Current events portal

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• A series of bomb attacks kills at least 72 people in Lahore, Pakistan.
• The Opening Ceremony (pictured) of the 2010 Winter Paralympics is held in Vancouver, Canada.
• Mykola Azarov is appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine, following the resignation of Yulia Tymoshenko.
• Carlos Slim becomes the first non-American to top Forbes’ list of billionaires since 1994.
• Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Grand Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, dies at the age of 81 during a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• An earthquake kills 41 people and injures at least 74 others in Elâzığ Province, Turkey.
• The Hurt Locker wins six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win that award.
• Inter-religious attacks result in hundreds of deaths near Jos, Nigeria.