594 2010 Commonwealth Games] ([[User:Tinucherian]])</ref> |
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[[File:Konstantin Novoselov at MIPT.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 3}} '''[[Sébastien Loeb]]''', driving for the [[Citroën World Rally Team]], wins his seventh consecutive [[World Rally Championship]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388532270 Sébastien Loeb] ([[User:Mkativerata]])</ref> |
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[[File:Toxic Sludge in Hungary 2010.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 2}} In [[Australian rules football]], [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] '''[[2010 AFL Grand Final|win]]'''<!-- This is correct in Australian English. Please do not change it to "defeats".--> the [[Australian Football League|AFL]] [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]], while in [[rugby league]], [[St George Illawarra Dragons|St George Illawarra]] win the [[National Rugby League|NRL]] '''[[2010 NRL Grand Final|Grand Final]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388563593 2010 NRL Grand Final] (User:Mkativerata)</ref> |
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{{*mp|October 4}} '''[[Robert Geoffrey Edwards]]''' wins the 2010 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for his development of [[in vitro fertilisation]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388607411 Robert Geoffrey Edwards] ([[User:Tone]])</ref> |
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[[File:Norman Wisdom Peel IoM 2005 -CCR27366-.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 3}} {{*mp|October 3}} The incumbent coalition government of [[Valdis Dombrovskis]] wins [[Latvia]]'s '''[[Latvian parliamentary election, 2010|parliamentary election]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388667696 Latvian parliamentary election, 2010] (User:Tone)</ref> |
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[[File:Mario Vargas Llosa (2010).jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 4}} The '''[[39th Chess Olympiad]]''' concludes with [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]] winning the open and women's section respectively.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388714898 39th Chess Olympiad] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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{{*mp|October 4}} In [[golf]], [[Europe]] defeats the [[United States]] in the [[2010 Ryder Cup]] at [[Celtic Manor Resort|Celtic Manor]], [[South Wales]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388725834 2010 Ryder Cup] ([[User:Stephen]])</ref> |
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[[File:Crosby Garrett Helmet on auction at Christies.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 5}} '''[[Andre Geim]]''' and '''[[Konstantin Novoselov]]''' win the 2010 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for their experiments on [[graphene]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388804437 Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov] (User:Tone)</ref> |
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{{*mp|October 4}} A [[state of emergency]] is declared in western [[Hungary]] after an '''[[Ajka alumina plant accident|accident]]''' at an [[alumina]] factory floods a large area with "[[red mud]]", killing at least three people.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388890746 Ajka alumina plant accident] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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[[File:Soyuz TMA-01M prime and backup crews at Kremlin Wall.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 5}} Former [[Société Générale]] trader '''[[Jérôme Kerviel]]''' is sentenced to three years in jail for his role in the [[January 2008 Société Générale trading loss incident]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388953264 Jérôme Kerviel] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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{{*mp|October 5}} '''[[Faisal Shahzad]]''' ''(pictured)'' is sentenced to life in prison for [[2010 Times Square car bombing attempt|an attempted car bombing]] in [[Times Square]], [[New York City]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388966817 Faisal Shahzad] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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[[File:Dame Joan Sutherland colour Allan Warren.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 4}} [[Comedy]] [[actor]] '''[[Norman Wisdom]]''' dies aged 95.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388976754 Norman Wisdom] (User:Stephen)</ref> |
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[[File:Samuel Wanjiru2008 Summer Olympics2.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 6}} '''[[Richard F. Heck]]''', '''[[Ei-ichi Negishi]]''' and '''[[Akira Suzuki (chemist)|Akira Suzuki]]''' are jointly awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for their work in [[organic synthesis]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389027069 Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki] (User:Stephen)</ref> |
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[[File:Mina San José - Luis Urzúa - Gobierno de Chile.jpg|100px|right]] |
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{{*mp|October 6}} Researches announce the discovery of the '''[[Koro language]]''' spoken by 800 to 1200 people in the [[Arunachal Pradesh]] region of [[India]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389093083 Koro language] (User:Tone)</ref> |
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[[File:David John Howard Thompson - World Economic Forum on Latin America 2010.jpg|100px|right]] |
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*<!--September 30--> [[President of Ecuador|President]] of [[Ecuador]] [[Rafael Correa]] declares a [[state of emergency]] as '''[[2010 Ecuador crisis|protests]]''' by the police and members of the armed forces close main airports and disrupt communications.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=387991806 2010 Ecuador crisis] ([[User:BorgQueen]])</ref> |
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*<!--September 30--> A newly discovered planet, '''[[Gliese 581 g]]''', is found to be in the [[habitable zone]] of [[Gliese 581|its parent star]], where [[Water|liquid water]] may exist.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388017720 Gliese 581 g] ([[User:The ed17]])</ref> |
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*<!--September 30--> [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Road bicycle racing|cyclist]] '''[[Alberto Contador]]''' is suspended following detection of [[clenbuterol]] in a sample taken during the [[2010 Tour de France]], which he won.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388029090 Alberto Contador] (User:The ed17)</ref> |
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*<!--October 1--> '''[[David Lloyd Johnston]]''' is sworn in as the twenty-eighth [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] of [[Canada]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388099653 David Lloyd Johnston] ([[User:HJ Mitchell]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 1--> The [[People's Republic of China]] launches its second lunar orbiter, '''[[Chang'e 2]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388289081 Chang'e 2] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 1--> The [[United States]] apologizes for conducting '''[[Syphilis experiments in Guatemala]]''' without the subjects' [[informed consent]] in the 1940s.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388294636 Syphilis experiments in Guatemala] ([[User:Chaser]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 2--> A '''[[2010 Petarukan train collision|train collision]]''' kills 36 people and injures at least 50 in [[Indonesia]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388301317 2010 Petarukan train collision] (User:Chaser)</ref> |
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*<!--October 2--> In [[Australian rules football]], [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] '''[[2010 AFL Grand Final|defeats]]''' [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] to win the [[Australian Football League|AFL]] [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388377238 2010 AFL Grand Final] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 3--> The '''[[2010 Commonwealth Games|XIX Commonwealth Games]]''' begin at [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in [[Delhi]], [[India]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388427594 2010 Commonwealth Games] ([[User:Tinucherian]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 3--> '''[[Sébastien Loeb]]''', driving for the [[Citroën World Rally Team]], wins his seventh consecutive [[World Rally Championship]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388532270 Sébastien Loeb] ([[User:Mkativerata]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 2--> In [[Australian rules football]], [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] '''[[2010 AFL Grand Final|win]]'''<!-- This is correct in Australian English. Please do not change it to "defeats".--> the [[Australian Football League|AFL]] [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]], while in [[rugby league]], [[St George Illawarra Dragons|St George Illawarra]] win the [[National Rugby League|NRL]] '''[[2010 NRL Grand Final|Grand Final]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388563593 2010 NRL Grand Final] (User:Mkativerata)</ref> |
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*<!--October 4--> '''[[Robert Geoffrey Edwards]]''' wins the 2010 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for his development of [[in vitro fertilisation]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388607411 Robert Geoffrey Edwards] ([[User:Tone]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 3--> The incumbent coalition government of [[Valdis Dombrovskis]] wins [[Latvia]]'s '''[[Latvian parliamentary election, 2010|parliamentary election]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388667696 Latvian parliamentary election, 2010] (User:Tone)</ref> |
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*<!--October 4--> The '''[[39th Chess Olympiad]]''' concludes with [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]] winning the open and women's section respectively.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388714898 39th Chess Olympiad] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 4--> In [[golf]], [[Europe]] defeats the [[United States]] in the [[2010 Ryder Cup]] at [[Celtic Manor Resort|Celtic Manor]], [[South Wales]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388725834 2010 Ryder Cup] ([[User:Stephen]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 5--> '''[[Andre Geim]]''' and '''[[Konstantin Novoselov]]''' win the 2010 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for their experiments on [[graphene]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388804437 Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov] (User:Tone)</ref> |
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*<!--October 4--> A [[state of emergency]] is declared in western [[Hungary]] after an '''[[Ajka alumina plant accident|accident]]''' at an [[alumina]] factory floods a large area with "[[red mud]]", killing at least three people.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388890746 Ajka alumina plant accident] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 5--> Former [[Société Générale]] trader '''[[Jérôme Kerviel]]''' is sentenced to three years in jail for his role in the [[January 2008 Société Générale trading loss incident]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388953264 Jérôme Kerviel] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 5--> '''[[Faisal Shahzad]]''' ''(pictured)'' is sentenced to life in prison for [[2010 Times Square car bombing attempt|an attempted car bombing]] in [[Times Square]], [[New York City]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388966817 Faisal Shahzad] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 4--> [[Comedy]] [[actor]] '''[[Norman Wisdom]]''' dies aged 95.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=388976754 Norman Wisdom] (User:Stephen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 6--> '''[[Richard F. Heck]]''', '''[[Ei-ichi Negishi]]''' and '''[[Akira Suzuki (chemist)|Akira Suzuki]]''' are jointly awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for their work in [[organic synthesis]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389027069 Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki] (User:Stephen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 6--> Researches announce the discovery of the '''[[Koro language]]''' spoken by 800 to 1200 people in the [[Arunachal Pradesh]] region of [[India]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389093083 Koro language] (User:Tone)</ref> |
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*<!--October 7--> '''[[Mario Vargas Llosa]]''' wins the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389224811 Mario Vargas Llosa] ([[User:DragonflySixtyseven]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 7--> The [[Russia]]n '''[[RSM-56 Bulava]]''' [[submarine-launched ballistic missile]], the proposed future cornerstone of the country's [[nuclear triad]], undergoes its first successful test since 2008.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389435215 RSM-56 Bulava] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 7--> A '''[[Crosby Garrett Helmet|Roman helmet]]''' dating from the first to third century [[Anno Domini|AD]] sells at auction for £2.3 million ($3.6 million).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389459116 Crosby Garrett Helmet] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 8--> Chinese [[human rights activist]] '''[[Liu Xiaobo]]''' wins the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389467840 Liu Xiaobo] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 10--> '''[[Soyuz TMA-01M|The maiden flight]]''' of the [[Soyuz TMA-M]], with three astronauts of [[Expedition 25]] on board, docks at the [[International Space Station]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389793536 Soyuz TMA-01M] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 10--> The [[Netherland Antilles]] is '''[[Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles|dissolved]]''', with [[Curaçao]] and [[Sint Maarten]] becoming [[Constituent country|constituent countries]] of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]], while [[Bonaire]], [[Saba (island)|Saba]] and [[Sint Eustatius]] become [[BES islands|special municipalities]] of the [[Netherlands]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389796208 Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles] (User:Mkativerata)</ref> |
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*<!--October 11--> '''[[Peter A. Diamond|Peter Diamon]]''', '''[[Dale T. Mortensen|Dale Mortensen]]''' and '''[[Christopher A. Pissarides|Christopher Pissarides]]''' are awarded the 2010 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=389993504 Peter Diamon, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides] ([[User:TFOWR]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 11--> [[Australia]]n [[opera]] singer '''[[Joan Sutherland]]''' dies at her home in [[Switzerland]] aged 83.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390062595 Joan Sutherland] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 10--> [[Samuel Wanjiru]] of [[Kenya]] and [[Liliya Shobukhova]] of [[Russia]] '''[[2010 Chicago Marathon|win]]''' the men's and women's events respectively at the [[Chicago Marathon]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390182474 2010 Chicago Marathon] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 12--> British author '''[[Howard Jacobson]]''' is awarded the [[Man Booker Prize|Man Booker Prize for Fiction]] for his novel ''[[The Finkler Question]]''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390275371 Howard Jacobson] (User:BorgQueen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 13--> The first of the 33 miners [[2010 Copiapó mining accident|trapped]] for two months in the San José mine in [[Copiapó]], [[Chile]], is '''[[2010 Copiapó mining accident#Rescue|rescued]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390431647 2010 Copiapó mining accident#Rescue] ([[User:Tariqabjotu]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 12--> A [[United States|U.S.]] [[United States Federal courts|Federal]] judge '''[[Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America|orders]]''' the [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]] to stop enforcing the [[Don't ask, don't tell|"don't ask, don't tell"]] policy prohibiting openly gay people from serving in the military.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390433519 Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America] (User:Tariqabjotu)</ref> |
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*<!--October 11--> [[Spain|Spanish]] motorcyclist '''[[Jorge Lorenzo]]''' becomes [[2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2010 World Grand Prix motorcycle racing champion]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390596907 Jorge Lorenzo] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 12--> The ''[[Ata-Zhurt]]'' party wins a plurality in the [[Kyrgyzstan]]i '''[[Kyrgyzstani parliamentary election, 2010|parliamentary election]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390602789 Kyrgyzstani parliamentary election, 2010] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 14--> The [[United Nations]] [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] announces that it believes '''[[rinderpest]]''' has been eradicated, making it the second virus in history, after [[smallpox]], to have been eliminated by humans.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390689157 rinderpest] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 15--> After 14 years of construction, the drilling of the world's [[List of longest tunnels in the world|longest railway tunnel]], the '''[[Gotthard Base Tunnel]]''' across the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Alps]], is completed.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390789346 Gotthard Base Tunnel] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 16--> [[mathematics|Mathematician]] '''[[Benoît Mandelbrot]]''', known for his work with [[fractal]]s, dies at the age of 85.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=390995388 Benoît Mandelbrot] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 17--> Five new [[saint]]s, including '''[[Mary MacKillop]]'''—the first [[Australia]]n saint—are [[canonization|canonised]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=391223841 Mary MacKillop] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 18--> '''[[Typhoon Megi (2010)|Typhoon Megi]]''', a category 5 [[super typhoon]], makes landfall in the [[Philippines]], becoming one of the strongest recorded storms ever to make landfall.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=391417898 Typhoon Megi (2010)] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 16--> '''[[2010 strikes in France|Strikes]]''' continue in [[France]] as millions of people demonstrate against [[Government of France|government]] attempts to raise the retirement and pension ages.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=391501290 2010 strikes in France] (User:TFOWR)</ref> |
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*<!--October 19--> At least six people, including three attackers, are killed and seventeen others injured in '''[[2010 attack on the Chechen Parliament|an attack]]''' on the [[Chechnya|Chechen]] parliament in [[Grozny]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=391632926 2010 attack on the Chechen Parliament] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 19--> '''[[2008 Mumbai attacks#Cooperation with Pakistan|A report]]''' on the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]], released by the [[Government of India|Indian government]], concludes [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] was supported by the [[Inter-Services Intelligence|Pakastani intelligence service]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=391819834 2008 Mumbai attacks#Cooperation with Pakistan] (User:TFOWR)</ref> |
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*<!--October 20--> The [[United Kingdom coalition government (2010–present)|UK coalition government]] announces [[£]]81 billion of cuts following a '''[[Spending Review (United Kingdom)|Spending]]''' and '''[[Strategic Defence and Security Review|Defence Review]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=391921728 Spending Review / Strategic Defence and Security Review] (User:Stephen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 21--> The discovery of the [[galaxy]] '''[[UDFy-38135539]]''', the [[List of most distant astronomical object record holders|remotest object]] ever observed from [[Earth]], is announced.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=392081316 UDFy-38135539] (User:Mkativerata)</ref> |
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*<!--October 23--> A collection of '''[[Iraq War documents leak|391,832 classified field reports]]''' from the [[Iraq War]] are released by [[WikiLeaks]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=392208318 Iraq War documents leak] (User:Stephen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 21--> The [[Politics of Burma|government]] of [[Burma]] announces the '''[[flag of Burma#Adoption of new flag|adoption of a new flag]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=392363631 flag of Burma#Adoption of new flag] (User:TFOWR)</ref> |
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*<!--October 24--> [[Prime Minister of Barbados|Prime Minister]] of [[Barbados]], '''[[David Thompson (Barbadian politician)|David Thompson]]''', dies in office and is succeeded by '''[[Freundel Stuart]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=392547118 David Thompson and Freundel Stuart] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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*<!--October 26--> In [[2010 G-20 Seoul summit preparations|preparation for a summit]], the Ministers of Finance of [[G-20]] agree to reform '''[[International Monetary Fund|IMF]]''' and shift 6% of the [[voting share]]s to [[developing nations]] and countries with [[emerging market]]s.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=392737098 International Monetary Fund] ([[User:Fetchcomms]])</ref> |
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*<!--October 24--> The '''[[2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]''' conclude, with the [[People's Republic of China]] winning the most medals.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=392936717 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships] (User:Mkativerata)</ref> |
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*<!--October 26--> An '''[[October 2010 Sumatra Earthquake|earthquake]]''' and consequent tsunami off the coast of [[Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]], kills over 100 people and leaves hundreds missing.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=392945132 October 2010 Sumatra Earthquake] (User:Tone)</ref> |
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*<!--October 27--> '''[[Néstor Kirchner]]''', [[List of Secretaries General of UNASUR|Secretary General]] of [[Union of South American Nations|UNASUR]] and former [[President of Argentina]] dies aged 60.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=393241290 Néstor Kirchner] (User:Stephen)</ref> |
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*<!--Ocotber 27--> Scientists announce the discovery of the '''[[Myanmar snub-nosed monkey]]'''.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=393304059 Myanmar snub-nosed monkey] (User:Stephen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 28--> The [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] '''[[Tianhe-1A]]''' becomes the world's [[TOP500|fastest]] [[supercomputer]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=393531364 Tianhe-1A] (User:Stephen)</ref> |
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*<!--October 30--> Archeologists in '''[[Blombos Cave]]''', [[South Africa]], discover evidence of early humans using [[Pressure flaking]] to make [[Stone tools]] in 73,000 BCE; 55,000 years earlier than previously thought.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:In_the_news&diff=next&oldid=393771777 Blombos Cave] (User:HJ Mitchell)</ref> |
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ITNs | Days | Continents | Countries |
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- President of Ecuador Rafael Correa declares a state of emergency as protests by the police and members of the armed forces close main airports and disrupt communications.[1]
- A newly discovered planet, Gliese 581 g, is found to be in the habitable zone of its parent star, where liquid water may exist.[2]
- Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador is suspended following detection of clenbuterol in a sample taken during the 2010 Tour de France, which he won.[3]
- David Lloyd Johnston is sworn in as the twenty-eighth Governor General of Canada.[4]
- The People's Republic of China launches its second lunar orbiter, Chang'e 2.[5]
- The United States apologizes for conducting Syphilis experiments in Guatemala without the subjects' informed consent in the 1940s.[6]
- A train collision kills 36 people and injures at least 50 in Indonesia.[7]
- In Australian rules football, Collingwood defeats St Kilda to win the AFL Grand Final.[8]
- The XIX Commonwealth Games begin at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi, India.[9]
- Sébastien Loeb, driving for the Citroën World Rally Team, wins his seventh consecutive World Rally Championship.[10]
- In Australian rules football, Collingwood win the AFL Grand Final, while in rugby league, St George Illawarra win the NRL Grand Final.[11]
- Robert Geoffrey Edwards wins the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his development of in vitro fertilisation.[12]
- The incumbent coalition government of Valdis Dombrovskis wins Latvia's parliamentary election.[13]
- The 39th Chess Olympiad concludes with Ukraine and Russia winning the open and women's section respectively.[14]
- In golf, Europe defeats the United States in the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor, South Wales.[15]
- Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov win the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for their experiments on graphene.[16]
- A state of emergency is declared in western Hungary after an accident at an alumina factory floods a large area with "red mud", killing at least three people.[17]
- Former Société Générale trader Jérôme Kerviel is sentenced to three years in jail for his role in the January 2008 Société Générale trading loss incident.[18]
- Faisal Shahzad (pictured) is sentenced to life in prison for an attempted car bombing in Times Square, New York City.[19]
- Comedy actor Norman Wisdom dies aged 95.[20]
- Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in organic synthesis.[21]
- Researches announce the discovery of the Koro language spoken by 800 to 1200 people in the Arunachal Pradesh region of India.[22]
- Mario Vargas Llosa wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.[23]
- The Russian RSM-56 Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, the proposed future cornerstone of the country's nuclear triad, undergoes its first successful test since 2008.[24]
- A Roman helmet dating from the first to third century AD sells at auction for £2.3 million ($3.6 million).[25]
- Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo wins the Nobel Peace Prize.[26]
- The maiden flight of the Soyuz TMA-M, with three astronauts of Expedition 25 on board, docks at the International Space Station.[27]
- The Netherland Antilles is dissolved, with Curaçao and Sint Maarten becoming constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius become special municipalities of the Netherlands.[28]
- Peter Diamon, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides are awarded the 2010 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[29]
- Australian opera singer Joan Sutherland dies at her home in Switzerland aged 83.[30]
- Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya and Liliya Shobukhova of Russia win the men's and women's events respectively at the Chicago Marathon.[31]
- British author Howard Jacobson is awarded the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel The Finkler Question.[32]
- The first of the 33 miners trapped for two months in the San José mine in Copiapó, Chile, is rescued.[33]
- A U.S. Federal judge orders the Defense Department to stop enforcing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy prohibiting openly gay people from serving in the military.[34]
- Spanish motorcyclist Jorge Lorenzo becomes 2010 World Grand Prix motorcycle racing champion.[35]
- The Ata-Zhurt party wins a plurality in the Kyrgyzstani parliamentary election.[36]
- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization announces that it believes rinderpest has been eradicated, making it the second virus in history, after smallpox, to have been eliminated by humans.[37]
- After 14 years of construction, the drilling of the world's longest railway tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel across the Swiss Alps, is completed.[38]
- Mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, known for his work with fractals, dies at the age of 85.[39]
- Five new saints, including Mary MacKillop—the first Australian saint—are canonised by Pope Benedict XVI.[40]
- Typhoon Megi, a category 5 super typhoon, makes landfall in the Philippines, becoming one of the strongest recorded storms ever to make landfall.[41]
- Strikes continue in France as millions of people demonstrate against government attempts to raise the retirement and pension ages.[42]
- At least six people, including three attackers, are killed and seventeen others injured in an attack on the Chechen parliament in Grozny.[43]
- A report on the 2008 Mumbai attacks, released by the Indian government, concludes Lashkar-e-Taiba was supported by the Pakastani intelligence service.[44]
- The UK coalition government announces £81 billion of cuts following a Spending and Defence Review.[45]
- The discovery of the galaxy UDFy-38135539, the remotest object ever observed from Earth, is announced.[46]
- A collection of 391,832 classified field reports from the Iraq War are released by WikiLeaks.[47]
- The government of Burma announces the adoption of a new flag.[48]
- Prime Minister of Barbados, David Thompson, dies in office and is succeeded by Freundel Stuart.[49]
- In preparation for a summit, the Ministers of Finance of G-20 agree to reform IMF and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets.[50]
- The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships conclude, with the People's Republic of China winning the most medals.[51]
- An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 100 people and leaves hundreds missing.[52]
- Néstor Kirchner, Secretary General of UNASUR and former President of Argentina dies aged 60.[53]
- Scientists announce the discovery of the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey.[54]
- The Chinese Tianhe-1A becomes the world's fastest supercomputer.[55]
- Archeologists in Blombos Cave, South Africa, discover evidence of early humans using Pressure flaking to make Stone tools in 73,000 BCE; 55,000 years earlier than previously thought.[56]
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- ^ Syphilis experiments in Guatemala (User:Chaser)
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- ^ 2010 Commonwealth Games (User:Tinucherian)
- ^ Sébastien Loeb (User:Mkativerata)
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- ^ Robert Geoffrey Edwards (User:Tone)
- ^ Latvian parliamentary election, 2010 (User:Tone)
- ^ 39th Chess Olympiad (User:BorgQueen)
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- ^ Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov (User:Tone)
- ^ Ajka alumina plant accident (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Jérôme Kerviel (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Faisal Shahzad (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Norman Wisdom (User:Stephen)
- ^ Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki (User:Stephen)
- ^ Koro language (User:Tone)
- ^ Mario Vargas Llosa (User:DragonflySixtyseven)
- ^ RSM-56 Bulava (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ Crosby Garrett Helmet (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ Liu Xiaobo (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Soyuz TMA-01M (User:HJ Mitchell)
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- ^ Peter Diamon, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides (User:TFOWR)
- ^ Joan Sutherland (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ 2010 Chicago Marathon (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ Howard Jacobson (User:BorgQueen)
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- ^ Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America (User:Tariqabjotu)
- ^ Jorge Lorenzo (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ Kyrgyzstani parliamentary election, 2010 (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ rinderpest (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ Gotthard Base Tunnel (User:HJ Mitchell)
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