Portal:Current events/2010 January 22
January 22, 2010 (Friday)
- 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 Serbian 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)[permanent dead link] (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)