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6/7
The
Convention on Cluster Munitions , banning the use, production and transfer of
cluster bombs , comes into effect.
[1]
Malawi changes its
national flag .
[2]
Salanoia durrelli , a
carnivoran species from
Lake Alaotra ,
Madagascar , is officially described as a new species.
[3]
Israeli and
Lebanese troops
exchange fire on the border between the two countries.
[4]
The
Sun undergoes a series of four large
coronal mass ejections .
[5]
At least 63 people are killed and more than 200 others injured during
rioting in
Karachi ,
Pakistan .
[6]
Wildfires kill 48 people and cause evacuation of thousands in western
Russia .
[7]
The
worst flooding in
Pakistan 's history kills over 1,100 people and displaces thousands more.
[8]
The
U.S. Senate votes to confirm
Elena Kagan as an
associate justice on the
country's Supreme Court .
[9]
Kenya holds a
referendum on a proposed
new constitution .
[10]
10 people, including 2 Afghan civilians and 8 international aid workers, are
killed in
Badakhshan Province , Afghanistan.
[11]
A
landslide in
Gansu province ,
People's Republic of China kills 127 people, with 2,000 more missing.
[12]
Researchers announce that
diagnosis of
Alzheimer's disease can be made with up to 100 percent accuracy using a
cerebrospinal fluid test.
[13]
The death rate in
Moscow
doubles to 700 people per day due to poisonous
smog from
wildfires and a
heat wave in western
Russia .
[14]
Paul Kagame is
re-elected
President of
Rwanda .
[15]
Colombia and
Venezuela
re-establish diplomatic relations after
Juan Manuel Santos becomes the
President of Colombia .
[16]
The
World Health Organization announces the end of the
swine flu
pandemic .
[17]
Former
President of Malta and
President of the United Nations General Assembly
Guido de Marco dies suddenly.
[18]
The
2010 Summer Youth Olympics , the first of the
Youth Olympic Games , begins in
Singapore with 3,531 participating athletes aged 14–18 from 205
National Olympic Committees .
[19]
Agricultural Bank of China completes the world's largest ever
initial public offering , raising US$22.1 billion.
[20]
In
golf ,
Martin Kaymer of
Germany wins the
2010 PGA Championship at
Whistling Straits .
[21]
The
economy of the
People's Republic of China is the second-largest during the second quarter, having surpassed
Japan 's quarterly
gross domestic product for the first time.
[22]
A
bombing outside an
Iraqi Army recruitment center in
Baghdad kills more than sixty people.
[23]
Former
Italian
President
Francesco Cossiga has died, aged 82.
[24]
In
association football ,
Nicolas Anelka is suspended for 18 games with the
national team , and three other players for for shorter periods for their roles in a player strike at the
2010 FIFA World Cup .
[25]
At least seven people are killed and fourteen others wounded in a
bomb attack in
Xinjiang province, north-western
China .
[26]
Ngô Bảo Châu ,
Elon Lindenstrauss ,
Stanislav Smirnov , and
Cédric Villani are awarded the
Fields Medal for their work in
mathematics .
[27]
Bolivia declares a
state of emergency as
forest fires rage across move than 1,500,000 hectares (3,700,000 acres).
[28]
Iran launches its first
nuclear power plant in
Busher .
[29]
A
national election is held in
Australia , with results indicating a
hung parliament with neither the
Labor Party nor the
Liberal/National Coalition able to form a majority government.
[30]
David Lekuta Rudisha of
Kenya breaks the world record in the
800 metres at the
ISTAF
IAAF World Challenge meeting in
Berlin .
[31]
A man shoots dead nine people, including himself, after
taking hostages on board a bus in
Manila ,
Philippines .
[32]
Thirty-three miners are found alive but trapped, three weeks after a
mine collapse near
Copiapó ,
Chile .
[33]
Al-Shabaab militants
storm a hotel killing dozens, including parlamentarians, amid
heavy fighting in
Mogadishu ,
Somalia .
[34]
A
traffic jam outside
Beijing ,
China extends for over 60 miles (100 kilometres), leaving many drivers stranded for days.
[35]
A
plane crash in
Heilongjiang , north-west
People's Republic of China , kills 42 people.
[36]
A
series of bombings across thirteen cities in
Iraq kill more than fifty people.
[37]
Archeologists excavate
arrowheads in
Sibudu Cave ,
South Africa , indicating the use of the
bow and arrow up to 64,000 years ago.
[38]
Mount Sinabung on the
Indonesian island of
Sumatra produced its first
volcanic eruption in over 400 years, causing over 12,000 residents to flee and killing one person.
[39]
Danny Philip is elected
Prime Minister of
Solomon Islands , following
general election .
[40]
Mad Men wins the drama prize and
Modern Family wins the comedy prize at the
62nd Primetime Emmy Awards .
[41]
Argentine
footballer
Francisco Varallo , the last surviving player from the
inaugural FIFA World Cup , dies at the age of 100.
[42]
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