Chronicle of 2010
The year 2010 was difficult, both nationally and internationally, here is a brief overview of major events year that goes away.
opens in January with just two attacks, one in Pakistan and one in Egypt. On 12 January one of the largest natural disasters: an earthquake at 16:53 local magnitude of 7.0 struck Haiti, causing over 200,000 casualties (estimated government on February 2, 2010). For the UN, are affected by the earthquake, directly or indirectly, nearly 3 million people and now part of the worldwide mobilization to help the people, one of the poorest of the Earth, and unfortunately today those affected by the tsunami are still in the same initial conditions and the question that naturally arises is: "What happened to all the funds?" The situation becomes even more 20 April critical when the oil rig Deepwater Horizon, the British flag, caught fire sinking into the Gulf of Mexico: the dead are 11 and plus a giant oil spill is causing the most serious environmental disaster in American history. For months, the shrimp fishermen are struggling to continue their work, the main economic activity in the area, while President Obama takes the field to stop the leak and limit the damage. Only
August 4, a well 106 days from the explosion, British Petroleum (BP), which owns the platform, announces the success of "Static Kill", which aims to close the undersea oil well which led to the disaster.
In February, unknown in Italy of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the river Lambro causing an environmental disaster that involves the valley of the river and the Po in Lombardy and Emilia Romagna.
The following month, on 27 and 28 March, there are the Italian regional elections, in which 13 regions are involved in an ordinary statute. The next day in Moscow there are two terrorist attacks in subway stations causing 40 deaths and over 100 wounded. Four months later the attack was claimed by Chechen separatist guerrillas.
positively opens April 8th with the renewal of the START II nuclear disarmament, which expired in December 2009 by the U.S. and Russia. With the ratification is secured a further 30% decrease of nuclear weapons.
Two days later in Smolensk is an exceptional and tragic in a plane crash dies, the President of Poland Lech Kaczynskki with his wife, the chief of Polish Franciszek Gagor, the deputy foreign minister, the governor of the central bank 's Former President Kaczorowski, some Members, the conservative candidate in the upcoming presidential Gosiewski and several leading members of the Polish Army. No survivors of the 94 passengers and the entire political class of a country cleared in a short time: the country must therefore address a very delicate phase.
Equally complicated are the days riding between 15 and 22 April, in which the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull erupting continuously causing serious disruption to European air traffic with the closure of the airspace of most of Europe, especially Central Asia.
On 14 May in Bangkok concludes two months after the series of street protests that led to open clashes with the army, the "Red Shirts" who refused to recognize as legitimate the Thai government led by Abhisit Vejjajiv, and asking new elections. The final budget and dozens of dead and hundreds injured.
May 22: Madrid to Inter Milan Moratti to become European champions by beating Bayern Monaco 2 to 0. Having also won the Italian Cup and the Shield, became the first Italian team to complete a hat-trick (Triple). On December 18 the team will be confirmed among the strongest ever to win the World Club in Abu Dhabi.
complete disaster the Italian adventure at the 19th World Cup, played between June 11 and July 11 in South Africa. The national team is quickly eliminated and booed at the back, while Spain won the title for the first time. More
satisfaction damage other sports: June 5 in Paris, is the first Italian Francesca Schiavone to win a Grand Slam tournament.
On 22 July, the Hague international court declaring lawful independence of Kosovo from Serbia, but two days after bad news hits the international public opinion: in Duisburg, during the Loveparade 21 people die as a result of the stampede in a tunnel that has been created. The criticisms go to the police who had blocked the way out for security reasons and for the organization, which, in response, announced that the event will never rise.
At the end of the month in Russia began a series of large fires in the weeks following causes more than 52 victims. The capital is Moscow repeatedly invaded by a cloud of smoke. At risk, some nuclear power plants and the contaminated area of Chernobyl.
August 5 in Copiapo, Chile, collapse of mine tunnels in San Jose. There are no victims, but 33 miners trapped 700 meters deep. Will be released until Oct. 13.
Five days after the WHO declares a pandemic of H1N1 ended, saying that influenza activity worldwide has returned to the typical seasonal pattern. In August
complete the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq that puts an end to seven and a half years of war. 50 thousand U.S. troops remain in the country only based training the Iraqi army, but the actions continue despite the withdrawal of terrorism resulting in the deaths of soldiers.
In September, ETA announced through a video broadcast by the BBC, the cease-fire.
At the end of October the 25th, there was an earthquake of 7.7 on the Richter scale in the Mentawai Islands, an archipelago south of Sumatra in Indonesia; It triggered a tsunami that causes destruction of at least 10 villages and 451 deaths. A few hours later he began a series of eruptions of the volcano Merapi in Java, causing over 300 deaths and 200,000 displaced.
A historic date is November 13: After 15 years in prison, seven of which passed under house arrest is released, the Burmese dissident and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
On November 28, Wikileaks opens the controversy: the site issued over 251mila diplomatic documents drawn up by the State Department the United States, including more than 100,000 documents marked "secret" or "confidential".
The year ended December 31 with two events: first, the output from the political scene of Brazilian President Lula, who passes the baton to Dilma Rousseff, the first woman president of the country.
The story is particularly interesting because the incumbent president does not grant the extradition to Italy of terrorist Cesare Battisti. It will probably a long dispute with Brazil for the production of Baptists in the face also numerous bilateral economic between the two countries.
The second event last year was the killing of an Italian military contingent in Afghanistan: Matteo Miotto, killed by a sniper while on duty.
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