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{{*mp|January 28}} [[Toyota]] announces the '''[[2010 Toyota vehicle recall|recall of 7.5 million vehicles]]''' worldwide ''([[Toyota Camry]] pictured)'' following the discovery of problems involving [[Throttle| |
{{*mp|January 28}} [[Toyota]] announces the '''[[2010 Toyota vehicle recall|recall of 7.5 million vehicles]]''' worldwide ''([[Toyota Camry]] pictured)'' following the discovery of problems involving [[Throttle|]]. |
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{{*mp|January 28}} The [[U.S. Senate]] votes to give '''[[Ben Bernanke]]''' a second term as [[Chair of the Federal Reserve|Chair]] of the [[Federal Reserve]]. |
{{*mp|January 28}} The [[U.S. Senate]] votes to give '''[[Ben Bernanke]]''' a second term as [[Chair of the Federal Reserve|Chair]] of the [[Federal Reserve]]. |
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{{*mp|January 28}} American [[novelist]] '''[[J. D. Salinger]]''', author of ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'', dies at the age of 91. |
{{*mp|January 28}} American [[novelist]] '''[[J. D. Salinger]]''', author of ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'', dies at the age of 91. |
Revision as of 05:53, 30 January 2010
- Toyota announces the recall of 7.5 million vehicles worldwide (Toyota Camry pictured) following the discovery of problems involving abrupt acceleration.
- The U.S. Senate votes to give Ben Bernanke a second term as Chair of the Federal Reserve.
- American novelist J. D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye, dies at the age of 91.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa of the United People's Freedom Alliance is re-elected as the President of Sri Lanka.
- The Labour Party of Saint Kitts and Nevis, led by Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, is elected to a fourth consecutive term in government.
- James Cameron's Avatar becomes the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing the 1997 movie Titanic.
- Ali Hassan al-Majid, nicknamed "Chemical Ali" for his role in the al-Anfal Campaign, is executed in Iraq after receiving eight death sentences.
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