April 3 – The African Renaissance Monument opens in Dakar, to mark 50 years of Senegal's independence.April 3 – South African far-right leader Eugene Terre'Blanche is beaten to death at his farm near Ventersdorp, South Africa.Volcano plume from Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland. March 29 – Two female suicide bombers blow themselves up on the Moscow Metro, killing around 40 people.March 24 – South Talpatti Island, a disputed territory between India and Bangladesh disappears under the Bay of Bengal, due to rising sea levels.A later report in May 2010 says that North Korea sank the ship, but denies the allegations. March 23 – The ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean navy ship carrying 104 personnel, sinks off the country's west coast near Baengnyong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 people.March 21 – The 50th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre is marked in South Africa.March 16 – The Kasubi Tombs, which formed Uganda's only World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.February 28 – With 14 gold medals, Canada becomes the most successful host nation of the Winter Olympics.It has killed around 500 people, and is thought to have had an impact on the Earth's axis, slightly shortening its days.
February 27 – A magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurs off the coast of Chile.February 25 – Viktor Yanukovich is sworn in as President of Ukraine.February 20 – Widespread flooding occurs on the Portuguese island of Madeira.February 18 – A military junta, called the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, headed by Salou Djibo, takes power in Niger, replacing President Mamadou Tandja.February 12– 28 – The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.February 7 – Laura Chinchilla becomes the first woman to be elected President of Costa Rica.February 7 – Viktor Yanukovich is elected President of Ukraine.February 3 – The sculpture L'homme qui marche by Alberto Giacometti is sold for £65.7 million ( $103 million), setting a new record for a work of art sold at auction.January 25 – An Ethiopian airplane crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after taking off from Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport, killing all of the 90 people on board.January 15 – The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs.January 12 – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince.As a result, it withdraws from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. January 8 – The Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Angola.January 4 – The tallest-ever man-made structure, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened.January 1 – A suicide bombing occurs at a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, killing at least 95, and injuring over 100.January 1 – Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.
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