Portal:Current events/2010 January 13

Current events of January 13, 2010 (2010-01-13) (Wednesday)

• An earthquake in Haiti leaves thousands of people missing. Around 200 people are thought to be trapped under the rubble of the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince, near to the United Nations Stabilization Mission's headquarters. Many UN employees are also reported missing. Haitian President René Préval is alive. (Haiti News.Net) (France24) (BBC) (CNN) (China Daily) (The Hindu)
• Guinea's junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara arrives in Burkina Faso after being hospitalised in Morocco. (Times LIVE) (BBC)
• Venezuela announces an electricity rationing programme in which the entire country will be affected by four-hour blackouts every week. (El Universal) (China Daily)
• Mercedes-Benz's 2009 sales rise 77% in the People's Republic of China. (Xinhua)
• The United States trade deficit rose 9.7% to 36.4 billion US dollars in November. (Xinhua) (People's Daily Online) (RTT News)
• The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is held in Detroit, Michigan, US. Green vehicles are seen as a response to the late 2000s recession. Automotive News World Congress is held at the Renaissance Center. (Xinhua) (Merinews)
• The Government of the People's Republic of China responds to Google's refusal to continue censorship of search results. (Xinhua) (BBC)
• Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni urges the government to reconsider the anti-homosexuality bill being debated due to "foreign policy issues". (The Guardian) (New Vision)
• Shares in Japan Airlines fall by 81%. (BBC) (The Straits Times)
• Turkey threatens to recall its ambassador from Israel over a dispute involving Turkey's ambassador to the country. (Reuters) (Ha'aretz) (Today's Zaman)
• Pope Pope Benedict XVI meets and forgives the woman who attacked him at Christmas Eve Mass. (The Times) (Catholic News Agency) (Adnkronos)

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