January 20, 2010 (Wednesday)
- Russian journalist Konstantin Popov dies after being beaten by police in Tomsk, Siberia. (Reuters)
- Malaysian police arrest eight people in connection with a firebomb attack on a church, in a row over the use of the word "Allah". (Bernama) (AFP) (Al Jazeera)
- Dutch politician Geert Wilders goes on trial for allegedly inciting racial hatred against Muslims. (The Times) (Dutchnew.nl) (CNN)
- The Nigerian Army regains control of the city of Jos after religious violence killed more than 200 people. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (NEXT)
- Christopher Speight, an American man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in Appomattox, Virginia, surrenders to police. (BBC)
- U.S. investment bank JPMorgan Chase is in talks to buy natural gas firm RBS Sempra for about US$4 billion. (CNBC)[permanent dead link]
- A 6.1 magnitude aftershock rocks Haiti a week after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. (BBC) (CBC)
- The Burmese Supreme Court announces it will return a verdict on the extended house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi by next month. (CNN) (AFP)
- Vietnamese human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh is convicted on charges of subversion and sentenced to five years in prison. (BBC) (Vietnam News) (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link]
- Microsoft issues a patch for a serious security hole in Internet Explorer 6 after France and Germany advised their citizens to change browsers. (BBC) (Xinhua)
- The 2D version of the film Avatar is pulled from theaters in China.(Times of India) (Haaretz) (BBC) (Malaysia Star)