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December 2010 was the twelfth and final month of that common year. The month, which began on a Wednesday, ended on a Friday after 31 days.

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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from December 2010.

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December 2010 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31  Ongoing events Economic 2010 Tunisian protests Automotive industry crisis Global financial crisis European sovereign debt crisis Greek economic crisis Medical HIV/AIDS in Africa Haiti cholera outbreak Political 2007–2010 Belgian political crisis 2010 Côte d'Ivoire crisis Scientific Expedition 26  Recent deaths December 30: Bobby Farrell 29: Vladan Batić 29: Jimmy Coffey 29: Avi Cohen 29: John Doyle 28: Ali-Reza Asgari 26: Salvador Jorge Blanco 26: Teena Marie 25: Carlos Andrés Pérez 24: Elisabeth Beresford 24: Roy Neuberger 21: Enzo Bearzot 20: Brian Hanrahan 20: Steve Landesberg 19: Anthony Howard 18: Tasso Kavadia 18: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa 17: María Jesús San Segundo 17: Captain Beefheart 16: Ruth Park 15: Blake Edwards 15: Bob Feller 14: Dale Roberts 13: Richard Holbrooke 13: James Dibble 13: Enrique Morente 12: Tom Walkinshaw 10: John Bennett Fenn 10: J. Michael Hagopian 10: MacKenzie Miller 9: James Moody 9: Boris Tishchenko 9: Nazario Moreno González 7: Elizabeth Edwards 7: Gus Mercurio 6: Hugues Cuénod  Ongoing conflicts Global War on terror Terrorist incidents Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom War on drugs Africa OEF - Trans Sahara Chadian Civil War Darfur conflict Maghreb insurgency Somali Civil War Somali Civil War (2009–present) Piracy in Somalia Sudanese nomadic conflicts OEF - Horn of Africa LRA insurgency Europe Basque conflict Insurgency in the North Caucasus Civil war in Ingushetia Middle East Iraq War Iraqi insurgency Baluchi insurgency Palestinian political violence Rocket attacks Israeli–Lebanese conflict Fatah–Hamas conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Conflicts in Yemen War Terrorism South Yemen insurgency Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency in Yemen Conflicts in Kurdistan Turkey–PKK conflict Iran–PJAK conflict Asia Afghan War Military operations Taliban insurgency Conflicts in Pakistan War on Terror North-West Pakistan war Balochistan conflict Drone attacks Sectarian violence Conflicts in India Terrorism in India Jammu and Kashmir insurgency Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India Nagaland ethnic conflict Kashmir conflict Siachen conflict Korean maritime border incidents Burma border clashes South Thailand insurgency Cambodian–Thai border stand-off Philippines insurgency OEF - Philippines Americas Colombian conflict Plan Colombia FARC Mexican drug war Mérida Initiative Peru internal conflict  Elections Recent: December 2010 5: Egypt, Parliament (2nd Round) 12: Kosovo, Parliament 12: Slovenia, Public broadcaster law referendum 12: Transnistria, Parliament 13: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, General 19: Belarus, President 26: Comoros, President (2nd Round) Upcoming: January 2011 16: Haiti, President (2nd Round) 23: Central African Republic, General 23: Portugal, President 31: Niger, President (1st Round) and Parliament  Trials Recently concluded Argentina: Jorge Rafael Videla Cambodia: Kang Kek Iew Egypt: Hisham Talaat Moustafa France: Jérôme Kerviel, Air France Flight 4590 Germany: Nadja Benaissa India: Ajmal Kasab Iran: Hossein Derakhshan Portugal: Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal Singapore: Alan Shadrake United States: Faisal Shahzad Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: David Russell Williams China: Organized crime in Chongqing France: Church of Scientology Germany: Heinrich Boere, John Demjanjuk Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Malaysia]]: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Geert Wilders Palau: Thomas Remengesau Jr. Peru: Joran van der Sloot Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr. Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) Singapore: Tak Boleh Tahan Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Ergenekon network United States: Buju Banton, David Headley, Rod Blagojevich, Ahmed Ghailani Upcoming Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein United States: Viktor Bout, Noshir Gowadia, Allen Stanford, Nidal Malik Hasan  Holidays  and observances 16: Independence Day (Kazakhstan); National Day (Bahrain) 21: Winter solstice 24: Christmas Eve 25: Christmas Day 26: St Stephen's Day (Europe), Boxing Day (Commonwealth countries) 26–1 January: Kwanzaa (United States) 31: New Year's Eve