January 14, 2010 (Thursday)
- India celebrates the Thai Pongal, Makar Sankranti and Magh Bihu harvest festivals in places around the country (Palayamkottai, Haridwar). (The Hindu)
- 40 people are killed after two buses crash head-on in one of Papua New Guinea's worst ever road accidents. (The National) (AFP)
- Seven people die in a stampede at a religious festival on the Ganges in West Bengal, India. (The Hindu) (BBC) (Press TV)
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez partially reverses a decision to ration electricity in the country a day after it was announced, saying it was having "undesirable effects" on the population. Thus, Caracas residents won't have power cuts anymore. (El Universal)[permanent dead link] (AFP)
- The head of Guinea's junta Moussa Dadis Camara and interim leader General Sékouba Konaté hold emergency talks with Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré. (AFP) (BBC)
- Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces a moratorium on the death penalty, calling for it to be abolished. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (China Daily)
- A crew of eight Irish sailors is rescued after the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race competitor Cork Clipper hits a rock in Java, Indonesia. (RTÉ) (BBC) (Ireland Online)
- A man is held in custody in Ireland after threatening that there was a bomb on board a transatlantic flight which had to land in an emergency at Shannon Airport. (RTÉ)
- Taoiseach Brian Cowen meets Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London for talks on the devolution process in Northern Ireland. (The Irish Times) (RTÉ) (BBC)
- A suicide bombing at a market in Afghanistan's Orūzgān Province kills 20 people. (BBC)