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January 19, 2010 (Tuesday)

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2010 Haiti earthquake:
- The United Nations Security Council increases the size of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti by 3,500. (UN News Centre)
- Scores of United States Navy troops land near the Haitian presidential palace, bringing food, water, and equipment. (BBC)
Cadbury acquisition:
- British confectionery maker Cadbury is to be purchased by American company Kraft Foods for £11.5 billion (850 pence per share). (BBC)
- Cadbury chairman Roger Carr says layoffs will be an "inevitability" following the acquisition. (BBC)
The United States Supreme Court reverses a sentence by the Philadelphia Court of Appeals that blocked the execution of former Black Panther Party member Mumia Abu-Jamal. (BBC)
A United Nations survey reveals Afghans have paid about US$2.5 (or £1.5) billion in bribes in the last year. (BBC)
At least 149 people are killed in two days of violence between Christians and Muslims in the Nigerian city of Jos. (BBC)
Large quantities of oil still remain under beaches over 20 years after an oil spill in the Prince William Sound, Alaska. (Reuters) (BBC)
Japanese air carrier Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection. (BBC) (Asahi Shimbun)
Massachusetts voters go to the polls to elect a key new senator. (BBC)
Foreign journalists in China say their emails have been hacked, as Google pulls out of launching its Android mobile phones. (Times LIVE South Africa) (Washington Post)
Bulgarian European Commission nominee Rumiana Jeleva steps down as candidate and minister. (BBC)
Chinese senior judge Huang Songyou is sentenced to life in prison over corruption charges. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (People's Daily)
The Guinean junta appoints opposition leader Jean-Marie Doré as the new prime minister. (BBC)
A powerful storm in California, United States, causes the evacuation of at least 200 homes in threat of mudslides, and knocks out power for 65,000 customers. One fatality is reported in Kern County. (CBS News)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approves the establishment of the North Caucasian Federal District (from Southern Federal District) and appoints Alexander Khloponin as the Vice-Premier and Presidential Representative to the new federal district. (ITAR-TASS)

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 **[[Great Britain|British]] [[confectionery]] maker [[Cadbury plc|Cadbury]] is to be purchased by [[United States|American]] company [[Kraft Foods]] for £11.5 billion (850 pence per share). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8467007.stm (BBC)]
 **[[Cadbury plc|Cadbury]] [[chairman]] [[Roger Carr (manager)|Roger Carr]] says [[layoff]]s will be an "inevitability" following the acquisition. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8468540.stm (BBC)]
+*The [[United States]] [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] reverses a sentence by the [[Philadelphia]] [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit|Court of Appeals]] that blocked the [[Capital punishment in the United States|execution]] of former [[Black Panther Party]] member [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8468657.stm (BBC)]
 *A [[United Nations]] survey reveals [[Afghans]] have paid about [[US$]]2.5 (or [[£]]1.5) billion in [[bribes]] in the last year. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8466915.stm (BBC)]
 *At least 149 people are killed in two days of violence between [[Christian]]s and [[Muslim]]s in the [[Nigeria]]n city of [[Jos]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8468456.stm (BBC)]