Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft
Portal : Current events/2010 February 2
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of espionage , while the latter detains one Russian and expels four others. (BBC) (RIA Novosti) (Kyiv Post ) A hearing whether to repeal the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy is held in the United States allowing the possibility of openly gay people to become active-duty members of the United States armed forces . (BBC )
The World Food Programme announces the number of hungry people in Sudan has quadrupled since August 2009 to 4.3 million. (AFP) (Emirates News Agency) (Taiwan News )
China says that relations will be undermined if U.S. President Barack Obama meets the Dalai Lama . (BBC) (China Daily ) (CBC) Continental Airlines and five men go on trial for their alleged role in the crash of Air France Flight 4590 , a Concorde flight, that killed 113 people in 2000. (Reuters) The Lancet international controversy over alleged links between the MMR vaccine and autism . (BBC) (Reuters) Finance Minister of Germany Wolfgang Schaeuble says that the German government will buy stolen information on Swiss bank accounts, offered in a CD that contained 1,500 names in exchange for 2.5 million euros , to pursue tax evasion . (Bloomberg) Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards are announced. Avatar The Hurt Locker Best Picture , the first time more than five films have been up for consideration since 1943 . (CNN)
Paul Volcker testifies before the Banking Committee of the United States Senate about the so-called "Volcker rule," an administration proposal to separate banks from hedge funds and have them close down their risk-taking prop desks . (L.A. Times)
