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{{*mp|January 4}}'''[[Burj Khalifa]]''' ''(pictured)'', the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest structure ever built]], opens to the public in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. |
{{*mp|January 4}}'''[[Burj Khalifa]]''' ''(pictured)'', the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest structure ever built]], opens to the public in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. |
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{{*mp|January 3}} Several countries, including [[France]], the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]], '''[[Foreign relations of Yemen#2010 embassy closures|close their embassies]]''' in [[Yemen]] in response to threats by [[al-Qaeda]]. |
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{{*mp|January 1}} At the age of 19, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[chess grandmaster]] '''[[Magnus Carlsen]]''' becomes the youngest world number one in [[FIDE]] history. |
{{*mp|January 1}} At the age of 19, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[chess grandmaster]] '''[[Magnus Carlsen]]''' becomes the youngest world number one in [[FIDE]] history. |
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{{*mp|January 1}} Researchers announce that the likely origin of '''[[devil facial tumour disease]]''', a [[transmissible cancer]] that has caused the population of [[Tasmanian Devil]]s to decline significantly, is [[Schwann cell]]s. |
{{*mp|January 1}} Researchers announce that the likely origin of '''[[devil facial tumour disease]]''', a [[transmissible cancer]] that has caused the population of [[Tasmanian Devil]]s to decline significantly, is [[Schwann cell]]s. |
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Revision as of 05:47, 5 January 2010
- Burj Khalifa (pictured), the tallest structure ever built, opens to the public in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- Several countries, including France, the United Kingdom and the United States, close their embassies in Yemen in response to threats by al-Qaeda.
- At the age of 19, Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen becomes the youngest world number one in FIDE history.
- Researchers announce that the likely origin of devil facial tumour disease, a transmissible cancer that has caused the population of Tasmanian Devils to decline significantly, is Schwann cells.
- At least 95 people are killed and more than 100 others injured in a suicide bombing in Lakki Marwat, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
- The ASEAN–China Free Trade Area, the world's largest free trade area in terms of population, comes into effect.
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