Portal:Current events/2010 January 20

January 20, 2010 (Wednesday)

Russian journalist Konstantin Popov dies after being beaten by police in Tomsk, Siberia. (Reuters)
Malaysian police arrest eight people in connection with a firebomb attack on a church, in a row over the use of the word "Allah". (Bernama) (AFP) (Al Jazeera)
Dutch politician Geert Wilders goes on trial for allegedly inciting racial hatred against Muslims. (The Times) (Dutchnew.nl) (CNN)
The Nigerian Army regains control of the city of Jos after religious violence killed more than 200 people. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (NEXT)
Christopher Speight, an American man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in Appomattox, Virginia, surrenders to police. (BBC)
U.S. investment bank JPMorgan Chase is in talks to buy natural gas firm RBS Sempra for about US$4 billion. (CNBC)
A 6.1 magnitude aftershock rocks Haiti a week after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. (BBC) (CBC)
The Burmese Supreme Court announces it will return a verdict on the extended house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi by next month. (CNN) (AFP)
Vietnamese human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh is convicted on charges of subversion and sentenced to five years in prison. (BBC) (Vietnam News) (Bangkok Post)
Microsoft issues a patch for a serious security hole in Internet Explorer 6 after France and Germany advised their citizens to change browsers. (BBC) (Xinhua)
The 2D version of the film Avatar is pulled from theaters in China.(Times of India) (Haaretz) (BBC) (Malaysia Star)

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