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- Forty-one scientists publish a paper in Science affirming that the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, the large-scale mass extinction of dinosaurs and other lifeforms on Earth ~65.5 million years ago, was caused by an asteroid impact. (Science), (Science)
- Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, writing in the International Herald Tribune, says Israel's blockade of Gaza is "inhumane and unacceptable" and calls on the European Union and other countries to request that it be ended following his visit there last week. (Ha'aretz) (RTÉ)
- A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurs in the ocean off Sumatra with the possibility of a tsunami. (CNN)
- HIH Princess Toshi of Japan is excused from school due to excessive bullying from classmates. (BBC) (Japan Today) (Miami Herald) (The Daily Telegraph) (The Times)
- Joe Glenton, a British soldier who went AWOL in 2007 and became a figurehead of the anti-war movement, is demoted and sent to jail in Colchester. (BBC) (CNN) (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph)
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown gives evidence to the Iraq Inquiry. (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph) (The Times)
- Fiji imprisons eight men for an assassination attempt on Commodore Frank Bainimarama in 2007. (BBC) (The Washington Post) (Bangkok Post) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- 15 Israeli police are "lightly hurt" and several dozen Palestinians are injured and three are arrested after Friday prayers on the Temple Mount and a recent Israeli decision to include two West Bank shrines on a list of national heritage sites.(Ha'aretz)
- At least 16 people are wounded in two grenade attacks in Kigali, one near the city's genocide memorial. A third explosion elsewhere kills at least one person. (BBC) (Reuters)
- Pakistan army kills 30 Taliban militants near Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province. (Global Security)
- A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of Shi'ite Muslims in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 12 people. (Global Security)
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- Gay people may now receive communion across the diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch after nationwide protests following an incident last Sunday. (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
- An Israeli raid on the West Bank is aborted after a soldier posts the following secret details on Facebook: "On Wednesday we are cleaning Qatanna, and on Thursday, God willing, going home". (RTÉ) (RIA Novosti) (USA Today) (Ha'aretz) (Reuters)
- Aftermath of the 2010 Chile earthquake:
- Leonid Tyagachyov, head of Russia's Olympic Committee, resigns after the nation's worst performance in the history of the Winter Olympic Games at the 2010 event in Vancouver. (BBC) (The Washington Post) (Bangkok Post) (The New York Times)
- A fake Swedish pilot is detained in an Amsterdam cockpit in the process of taking off for Turkey in a jet with 101 passengers. (BBC) (The News International) (Reuters) (The Daily Telegraph) (The Age)
- One German and one Italian man are killed and at least 6 are injured near Marseille in a collision between a 26-foot wave and the Greek-Cypriot cruise ship Louise Majesty which was travelling with 2,000 passengers from Barcelona to Genoa. (Al Jazeera) (USA Today) (Herald Sun) (Irish Independent)
- President of Nigeria Umaru Yar'Adua does not attend a cabinet meeting in Abuja after his arrival home from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. Acting President Goodluck Jonathan chairs instead. (Al Jazeera)
- Spain says Venezuela has said it will assist an investigation into allegations of support for ETA. (BBC)
- 5 police officials in Chiniot, Punjab, are detained after footage of them whipping people in their custody are broadcast across national television channels. (BBC) (The News International)
- 7 suspected weapons traffickers to Iran (2 Iranians, 5 Italians) are detained in Italy with the help of Swiss police. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (The Times) (The Daily Telegraph) (France24)
- Multiple suicide bombings, including one at a hospital, kill at least 33 and wound more than 50 people in Baqouba, Iraq. (CNN) (The Hindu) (Al Jazeera)
- Three are killed in Indian Navy air show crash in Hyderabad, India. (The Hindu) (BBC) (CNN)
- In the elections in the Netherlands, voters choose new municipal councils for 394 municipalities. (Nederland Kiest) (NOS)
- A BBC investigation claims millions of dollars in Western aid donated to the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia was stolen by rebels who used it to purchase weapons. (BBC)
- The Hurt Locker:
- 14 killed, 39 wounded in a gunbattle in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital city. (Stuff) (Hurriyet)
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- Sony blames recent malfunctions of older PS3 "fat" models on an internal clock glitch. (BBC)
- An aeroplane carrying aid materials for the 2010 Chile earthquake crashes killing at least six people. (ABC)
- In response to the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Dubai's police chief states that travelers suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the United Arab Emirates even if they arrive with passports issued by other countries. (AP), (The Jerusalem Post)
- Xynthia:
- Floodwaters in Les Cayes and surrounding areas responsible for the deaths of 8 Haitians recede. (Al Jazeera)
- Georgia and Russia re-open their only usable land border crossing, located on the Caucasus Mountains, for traffic and trade for the first time in four years. (Al Jazeera) (Press TV) (Toronto Sun) (Xinhua)
- Spain requests an explanation from Venezuela concerning allegations that it helped terrorist groups Euskadi Ta Askatasuna and FARC plot to kill Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and other Colombian personalities in Spanish soil. (BBC) (Houston Chronicle) (Sky News)
- Goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilalé, shot in the Togo national football team attack prior to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, is to return to France after emergency surgery in Johannesburg. (Radio Netherlands Worldwide) (Reuters South Africa)
- 63-year-old former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ejup Ganić is detained at London Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the UK to escape charges of war crimes. (BBC) (RTÉ) (Radio Srbija) (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
- The Palestinian cabinet moves its weekly meeting from Ramallah to Hebron in a symbolic protest at the decision by Israel to add Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem to its list of national heritage sites. (Voice of America)
- The trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić resumes in The Hague. (CNN) (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The New Zealand Herald) (RTÉ)
- 17 Nigerian police officers are arrested in connection with the deaths of Boko Haram members in 2009. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
- Convicted member of ETA Iñaki de Juana Chaos is to be extradited from Northern Ireland to Spain where he is scheduled to face further charges. (RTÉ) (BBC)
- Toyota president Akio Toyoda apologies to his Chinese customers in Earth's largest auto mart. (BBC) (Financial Times)
- Two of three Sikhs kidnapped in Khyber Agency on the Afghan border in January are recovered by Pakistan's security forces. The decapitated corpse of the other was found last week. (Reuters India)
- Robert Mugabe's indiginisation law begins, with 51 per cent of each company being given to black Zimbabweans. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (Voice of America)
- A petition featuring 450,000 international names in opposition of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill is given to the speaker of parliament, Edward Ssekandi, by an Anglican priest and an HIV/AIDS activist. (BBC) (Voice of America)
- Over 5,000 people, including a pregnant woman and TV weatherman Grant Denyer, strip naked and are photographed at the Sydney Opera House during the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, double the number which had been expected. (BBC) (news.com.au) (CBC) (Reuters)
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