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| ITNs | Days | Continents | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 31 | 6/7 |
- Estonia adopts the euro as currency, ending the use of the kroon.[1]
- Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, and South Africa begin two-year terms as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.[2]
- Five new lines are simultaneously opened for operation in the Beijing Subway, adding 108 km of new tracks to the system.[3]
- A bomb explodes outside a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt, killing at least 21 people and wounding 70 others.[4]
- Demonstrations over unemployment and poor living conditions are held in various cities in Tunisia.[5]
- More than 200,000 people are affected by a series of floods in north-eastern Australia.[6]
- Salmaan Taseer, the Governor of the Pakistani province of Punjab, is assassinated.[7]
- The U.S. government oil spill commission releases a report accusing BP, Halliburton and Transocean of managerial failure in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[8]
- Andrew Wakefield's study linking autism to the MMR vaccine has been declared a fraud by a leading British medical journal, BMJ.[9]
- More than 450,000 people are affected by a series of floods in the Philippines.[10]
- Nineteen people, including United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, are shot in Tucson, Arizona.[11]
- Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia Airport, West Azarbaijan, Iran, killing at least 70 people.[12]
- Voting continues in a referendum to determine whether Southern Sudan should become independent from Sudan.[13]
- In American football's 2011 BCS National Championship Game, the University of Auburn Tigers defeat the University of Oregon Ducks 22-19.[14]
- The People's Republic of China's Chengdu J-20, a fifth generation stealth fighter aircraft prototype, makes its first flight.[15]
- Parts of the Australian city of Brisbane are evacuated amid continued flooding.[16]
- Archaeologists announce the discovery of the world's oldest-known winery, believed to be over 6,000 years old, in a cave in Armenia.[17]
- More than 480 people have been killed by flooding and mudslides in southeastern Brazil.[18]
- South Korea buries more than 1 million domestic pigs alive after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.[19]
- President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dissolves the government and declares a state of emergency as protests continue.[20]
- President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali leaves Tunisia following nationwide protests; Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi becomes the acting president.[21]
- The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor has shown that gamma rays and antimatter particles (positrons) can be generated in powerful thunderstorms.[22]
- Saad Hariri-led Lebanese government falls after the opposition allies withdraw support.[23]
- At least 100 people are killed and another 90 injured in a stampede at Sabarimala in Kerala, India.[24]
- 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.[25]
- 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.[26]
- American politician Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps, dies at the age of 95.[27]
- More than 50 people are killed in widespread flooding across southern Africa.[28]
- A series of bomb attacks across Iraq kills more than 100 people.[29]
- Venezuela claims to have overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world leader in proven oil reserves.[30]
- In the Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden, the South Korean Navy rescues the crew of the hijacked Samho Jewelry, killing eight Somali pirates.[31]
- The Irish Green Party walks away from the country's coalition government, leaving it without an overall majority.[32]
- At least 30 people are killed and more than 100 wounded in a bombing at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia.[33]
- Bomb attacks in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Karbala kill twenty-seven people and injure over seventy others.[34]
- Thousands of Egyptians join the anti-government protests after an internet campaign inspired by the recent Tunisian uprising.[35]
- Both Houses of Russia's Parliament approve the strategic New START treaty, a month after its ratification by the United States.[36]
- The orangutan becomes the third species of hominids to have their genome sequenced, following humans and chimpanzees.[37]
- Anti-government street protests across Egypt intensify, as the Egyptian government suspends internet access and SMS networks nationwide.[38]
- As anti-government protests (marching demonstrators pictured) across Egypt continue, President Hosni Mubarak appoints Omar Suleiman Vice President and Ahmed Shafiq Prime Minister.[39]
- Interpol issues an arrest warrant for Tunisia's ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leïla Ben Ali.[40]
- In association football, the Asian Cup concludes with Japan defeating Australia.[41]
- Madonna and Child is sold at auction for $16.9 million, the highest price for a painting by Titian.[42]
- At the 2011 World Economic Forum, Rosneft announces joint development of the Black Sea shelf with ExxonMobil and the Arctic shelf with BP.[43]
- In tennis, Kim Clijsters and Novak Djokovic win the 2011 Australian Open in singles.[44]
- Haitian cholera outbreak reaches South America, as at least 111 Venezuelans contract cholera brought from Haiti's neighbor, the Dominican Republic.[45]
- The 2011 World Men's Handball Championship concludes with France defeating Denmark to retain the title.[46]
- Results from a recent referendum show approximately 99% of voters in favour of Southern Sudan secession from Sudan.[47]
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- ^ United Nations Security Council election, 2010 (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Beijing Subway (User:Tone)
- ^ 2011 Alexandria bombing (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2010-2011 Tunisian protests (User:PFHLai)
- ^ December 2010 Queensland floods (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Salmaan Taseer (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Deepwater Horizon oil spill#Finding of fault (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Andrew Wakefield (User:The ed17)
- ^ 2010–2011 Philippine floods (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2011 Tucson shooting (User:DragonflySixtyseven) Later removed "per comment on WP:ITN/C" then added again.
- ^ Iran Air Flight 277 (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ South Sudanese independence referendum, 2011 (User:The Tom)
- ^ 2011 BCS National Championship Game (User:The ed17)
- ^ Chengdu J-20 (User:Tone)
- ^ 2010–2011 Queensland floods (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ History of wine (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides (User:Titoxd)
- ^ 2010–2011 South Korea foot-and-mouth outbreak (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2010–2011 Tunisian protests (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2010–2011 Tunisian protests (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Thunderstorm (User:Titoxd)
- ^ Lebanese government of November 2009 (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2011 Sabarimala stampede (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ 2011 Dakar Rally (User:The Tom)
- ^ 68th Golden Globe Awards (User:Journalist) Later removed due to lack of nomination.
- ^ Sargent Shriver (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ 2010–2011 Southern Africa floods (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ Oil reserves in Venezuela (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Green Party (Ireland) (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ 2011 Domodedovo International Airport bombing (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ 24 January 2011 Iraq bombings (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ 2011 Egyptian protests (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ New START treaty (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ Orangutan (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2011 Egyptian protests (User:Tone)
- ^ 2011 Egyptian protests (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final (User:Tone)
- ^ A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria (User:HJ Mitchell)
- ^ World Economic Forum (User:Tone)
- ^ 2011 Australian Open (User:Tone)
- ^ 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak (User:BorgQueen)
- ^ 2011 World Men's Handball Championship (User:Tone)
- ^ Southern Sudanese independence referendum, 2011 (User:HJ Mitchell)