The Town Herald

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Halfway Through 2010

By [Flisky]



January

-After some ongoing security threats in the country from the terrorist group alQaeda, the U.S. and U.K. have closed their embassies in Yemen.

-A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits 10 miles from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, killing an estimated 200,000 people and destroying several sections of the city.

February

-6,000 Afghan, British, and American troops storm the city of Marja, Afghanistan, attempting to destroy the Taliban within the city.

-A NATO airstrike, targeted at insurgents, kills 27 Afghani civilians accidentally.

March

-Election day in Iraq is interrupted by two bombs that killed 38 people in Baghdad. 62% of Iraqis voted, only 53% of residents of Baghdad voted. Final count of Iraq's general elections are as follows: 91 seats to Iraqi National Movement, 89 seats to State of Law alliance, 70 seats to Shia religious movement, and 43 seats to the two main Kurdish parties.

-Both the U.S. and Russia agreed on a treaty to lower the limit on deployed strategic warheads and launchers.

-39 people die in Moscow, Russia after two female suicide bombers blow up two subway stations minutes apart from one another.

April

-34 people are rescued from a flooded coal mine in China, though 153 remain trapped. 29 are killed in a mine explosion in U.S.

-U.S. Consulate in Pakistan is attacked by militants, killing 8 and wounding 20.

May

-"Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sells for $106.5 million at auction. The painting is of Picasso's mistress and was sold by the estate of Frances Lasker Brody.

-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that he will resign by September as head of his Labour Party. His recommendation of Conservative Party leader David Cameron as successor creates a coalition government, the first in the U.K. since WWII.

-Several nations agree on sanctions to stop Iran's nuclear program from creating enriched uranium after Iran announces deals with Turkey and Brazil to give half of its stockpile of nuclear fuel for a year.

-9 are killed after an Israeli navy commando attacks a flotilla of Pro-Palestinian cargo ships and passenger boats on their way to Gaza.

June

-Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan announces his resignation only 9 months into his term. He is the fourth to leave in 4 years.

-2000 are dead in Kyrgyzstan in skirmishes between ethnic Kyrgyz and minority Uzbeks. 100,000 people have fled the country, causing Uzbekistan to close its borders.

-Australia's former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is dropped by party, making way for the country's first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who was sworn in on June 24th.



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