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Soweto hosts an opening concert ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, attended by tens of thousands of people and featuring appearances from international figures such as Desmond Tutu, Hugh Masekela, Amadou & Mariam, Shakira, Juanes, Black Eyed Peas and Alicia Keys.
Disasters and accidents Poland publishes the transcript of flight data recorders from the fatal 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash which killed 96 officials and intellectuals on 10 April. (BBC) (China Daily) (Aljazeera) Tropical Storm Agatha 132 people are killed across Central America in the aftermath of the first named storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season. (Reuters) (USA Today ...
Business and economy AOL announces it is to sell or shut down Bebo two years after purchasing it. (BBC News) (The Wall Street Journal) (The New Zealand Herald) [permanent dead link ] United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rules that the FCC cannot enforce net neutrality and that Comcast can limit its customers' access to BitTorrent. (The New York Times) (Wired ...
Law and crime 2010 Nobel Peace Prize: 20 people are reported arrested in China over imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo's 2010 Nobel Peace Prize award. Liu's wife's whereabouts remain unknown after she was taken away by police with human rights group Freedom Now claiming she is in de facto house arrest. (Los Angeles Times) (AFP via Yahoo News) Liu's wife is reportedly allowed to meet ...
Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections start today in the Philippines. (Philippine Inquirer) The South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-Young announces that investigators have found traces of explosives in the wreck of the ROKS Cheonan that sank in March. [permanent dead link ]
Arts and culture British singer George Michael is given a sentence of eight weeks for driving under the influence of cannabis at the Highbury Corner Magistrates Court in London. (BBC) Disasters 2010 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Julia becomes the fifth hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. (Reuters) Mexico and Belize issue warnings about Tropical Storm Karl which is ...
Business and economy China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launch a Free Trade Area. (New York Times) (Xinhua) Disasters and accidents At least 19 people are dead and five are injured as mudslide hits an island resort near Angra dos Reis, Ilha Grande. Large numbers also killed elsewhere in Brazil. (BBC) (The Washington Post) Health A study suggests that teenagers who go ...
Disasters More than 50 people are injured in an oil pipeline blast in northeastern Iran. (Press TV) Thousands of people are evacuated in Delhi over flooding fears. (BBC) (The Hindu) (The Times of India) The death toll from the fire in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno in the U.S. state of California, reaches 4, with 50 other people injured. (ABC News America) A large fish kill, consisting ...