Editing 2010 (section)

===January===
* [[January 4]] – The tallest man-made structure to date, the [[Burj Khalifa]] in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]], is officially opened.<ref name="USAtoday">{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/dubai-opens-world-tallest-building/1|title=Dubai opens world's tallest building|date=January 2, 2010|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=January 4, 2010|location=[[Dubai]]|first=Douglas|last=Stanglin|archive-date=January 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105034122/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/dubai-opens-world-tallest-building/1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="opening">{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/business/property/uae/official-opening-of-iconic-burj-dubai-announced-1.523471 |title=Official Opening of Iconic Burj Dubai Announced |work=Gulfnews |date=November 4, 2009 |access-date=November 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106052129/http://gulfnews.com/business/property/uae/official-opening-of-iconic-burj-dubai-announced-1.523471 |archive-date=November 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8439618.stm|title=World's tallest building opens in Dubai|date=2010-01-04|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2010-01-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100105054239/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8439618.stm| archive-date=January 5, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] – The [[Togo national football team attack|Togo national football team is attacked]] in [[Cabinda Province]], [[Angola]], and as a result withdraws from the [[2010 Africa Cup of Nations|Africa Cup of Nations]]. The attack was perpetrated by the [[Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda|FLEC]], their first since the [[Angolan Civil War]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8449611.stm |title=Togo withdraw from Africa Cup of Nations |work=BBC Sport |date=2010-01-09 |access-date=2009-01-09 |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109052019/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8449611.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[2010 Jos riots|Religious violence erupts in Jos, Nigeria]], which left scores dead, and many injured.
* [[January 12]] – A [[2010 Haiti earthquake|7.0-magnitude earthquake]] occurs in [[Haiti]], devastating the nation's capital, [[Port-au-Prince]].<ref name="MiamiHerald13">{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/582/story/1422279.html|title=Haiti president describes 'unimaginable' catastrophe; thousands feared dead|date=January 13, 2010|work=Miami Herald|access-date=January 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100218061630/http://www.miamiherald.com/582/story/1422279.html| archive-date=February 18, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="CNN13">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/haiti.earthquake/index.html|title=Hundreds of thousands may have died in Haiti quake, PM says|date=January 13, 2010|publisher=CNN|access-date=January 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100114024958/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/haiti.earthquake/index.html| archive-date=January 14, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100113/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake |title=Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped |work=Yahoo! News |access-date=2010-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114182637/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100113/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_haiti_earthquake |archive-date=January 14, 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen|Yemen declares an open war]] against the terrorist group [[al-Qaeda]].
* [[January 15]]
** The [[Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010|longest annular solar eclipse]] of the [[3rd millennium]] occurs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NASA – Annular Solar Eclipse of 2010 January 15|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/ASE2010/ASE2010.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov|archive-date=December 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211011147/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/ASE2010/ASE2010.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ians|date=2010-01-09|title=First annular solar eclipse of 2010 on Jan 15|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/First-annular-solar-eclipse-of-2010-on-Jan-15/article16836739.ece|access-date=2020-11-24|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223221003/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/First-annular-solar-eclipse-of-2010-on-Jan-15/article16836739.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-01-15|title=Longest solar eclipse of the century|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2010/jan/15/solar-eclipse-longest-21st-century|access-date=2020-11-24|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040153/http://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2010/jan/15/solar-eclipse-longest-21st-century|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)|Chadian Civil War]] officially ends.<ref>{{Cite book|date=2011-01-24|title=World Report 2011: Rights Trends in World Report 2011: Chad|chapter=World Report 2011: Chad|url=https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2011/country-chapters/chad|access-date=2020-11-24|publisher=Human Rights Watch|language=en|archive-date=June 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609051213/http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2011/chad|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Honduras]] withdraws from [[ALBA]].
* [[January 19]]  
**[[Mahmoud al-Mabhouh|Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh]] is [[Assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh|assassinated]] in Dubai.
**[[North Caucasian Federal District]] was split from [[Southern Federal District]] by decree of [[Russian President]] [[Dmitry Medvedev]].
* [[January 25]] – [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409]] crashes into the Mediterranean shortly after take-off from [[Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport]], killing all 90 people on board.