Wikipedia:ITN archives/2011/January

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 * Estonia adopts the euro as currency, ending the use of the kroon.
 * Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, and South Africa begin two-year terms as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
 * Five new lines are simultaneously opened for operation in the Beijing Subway, adding 108 km of new tracks to the system.
 * A bomb explodes outside a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt, killing at least 21 people and wounding 70 others.
 * Demonstrations over unemployment and poor living conditions are held in various cities in Tunisia.
 * More than 200,000 people are affected by a series of floods in north-eastern Australia.
 * Salmaan Taseer, the Governor of the Pakistani province of Punjab, is assassinated.
 * The U.S. government oil spill commission releases a report accusing BP, Halliburton and Transocean of managerial failure in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
 * Andrew Wakefield's study linking autism to the MMR vaccine has been declared a fraud by a leading British medical journal, BMJ.
 * More than 450,000 people are affected by a series of floods in the Philippines.
 * Nineteen people, including United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, are shot in Tucson, Arizona.
 * Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia Airport, West Azarbaijan, Iran, killing at least 70 people.
 * Voting continues in a referendum to determine whether Southern Sudan should become independent from Sudan.
 * In American football's 2011 BCS National Championship Game, the University of Auburn Tigers defeat the University of Oregon Ducks 22-19.
 * The People's Republic of China's Chengdu J-20, a fifth generation stealth fighter aircraft prototype, makes its first flight.
 * Parts of the Australian city of Brisbane are evacuated amid continued flooding.
 * Archaeologists announce the discovery of the world's oldest-known winery, believed to be over 6,000 years old, in a cave in Armenia.
 * More than 480 people have been killed by flooding and mudslides in southeastern Brazil.
 * South Korea buries more than 1 million domestic pigs alive after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
 * President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dissolves the government and declares a state of emergency as protests continue.
 * President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali leaves Tunisia following nationwide protests; Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi becomes the acting president.
 * The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor has shown that gamma rays and antimatter particles (positrons) can be generated in powerful thunderstorms.
 * Saad Hariri-led Lebanese government falls after the opposition allies withdraw support.
 * At least 100 people are killed and another 90 injured in a stampede at Sabarimala in Kerala, India.
 * The 2011 Dakar Rally concludes in Buenos Aires, with Vladimir Chagin of Russia achieving a 7th victory on his Kamaz truck and thus becoming the most successful Dakar pilot in tournament history.
 * The Social Network wins Best Motion Picture –Drama, while Colin Firth and Natalie Portman win Best Actor and Best Actress- Drama at the 68th Golden Globe Awards.
 * American politician Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps, dies at the age of 95.
 * More than 50 people are killed in widespread flooding across southern Africa.
 * A series of bomb attacks across Iraq kills more than 100 people.
 * Venezuela claims to have overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world leader in proven oil reserves.
 * In the Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden, the South Korean Navy rescues the crew of the hijacked Samho Jewelry, killing eight Somali pirates.
 * The Irish Green Party walks away from the country's coalition government, leaving it without an overall majority.
 * At least 30 people are killed and more than 100 wounded in a bombing at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia.
 * Bomb attacks in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Karbala kill twenty-seven people and injure over seventy others.
 * Thousands of Egyptians join the anti-government protests after an internet campaign inspired by the recent Tunisian uprising.
 * Both Houses of Russia's Parliament approve the strategic New START treaty, a month after its ratification by the United States.
 * The orangutan becomes the third species of hominids to have their genome sequenced, following humans and chimpanzees.
 * Anti-government street protests across Egypt intensify, as the Egyptian government suspends internet access and SMS networks nationwide.
 * As anti-government protests (marching demonstrators pictured) across Egypt continue, President Hosni Mubarak appoints Omar Suleiman Vice President and Ahmed Shafiq Prime Minister.
 * Interpol issues an arrest warrant for Tunisia's ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leïla Ben Ali.
 * In association football, the Asian Cup concludes with Japan defeating Australia.
 * Madonna and Child is sold at auction for $16.9 million, the highest price for a painting by Titian.
 * At the 2011 World Economic Forum, Rosneft announces joint development of the Black Sea shelf with ExxonMobil and the Arctic shelf with BP.
 * In tennis, Kim Clijsters and Novak Djokovic win the 2011 Australian Open in singles.
 * Haitian cholera outbreak reaches South America, as at least 111 Venezuelans contract cholera brought from Haiti's neighbor, the Dominican Republic.
 * The 2011 World Men's Handball Championship concludes with France defeating Denmark to retain the title.
 * Results from a recent referendum show approximately 99% of voters in favour of Southern Sudan secession from Sudan.