2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateurs Rosenthal and Wallage
The Queen appointed Rosenthal and Jacques Wallage as new informateurs after Willink's report. The parties agreed to secrecy while negotiations are being held, but newspaper reports have suggested that an agreement would be focus on a small set of common policies while leaving flexibility to negotiate with non-government parties, and the likely cabinet would have eight to ten ministers (3 VVD, 3 PvdA, 1 D66, 1 GL in case of eight ministers).


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateurs Rosenthal and Wallage
On July 20, VVD, PvdA, D66 and GroenLinks concluded that there was no basis to continue to negotiate a purple-plus coalition. Negotiations were aborted. It was concluded that the positions of the VVD and the PvdA on cutbacks and housing market reform were too far apart. The next day Rosenthal and Wallage reported to the Queen that the formation of a purple-plus government was impossible, throwing the formation wide open again.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Lubbers
Later on July 21, the Queen consulted her advisers and also sought advise from one of her Ministers of State, Ruud Lubbers (CDA), who was subsequently named informateur. Lubbers was assigned the task to investigate anew the possibilities for the formation of a majority government and to check for the sincerity and persistence of obstacles and vetos that different parties have created about each other's participation in government. The next few days Lubbers held talks with all chairs of the parliamentary parties in order to find common ground.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Lubbers
During the explorations of Lubbers, a preliminary agreement was reached. For the first time in political history, The Netherlands might be governed by a minority cabinet supported by a third party outside the government. There would be two contracts drawn up: the actual government agreement between VVD and CDA and a so-called "gedoogakkoord" (tolerance agreement) between the cabinet and PVV. The agreement would handle matters such as immigration, integration, asylum, and law and order.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Lubbers
This means there could be agreements on issues raised especially by the PVV in its campaign, like family reunification, on newcomers paying into social security before being eligible to receive it. Even more controversially regulations on the clothing of civil servants could be introduced – which means headscarves and other religious symbols might be banned in the civil service. Informateur Lubbers called it a “special majority cabinet” rather than a minority government.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Opstelten
On August 5, 2010, VVD Chairman Ivo Opstelten, the former mayor of Utrecht and Rotterdam, was appointed by the Dutch queen as the new mediator in the next stage of actual negotiations to form a cabinet. On August 9, 2010, talks on forming a minority government with VVD and CDA supported by the PVV in parliament began. The three party leaders were each accompanied by a colleague. Mark Rutte (VVD) had Edith Schippers MP with him, Maxime Verhagen (CDA) was accompanied by caretaker health minister Ab Klink and Geert Wilders (PVV) chose Barry Madlener MEP. Opstelten repeated that he expected a resolution in about three weeks.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Opstelten
Members of the CDA resisted to the negotiations of their party leader with the PVV. On August 12, 2010, a group of 44 members published an open letter in the Christian daily newspaper Trouw, opposing any coalition partnership with the PVV, accusing the party of stigmatising minorities: "In its political statements and electoral platform, the PVV has gone against many of our fundamental rights, notably the right to equal treatment and the right to freely practice religion according to one's beliefs...


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Opstelten
The PVV stigmatises a large minority of our population and in fact makes it the scapegoat of nearly all our social problems. The PVV is not only a threat to the freedom of Muslims, but to our rule of law and our freedom." The protests within CDA grew, and on 29 August a group of influential CDA members led by Cees Veerman appealed their party to stop negotiations. On 31 August and 1 September CDA MP Ab Klink, who was part of the negotiating delegation protested the negotiations.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Opstelten
The negotiations were paused and the CDA MP's spent most of August 31 and September 1 discussing their position. On September 1 a letter by Ab Klink outlining his grave misgivings over the negotiations was leaked, complicating the effort at finding a solution within the CDA. Nevertheless, the result of the discussion was that negotiations would be resumed with Ab Klink resigning from the delegation and the CDA congress giving an important ruling after an agreement was reached. On September 2 Mark Rutte and Geert Wilders carefully considered the new situation with open dissidents in the (usually agreeing) CDA.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Opstelten
On Friday 3 September, Geert Wilders left the negotiations when the CDA could not guarantee that the dissident CDA MP's would vote for any agreement; a guarantee that Maxime Verhagen, the leader of the CDA delegation, could not give as according to the Dutch constitution MP's are elected on personal title and should in all cases be free and unimpeded to vote according to their own judgment. On Saturday 4 September, Ivo Opstelten handed in his final report reporting failure to form a government to the Queen.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Tjeenk Willink (2)
On September 6, 2010, Ab Klink decided to step down as MP because of the situation of the CDA. From September 7 on, he is replaced by Raymond Knops.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Tjeenk Willink (2)
On September 7, the PVV said that they wanted to continue the negotiations with VVD and CDA because of Klink's departure. VVD and CDA also wanted to continue. Later that day, Mark Rutte went to the queen to discuss the new situation. After that, the queen once again appointed Herman Tjeenk Willink as informateur. He will speak with all of the party leaders about how the formation should proceed.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Tjeenk Willink (2)
On September 13, Tjeenk Willink finished his report in which he advised to continue the negotiations between VVD, PVV and CDA. On the same day, Ivo Opstelten was re-appointed as informateur.


2010 Dutch cabinet formation, Formation timeline, Informateur Opstelten (2)
After Ivo Opstelten was again appointed as informateur, he immediately restarted the negotiations between VVD, PVV and CDA. The CDA was internally deeply divided over cooperation with the PVV and several high-profile members, like Ernst Hirsch Ballin opposed it. On September 28, the negotiations were finished. A coalition agreement was reached between CDA and VVD, and a "toleration agreement" (a novelty in Dutch politics) was reached between PVV and the other two parties. On October 14, 2010, the Rutte cabinet was sworn in by the queen.


2010 Dutch general election
General elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 9 June 2010. This was triggered by the fall of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's fourth cabinet on 20 February with Queen Beatrix accepting the resignation of the Labour Party (PvdA) ministers on 23 February. The conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), led by Mark Rutte, won the largest number of seats in the House of Representatives while the social-democratic PvdA, led by Job Cohen, came a narrow second.


2010 Dutch general election
The election was also noted for the rise of the Party for Freedom (PVV), which came third, led by controversial politician Geert Wilders. On the other hand, Balkenende's Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) saw a poor result, losing half its seats and dropping from first to fourth place. The Socialist Party (SP) also lost seats. Notably, the 31 seats won by the VVD was its most since 1998, and the one-seat margin between the VVD and PvdA is the closest on record.


2010 Dutch general election
After the election, the formation of a new government took 127 days. Both the VVD and the PvdA hoped to have a leading role. VVD talks with the PvdA and other left-wing parties (trying to form a so-called Purple Coalition without Christian parties) broke down; however, Rutte was able to form a right-wing coalition of the VVD and CDA, with the PVV formally making an agreement (gedoogakkoord) to support the government but without holding any cabinet seats.


2010 Dutch general election
It was the first coalition government not to be led by a Christian democratic or socialist party in 92 years, as well as the first to be led by the VVD. Rutte was sworn in as Prime Minister on 14 October, becoming the first liberal to hold that post since 1918.


2010 Dutch general election
The 150 seats of the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal) were contested, and were filled using party-list proportional representation for a nominal four-year term.


2010 Dutch general election, Background
The election follows the PvdA's withdrawal in February from the coalition over the contribution of Dutch soldiers to the War in Afghanistan. According to the Dutch constitution new elections had to be held within 83 days.


2010 Dutch general election, Debates
The first radio debate was held on 21 May 2010. The first television debate, held on 23 May was, according to instant polls, won by Mark Rutte on 36%, with Job Cohen second on 24%, and Geert Wilders and Jan Peter Balkenende third, on 18%.


2010 Dutch general election, Opinion polls
Polls indicated that the elections were too close to call.


2010 Dutch general election, Results
Turnout was reported to be over 5% less than the previous elections allegedly due to heavy rain and stormy weather.


2010 Dutch general election, Reactions
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende stepped down from his position in the CDA and resigned his parliamentary seat on the evening of the election, saying he was taking "political responsibility" for the unsatisfactory election results of his party and that "The voter has spoken, the outcome is clear."


2010 Dutch general election, Government formation
Expectations were that the formation of a new government would take some time. The international media also read this as a slim victory for the "austerity-minded" Liberals amidst the 2010 European sovereign debt crisis.


2010 Dutch general election, Government formation
On 14 October, Mark Rutte was sworn in as prime minister. Rutte's government resigned on 24 April 2012 over austerity measures.


2010 Dutch general election, Analysis
Some international media speculated that "for the first time in this nation's history, a Jewish man, albeit a secular one, is on the verge of becoming the next prime minister ... Job Cohen, who was until recently the Mayor of Amsterdam, and represents the top of the ticket for the PvdA ... is at the end of a long battle to run the country that began in February when the PvdA backed out of the ruling coalition government because it did not want to send Dutch troops back to Afghanistan."


2010 Dutch municipal elections
The Dutch municipal elections of 2010 were held on Wednesday 3 March in most municipalities in the Netherlands. This election determined the composition of the municipal councils for the following four years. The elections were held a few weeks after the fall of the Fourth Balkenende cabinet.


2010 Dutch municipal elections
Nearly 24% of the vote went to local parties and independent candidates, more than any national political party. The Labour Party remained the most popular party overall, despite a significant decline in their vote share. The Party for Freedom only contested the cities of Almere and The Hague, where it became the largest and second-largest party respectively in both cities. Support for the CDA also decreased, while the VVD made moderate gains and Democrats 66 nearly doubled their support. The CDA held the most seats of any party, mainly due to its higher level of support in rural areas.


2010 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The 2010 Dwars door Vlaanderen was the 65th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 24 March 2010. The race started in Roeselare and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Matti Breschel.


2010 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
The 2010 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen was the 53rd edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 27 March 2010. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Fabian Cancellara of Team Saxo Bank.


2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship
The third edition of the EAFF Women's Football Championship was held in 2010, with a preliminary qualification tournament held in 2009.


2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship, Semi-final competition
The semi-final competition was held in Tainan County (now part of Tainan City), Taiwan from 22–30 August 2009. The winner of the group advanced to the Final Competition.


2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship, Final competition
The final competition was held in Tokyo, Japan in February 2010. The North Korean women's team withdrew from the tournament in January 2010, and were replaced by the Chinese Taipei side, the runners-up from the semi-final tournament.


2010 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2010 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 49th tournament in league history. It was played between March 5 and March 20, 2010. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Cornell received the ECAC Hockey automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2010 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
In the Quarterfinals series between Union and Quinnipiac the first match became the longest game played in NCAA history when the winning goal was scored in the 151st minute of play (the fifth overtime).


2010 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament features four rounds of play. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth, sixth and eleventh, seventh and tenth, and eighth and ninth seeds as determined by the final regular season standings play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals. There, the first seed and lowest ranked first round winner, the second seed and second lowest ranked first round winner, the third seed and second highest ranked first round winner, and the fourth seed and highest ranked first round winner play a best-of-three series, with the winner advancing to the semifinals.


2010 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single-game, with the winner advancing to the championship game and the loser advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.


2010 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2010 ECHL All-Star Game
The 2010 ECHL All-Star Game presented by Reebok was the held at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, United States, home of the Ontario Reign. The game was held between two teams, each representing a conference (American and National) of the ECHL.


2010 ECHL All-Star Game
The game was part of a two-day event of activities. On Tuesday, a skills competition among the ECHL players, called the ECHL All-Star Skills Competition presented by Reebok Hockey and was also sponsored by Toyota and the city of Ontario, California. It was the 13th edition of the skills challenge. The All-Star Game itself was played on a Wednesday evening.


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Skills Competition
The 13th edition of the skills competition was held on the evening of Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The competition included seven individual competitions that tested the participants' hockey skills, each of which was sponsored. Sponsors for the event included ice hockey equipment maker Sher-Wood Hockey (both puck control relays), athletic apparel company Reebok (fastest skater and hardest shot), outdoor barbecue grill producer Bull Outdoor Products (rapid fire), game-worn jersey supplier MeiGray Group (accuracy shooting competition) and Southern California-based ice hockey rink company Ice Town (breakaway relay).


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Skills Competition
The first competition of the night was the Sher-Wood Hockey Puck Control Relay which consisted of three players from each conference, was won by the National Conference team of Evan Barlow (Idaho), Chris d'Alvise (Stockton) and John Lammers (Alaska). The Sher-Wood Hockey Individual Puck Control Relay followed and was won by the National Conference's Peter Lenes (Ontario) who defeated the American Conference's Jacob Micflikier (Florida).


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Skills Competition
The next event was the Reebok Faster Skater, a time trial style race around the rink which consisted of three members from each conference was won by the National Conference with an average time of 14.406 seconds to the American Conference's 14.462. The National Conference's Adam Miller (Las Vegas) had the fastest individual time at 14.287. The Reebok 8.0.8 Hardest Shot competition was won by the American Conference with an average slap shot speed of 97.9 m.p.h. to 94.7 m.p.h. The American Conference's A. J. Thelen (Florida) had the hardest shot at 101.9 m.p.h.


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Skills Competition
The Bull Outdoor Products Rapid Fire competition tested a goaltender's skills with the player facing 10 shots, alternating from each face off circle. All six goaltenders that were selected to the All-Star Game competed. The American Conference won the competition with a score of 22 saves to 20 and the American Conference's Braden Holtby (South Carolina) had the most saves with nine.


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Skills Competition
The MeiGray Group Accuracy Shooting Competition consisted of three players from each conference attempting to hit four targets placed at each corner of the net. The players had six shots to hit the four total targets. The National Conference won the competition hitting 11 targets to the American Conference's 9 and the National Conference's Ryan Kinasewich (Utah) had the best score hitting four targets in four shots.


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Skills Competition
The final competition of the evening was the Ice Town Breakaway Relay which would have each of the six goaltenders facing off against six shooters from the opposing conference's team and an amateur player, with each goaltender attempting to block each participant on a breakaway. The American Conference won the event with 7 goals scored to the National Conference's 5. The American Conference's Braden Holtby had the best score, stopping six of seven shooters and won the Outstanding Goaltender award having stopped a total of 15 shots through the two goaltender competitions.


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Skills Competition
The National Conference would win the overall competition with a score of 11 to 10, winning the skills competition for the third straight time and the fifth time in the past six skills competitions.


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Rosters
The National Conference roster was announced on December 30, 2009 and the American Conference roster was announced the following day.


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Rosters
1 – G David Shantz (Victoria Salmon Kings)  6 – D Sasha Pokulok (Bakersfield Condors) 27 – D David Walker (Ontario Reign) – (C)  21 – F Greg Hogeboom (Ontario Reign)   9 – F Ryan Kinasewich (Utah Grizzlies) 20 – F John Lammers (Alaska Aces)


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Rosters
34 – G Todd Ford (South Carolina Stingrays) 12 – D J. C. Sawyer (Toledo Walleye) – (C)   4 – D Zach Tarkir (South Carolina Stingrays) 27 – F Justin Donati (Elmira Jackals) 76 – F Ben Gordon (Reading Royals) 11 – F Jacob Micflikier (Florida Everblades)


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Rosters
31 – G Richard Bachman (Idaho Steelheads) 33 – G Timo Pielmeier (Bakersfield Condors)  7 – D Vic Bartley (Utah Grizzlies)  2 – D Taylor Ellington (Victoria Salmon Kings) 17 – D Brendan Milnamow (Idaho Steelheads) 29 – D Eric Regan (Bakersfield Condors) 19 – F Evan Barlow (Idaho Steelheads) 23 – F Judd Blackwater (Stockton Thunder)  8 – F Chris d'Alvise (Stockton Thunder)  3 – F Peter Lenes (Ontario Reign) 42 – F Nick Mazzolini (Alaska Aces) 12 – F Adam Miller (Las Vegas Wranglers) 37 – F A. J. Perry (Utah Grizzlies) 22 – F John Swanson (Idaho Steelheads) 18 – F Shawn Weller (Bakersfield Condors)


2010 ECHL All-Star Game, Rosters
31 – G Braden Holtby (South Carolina Stingrays) 30 – G Jeremy Smith (Cincinnati Cyclones) 23 – D Mitch Ganzak (Wheeling Nailers)  6 – D Drew Paris (Gwinnett Gladiators)  7 – D Sam Roberts (Gwinnett Gladiators) 49 – D A. J. Thelen (Florida Everblades) 84 – F Brandon Buck (Florida Everblades) 19 – F Rick Cleaver (Kalamazoo Wings) 93 – F Maxime Gratchev (Elmira Jackals) 17 – F Nikita Kashirsky (South Carolina) 20 – F Matt Pierce (Cincinnati Cyclones) 43 – F Jeff Prough (Trenton Devils) 24 – F Matt Schepke (Charlotte Checkers) 15 – F Connor Shields (Johnstown Chiefs) 61 – F Maxime Tanguay (Toledo Walleye)


2010 ECM Prague Open
The 2010 ECM Prague Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the ECM Prague Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic, from July 12 through July 18, 2010.


2010 ECM Prague Open, WTA Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw


2010 ECM Prague Open, Finals, Doubles
Timea Bacsinszky /  Tathiana Garbin defeated  Monica Niculescu /  Ágnes Szávay, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)


2010 ECM Prague Open – Doubles
Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate. Timea Bacsinszky and Tathiana Garbin won this year's event after a final victory over Monica Niculescu and Ágnes Szávay 7–5, 7–6(7–4).


2010 ECM Prague Open – Singles
Sybille Bammer was the defending champion, but chose not to participate. Ágnes Szávay defeated Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the final (6–2, 1–6, 6–2).


2010 ENnie Award winners
The following are the winners of the 10th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2010:


2010 ESPY Awards
The 18th ESPY Awards were held on July 14, 2010, at the Nokia Theatre, hosted by Seth Meyers. For the first time since 2003 (when the ceremony was aired on a delay several days later), ESPN televised the ceremony live.


2010 ESPY Awards, Categories
There are 37 categories and 3 special awards. The winners are listed first in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.


2010 EU Cup Australian rules football
The 2010 Euro Cup of Australian rules football was held in Milan (Italy) on October 2, 2010, with 15 national teams. For the first time a women's international match took place during the competition.


2010 EU Cup Australian rules football, Venue
Matches were played at one of the best stadiums in the area, the Marazzini Venegoni Sports Centre in Parabiago.


2010 EU Cup Australian rules football, Final standings
1. Croatia (EU Cup Winners)2. The Netherlands (Silver)3. Ireland (Bronze)4. England5. Spain (Plate Winners) 6. Italy7. Germany8. Wales9. Scotland (Bowl Winners) 10. France 11. Switzerland12. Austria 13. Czech Republic 14. Catalonia 15. EU Crusaders


2010 EU Cup Australian rules football, Final standings
EU Cup Best & Fairest: Josh Carmichael (Netherlands), Mario Vázquez (Spain) & Sebastian Caffaratti (Italy) - 16 votes


2010 EU Cup Australian rules football, Final standings
Leading Goalkicker: Josh Carmichael (Netherlands), Jono Newman (Switzerland) & Sebastian Caffaratti (Italy) - 5 goals


2010 EU65
2010 EU65 is a centaur, approximately 64 kilometers (40 miles) in diameter, orbiting the Sun in the outer Solar System. The object is also a promising Uranus horseshoe librator candidate. It was first observed on 13 March 2010, by American astronomers David Rabinowitz and Suzanne Tourtellotte, observing from Cerro Tololo and La Silla Observatory in Chile. As of 2021, it has neither been numbered nor named.


2010 EU65, Orbit and classification
2010 EU65 is classified as a centaur, a group of non-resonant small Solar System bodies whose orbit around the Sun lie typically between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune (5 to 30 AU). Centaurs are minor planets with characteristics of comets, and often classified as such. The dynamical group is formed due to Neptune's eroding effect on the Kuiper belt by means of gravitational scattering, sending objects inward to become centaurs, or outward to become scattered-disc obejcts, or removing them from the Solar System entirely. Centaurs themselves have unstable orbits with short lifetimes, transitioning from the inactive population of Kuiper belt objects to the active group of Jupiter-family comets within approximately one million years.


2010 EU65, Orbit and classification
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 17.0–22.9 AU once every 89 years and 3 months (32,606 days; semi-major axis of 19.97 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 15° with respect to the ecliptic. It has a Tisserand's parameter with respect to Jupiter (TJ) of 2.94, near the threshold of 3, typically used to distinguish asteroids from Jupiter-family comets. On 21 June 2021, the object came to perihelion at 17.0 AU and has since been moving away from the Sun. As of 2021 the object is at 17.009 AU, with a apparent magnitude of 21.71. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery observation taken by the Mount Lemmon Survey in April 2009.


2010 EU65, Orbit and classification, Uranus horseshoe candidate
Based on its current heliocentric orbit, 2010 EU65 follows a horseshoe orbit around Uranus' L3 point. Giving the fact that its orbit is, at present, poorly determined, the object is a promising Uranus horseshoe orbiter candidate.


2010 EU65, Physical properties
2010 EU65 has an absolute magnitude of 9.1. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, it measures approximately 64 kilometers (40 miles) in diameter assuming an albedo of 0.09.


2010 Ealing London Borough Council election
Elections for Ealing Council in London were held on 6 May 2010. The 2010 United Kingdom General Election and other local elections took place on the same day.


2010 Ealing London Borough Council election
In London council elections the entire council is elected every four years, as opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year in three of the four years.


2010 Ealing London Borough Council election
The Labour Party gained control of the borough from the Conservatives, who themselves had taken control from Labour at the previous elections in 2006.


2010 East Asian Football Championship
The 2010 EAFF East Asian Football Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament which was held between 6 and 14 February 2010. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2009.


2010 East Asian Football Championship, Preliminary Competition, Round 1
The first round of preliminary competition was hosted by Guam. The winner of the group advanced to the Round 2 of preliminary competition.


2010 East Asian Football Championship, Preliminary Competition, Round 2
The second round of preliminary competition was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The winner of the group advanced to the Finals.


2010 East Asian Football Championship, Goalscorers
There were 17 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.


2010 East Asian Football Championship Final squads
Below are the squads for the 2010 East Asian Football Championship tournament in Japan. There were 23 players in each squad, including 3 goalkeepers.


2010 East Asian Judo Championships
The 2010 East Asian Judo Championships was contested in seven weight classes, seven each for men and women.


2010 East Asian Judo Championships
This competition was held at Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion in Macau, China, 19 and 20 June.


2010 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 2010 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Pirates played their home games in Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium and were led by head coach Ruffin McNeill, a former Pirate football player and former Texas Tech defensive coordinator. He was in his first year as head coach. They were members of Conference USA After winning consecutive C-USA championships, the Pirates finished the season 6–7, 5–3 in C-USA and were invited to the Military Bowl where they were defeated by Maryland 20–51.


2010 East Carolina Pirates football team, Before the season, Purple/Gold Spring Game
The annual Purple/Gold Spring Game was held in the spring during the PirateFest and Pigskin Pigout weekend activities on April 17 in downtown Greenville, NC. Due to the stadium expansion in the East endzone, the format of the game was changed to a modified half-field scrimmage, with both teams taking turns on offense and defense.


2010 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
The Pirates defeated the Golden Hurricane 51-49 on a hail mary pass from Quarterback Dominique Davis to freshman receiver Justin Jones as time expired. East Carolina began the season 1-0 overall and in conference as Tulsa fell to 0-1. The two teams are now tied in the all-time series, 5-5.


2010 East Texas church burnings
In January and February 2010, 10 churches were burned in East Texas.


2010 East Texas church burnings
Two local men, Jason Bourque and Daniel McAllister, were arrested, pleaded guilty and were jailed indefinitely.


2010 East Texas church burnings, Suspects
On February 21, 2010, Jason Robert Bourque, 19, of Lindale, and Daniel George McAllister, 21, of Ben Wheeler were charged in connection with the Dover Baptist Church burning that occurred on February 8. Their bond was set at $10 million. As they targeted places of worship, the crime is a first-degree felony carrying a maximum penalty of 99 years to life.


2010 East Texas church burnings, Suspects
Bourque was raised by his devout Christian maternal grandparents, while McAllister was homeschooled for religious reasons. Per The New York Times both men started to question their faith. Bourque's is attributed to his dropping-out from the University of Texas, and McAllister's after the death of his mother and trouble finding work.


2010 East Texas church burnings, Suspects
Faced with large amounts of evidence, both men pleaded guilty. On January 14, 2011, Judge Christi Kennedy sentenced Bourque to life and 20 years in prison, and McAllister to a life sentence.


2010 East Texas church burnings, Suspects
On February 11, 2011, Bourque was interviewed by KLTV 7 from Smith County Jail. He blamed the drug Chantix, which he used to aid his quitting smoking, for psychotic episodes. He also claimed that McAllister had led the wave, targeting churches as he found them corrupt. Bourque stated that God had forgiven him.


2010 East Texas church burnings, Cultural legacy
Theo Love's documentary, Little Hope Was Arson, interviews community members in East Texas reacting to the burning of the 10 churches.


2010 Easter Island moai referendum
A non-binding referendum on loaning a moai to France was held in Easter Island on 1 March 2010. Voters were asked whether they agreed with the Mare Nostrum Foundation displaying a moai in Paris, which had first been proposed in 2008. The loan was rejected by 89% of voters. As a result, on 14 April 2010 the Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales decided that the moai would not be sent to France.


2010 Eastern Creek 8 Hour Production Car Race
The 2010 Eastern Creek 8 Hour Production Car Race was an endurance motor race for production cars. It was staged on 12 December 2010 at the Eastern Creek International Raceway in New South Wales, Australia. Jim Hunter, Barton Mawer and Gavin Bullas won the race at the wheel of a Subaru Impreza WRX STI; completing 249 laps, one more than the second place team of Barry Morcom, Nathan Morcom and Garry Holt, driving a BMW 335i. Third place went to father and son pairing Tony and Klark Quinn, who finished ten laps down from the winners, in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX.


2010 Eastern Creek 8 Hour Production Car Race, Eligibility
The race was open to production based cars complying with the technical regulations for any one of the following:


2010 Eastern Creek 8 Hour Production Car Race, Classes
Names for classes other than Class D are not known.


2010 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 2010 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during  the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by 23rd-year head coach Bob Spoo and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois. Eastern Illinois compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 2–6 in OVC play to place seventh in the OVC.


2010 Eastern Indian storm
At approximately 11 pm local time, 13 April 2010, a severe storm struck parts of Bangladesh and eastern India. It lasted about 90 minutes, with the most intense portion spanning 30–40 minutes. As of 16 April, more than 140 deaths have been reported. At least 91 people died in the Indian state of Bihar, 44 in West Bengal, and 4 in Assam. In Bangladesh, five deaths and two hundred injuries were reported. Most of the deaths were women and children crushed when their huts were destroyed. Over 91,000 dwellings were destroyed in India and several thousand in Bangladesh; approximately 300,000 dwellings were at least partially damaged. Both mud and pucca housing was damaged by the storm. Nearly 500,000 people were left homeless or otherwise affected by the storm.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, The storm
According to local officials the storm was an extreme nor'wester commonly formed over the Bay of Bengal during the hot months of the year. Meteorologist S.I. Laskar said the storm was due to an unstable atmosphere caused by excessive heat and humidity. "It is quite normal in the pre-monsoon season," he added. The severity of the storm was likely due to wind pulling the moisture from the Bay of Bengal northward to north Bihar, where it converged with another cloud formation to form a 20 km tall cloud mass. The cool air in the clouds was met by hot air rising from the ground, which caused the storm to start rotating. Although thunderstorms had been predicted, the severity of the storm was unexpected.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, The storm
Although not a tropical cyclone, the storm brought back memories of Cyclone Aila, which killed 155 people in the same area in May 2009. One eyewitness described the storm: "It was all dark. I thought it was the end of the world and we were going to die." Locals received no warning of the impending storm, and were mostly sleeping when the storm hit, increasing the casualties. Out-dated equipment with limited capabilities was blamed for the lack of warnings.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, The storm
The storm spawned a large tornado, which lasted about 20 minutes. It was the first tornado recorded in Bihar history. Tornadoes are a very rare occurrence in India – the last one was in 1998. Radar equipment which could have provided early warning had arrived in the area, but had not yet been installed because the building to house it was still under construction. The storm occurred during a heat wave with temperatures greater than 40 °C (104 °F) reported. West Bengal regional weather office director Gokul Chandra Debnath said that the heatwave "could have been a catalyst ... that triggered the tornado". The amount of damage caused directly by the tornado is unknown.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Damage
The storm struck in northeastern parts of West Bengal and Bihar states, with winds estimated from 120 to 160 kilometres/hour (75–100 miles/hour), then moved into Bangladesh. The strong winds uprooted trees, displaced roof tops, and snapped telephone and electricity lines. The worst damage was reported in the towns of Hemtabad, Islampur, Kaliaganj, Karandighi, and Raiganj. Purina had the most reported casualties. Power was lost throughout the area, and communication was difficult due to severed phone lines and damaged rail lines. Nepal, which relies on India for part of its power generation, was also affected by the outages.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Damage
In Araria district, a jail was partially destroyed causing the transfer of 600+ inmates to another facility. In Rangpur, a police officer was killed and five other injured when a wall of the Rangpur Police Line building collapsed. The police barracks in Raiganj, which houses 300 officers, were partially destroyed. Several other police buildings had their roofs blown away.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Damage
The initial strong winds were followed by heavy rains, causing further damage to weakened structures. Widespread damage to crops and livestock was also reported in both West Bengal and Bihar, as well as in Bangladesh. More than 8,000 hectares of maize was destroyed in West Bengal. More than 4,000 hectares of maize and boro was destroyed in Bangladesh. In Assam, paddy crops, bananas, and other vegetation were damaged. Assam crops were already in poor shape due to earlier hail storms before 13 April storm, and were further damaged by another strong storm on 15 April.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts
Rescue efforts have been inhibited as many roads, including National Highway 34, are blocked by downed trees and telephone poles. Medical personnel and supplies were quickly rushed to the affected areas, and aid packages were announced. Aid workers began to distribute rice, dried fruits, water, and temporary tarpaulin shelters on 15 April. However, many remote regions remained inaccessible as of 16 April. Aid workers said that hundreds of thousands of victims had not received any relief by 16 April. Another rainstorm on 15 April added to frustrations.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts
On 16 April, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced an ex gratia payment Rs 100,000 to the next of kin to persons killed in the storm. The money will come from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund. In the Lok Sabha, members have taken turns blaming each other's political parties for the delays. On 19 April, The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) asked for central assistance of Rs 10 billion for Bihar and Rs 5 billion for West Bengal. Prashanta Mazumdar additionally asked for government workers to assess the damage and distribute relief.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts
Indian National Congress (INC) member Deepa Dasmunshi countered by saying the state administration had failed miserably. All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader Sudip Bandopadhyay agreed and added that the CPM was "more involved in state terrorism" against political opponents than distribution of aid. The CPM responded that West Bengal had done its best to provide relief. Dasmunshi strongly disagreed, claiming "not even one tarpaulin or piece of cloth has reached the victims. The state government has failed." The CPM and other left parties accused Dasmunshi and Bandopadhyay of "playing politics at the cost of human lives". Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav demanded that the House have a more thorough discussion on the matter.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In Bihar
In Bihar, storm victims are being given rice, cash, and asbestos sheets to rebuild their houses. Families of the deceased are also receiving money to pay for last rites plus an ex gratia payment of Rs 150,000 from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Phone service was restored to most of the region after 30 hours without service, However, areas near the Nepal-India border remained without power on 17 April. On 20 April, the Bihar Electricity Board said that it would be at least a month to repair all damaged electrical transmission towers. Rolling blackouts were conducted in Nepal to combat the decreased electricity availability.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In Bihar
On 16 April, the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee called for the firing of Minister for Disaster Management Devesh Chandra Thakur, who was reportedly on vacation and had not visited the affected areas. On 22 April, the INC announced that it would distribute food and other relief to storm victims in the Purnia, Kishanganj, Katihar, Araria, and Supaul districts.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In West Bengal
In West Bengal, Civil Defense Minister Srikumar Mukherjee is personally overseeing rescue efforts. As of 15 April, all major roads and rail lines were cleared and power had been restored to 50% of the population. However, some of the hardest hit towns had not yet received any government aid by 16 April, causing widespread anger. Mukherjee admit state government was struggling to distribute food rations, blaming insufficient manpower for the delay. He has since asked district officials to purchase supplies locally.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In West Bengal
According to international aid agency ActionAid, only 7,000 tarpaulins had been distributed by 17 April; Mukherjee claimed 57,000 had been distributed. The state has announced cash relief of Rs 10,000 for the homeless and a Rs 200,000 payment for relatives of the deceased. A total of Rs 500,000 has been released to rebuild housing, and a metric ton of rice and 30,000 tarpaulin sheets have been released for direct aid.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In West Bengal
Storm victims angry about the slow rate of aid distribution quickly turned to demonstrations and violence. In Karandighi, hundreds of protesters squatted on the highway, closing it down for three hours on 15 April. Protests were also held in Raniganj. On 16 April, "Thousands of villagers staged angry protests in front of government offices [in Karandighi and Hemtabad] demanding more relief materials and assaulted officials when they came to open the offices," according to West Bengal relief minister Mortaza Hossain. Riot police had to be dispatched to both Karandighi and Hematabad.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In West Bengal
In Hemtabad, angry villagers attacked the block development building and shut down the Raiganj-Balurghat state highway for 30 minutes. Raids on several rural offices were reported in the North Dinajpur district on 16 April. Accusations of corruption were made in Karandighi and Raiganj, with some storm victims claiming they received only part of their promised relief payments.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In West Bengal
In Karandighi, anger lead to looting and later violence. Shortly after 2pm IST on 15 April, a delivery of 500 tarpaulin sheets arrived. Villagers seeing that the supply would not be enough for everyone in need decided to take matters into their own hands. Some protesters jumped a wall, broke into the godown, and looted the tarpaulins. Police were called in, but were blocked from entering the facility by protesters. One looter remarked "What else could I have done? The government is not helping us so we have to help ourselves."


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In West Bengal
Just after noon on 16 April, an angry mob attacked Panchayat Pradhan Badal Singh and began to beat him. One of the perpetrators said he couldn't control his anger when he saw that Singh "was distributing the [tarpaulin] sheets only to his party supporters." Throughout the North Dinajpur district, panchayat leaders have fled their homes after being attacked by angry villagers.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In West Bengal
On 19 April, protesters blocked National Highway 34 at Panisala in the Raiganj subdivision. Others surrounding the panchayat office demanding more relief. The police fired shots into the air to scare the crowd off the highway after it was shut down for about an hour. According to one report, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) was responsible for organising the road block. Later that evening, at 5:30pm IST, 1,500 people who had been dispersed earlier attacked the police at Sitgram. Three sub-inspectors were badly beaten and two police vehicles pushed into a ditch before the crowd was dispersed with tear gas and shots fired into the air. District magistrate Ramanuj Chakrabarty claimed that "the distribution of relief has picked up" and that the attack "was politically motivated."


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In Assam
In Assam, food and building supplies have been distributed to storm victims. "We have taken all possible measures to provide relief and other financial assistance to people hit by the storm," remarked Relief and Rehabilitation minister Bhumidhar Barman. An ex gratia payment of Rs 5,000 was announced for the next of kin of storm victims, plus Rs 300,000 to be released at a later date.


2010 Eastern Indian storm, Aftermath and rescue efforts, In Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, power was restored to most areas by 16 April, although parts of Rangpur remained without power. In Dinajpur, locals frustrated about the lack of power attacked the Dinajpur Power Development office on 15 April. Police had to be called in to take control of the situation.


2010 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
The 2010 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Dean Hood, who was in his third season as head coach. The season was the Colonels' 101st. Eastern Kentucky played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium in Richmond, Kentucky.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
The 2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Eastern Michigan competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division, was coached by Ron English, and played their homes game at Rynearson Stadium. They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in MAC play.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Coaching staff
Following the disastrous 0-12 2009 season, head coach Ron English made major changes to the coaching staff, bringing in five new assistant coaches, most notably, defensive coordinator Phil Snow.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Army
The Army Black Knights defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles for the third consecutive year, this being the second of the three decided by less than a touchdown. The game was tied twice and there were three lead changes. The teams combined for 594 yards rushing and only 96 yards passing. The game was delayed for about 12 minutes early in the second quarter when the public address system, the scoreboard, and the lights on the west (pressbox) side of the stadium went out. The lights eventually regained power, but the scoreboard and public address system remained inoperable for the remainder of the game. Notable performances included Army running back Jared Hassin's three touchdowns, 142 yards rushing by EMU's Dwayne Priest, and 126 yards rushing by EMU quarterback Alex Gillett.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Army
For his performance in the game, Dwayne Priest was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Miami
The RedHawks largely stifled the Eagles' running game, allowing only 66 yards on 32 carries. For Miami, Thomas Merriweather ran for 105 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries. EMU managed to keep the game close, with the teams trading touchdowns, despite Alex Gillett throwing two interceptions and Devontae Payne throwing another. In the final minute, EMU drove to the Miami 21-yard line, but for the second straight week, was unable to reach the end zone as time expired. EMU sophomore punter Jay Karutz's kicks averaged 49.5 yards, breaking a 54-year-old school record.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Miami
For their performances in the game, Miami's Thomas Merriweather was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week, and EMU's Jay Karutz was named the MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week. Karutz was also named an honorable mention choice for national Division I punter of the week.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
For the first-ever meeting between the two schools, Ohio State paid Eastern Michigan $850,000. This is the first time Eastern Michigan has played a team ranked higher than #10 in a national poll. Ohio State coach Jim Tressel came into the game with a 1-4 record against Eastern Michigan; when he was the head coach at Division I-AA Youngstown State the teams played annually from 1986-1990.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
For his performance in the game, Terrelle Pryor was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. Pryor completed 20 of 26 passes for 224 yards and four touchdowns.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
Ohio State's win was subsequently vacated as part of the penalties for major NCAA violations, including the use of ineligible players.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Ball State
Alex Gillett was named the MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week. Ben Thayer was named the John Mackey tight end of the week by the Nassau County Sports Commission.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois had 654 yards on 46 plays, rushing for 552 yards, with most of the starters on the sideline for the second half. The Huskies (10-2, 8-0 MAC) swept MAC play for the first time in school history and went on to represent the West Division against Miami (8-4, 7-1) in the MAC Championship. It was the 5th most points scored by the Huskies in school history.


2010 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois
For his performance in the game, Northern Illinois defensive end Jake Coffman was named MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week. Coffman finished with five solo tackles, one sack, two tackles for loss and a forced fumble.


2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
The 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by Beau Baldwin and played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington.


2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
The football team competed as a member of the Big Sky Conference. The Eagles won the NCAA Division I FCS National Championship and claimed a share of the Big Sky Conference championship with Montana State


2010 Eastleigh Borough Council election
Elections to Eastleigh Council were held on 4 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.


2010 East–West Shrine Game
The 2010 East–West Shrine Game was the 85th staging of the all-star college football exhibition game featuring NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision players. The game featured over 100 players from the 2009 college football season, and prospects for the 2010 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL), as well as for the United Football League's inaugural draft. In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended. The proceeds from the East-West Shrine Game benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.


2010 East–West Shrine Game
Marty Schottenheimer and Romeo Crennel served as the two teams' coaches for the game. The East team won by a 13–10 margin on the strength of a touchdown with just six seconds remaining. Wisconsin defensive end O'Brien Schofield and Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka, both of the East team, were defensive and offensive MVPs, respectively.


2010 East–West Shrine Game
Although no players from this game were chosen in the first round of the NFL Draft and only seven were chosen on the second day of the draft (rounds 2 & 3), a total of 34 participants were selected during the draft's seven rounds. This includes four selections by the Pittsburgh Steelers and three each by the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers. Three Utah Utes football players and five offensive tackles from this game were selected in the draft.


2010 East–West Shrine Game, Game summary
The West team was coached by Schottenheimer and the East by Crennel. The game was played on January 23, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. local time at Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. It was the first time the game was played in the state of Florida. The game had been hosted in California from 1925 through 2005 (with the exception of the 1942 game, held in New Orleans), and in Texas from 2006 through 2009. The game was broadcast on ESPN2. The combined score of 23 was the lowest since the 14–6 1992 East-West Shrine Game. The total attendance of 8,345 was the lowest in the history of the self-described longest running college all-star game. During the week before the game was played, the players interacted with general managers and scouts between practices.


2010 East–West Shrine Game, Game summary
In the first half, the East posted two interceptions. Schofield, who also had three tackles, made an interception of a pass by BYU quarterback Max Hall. Subsequently, Eskridge also intercepted a pass by Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing. The only first half scoring came on field goals. Joshua Shene of Ole Miss posted field goals of 44 and 40 yards for the East. Texas placekicker Hunter Lawrence had a 47-yarder for the West. Shene's field goals both came in the final two minutes and fifteen seconds of the first half.


2010 East–West Shrine Game, Game summary
The West took a 10–6 lead with 6:59 left in the game when Hall connected with UCLA fullback Ryan Moya for an 8-yard touchdown pass. A key play on the drive was a 41-yard pass from Hall to Eastern Washington tight end Nathan Overbay as he was cutting across the middle of a wide-open field. BYU's Dennis Pitta then caught a 17 yard reception.


2010 East–West Shrine Game, Game summary
Kafka threw the game-winning touchdown to Penn State tight end Andrew Quarless with six seconds left, resulting in the 13–10 victory over the West. The touchdown capped an 11-play 55-yard game-winning drive. The play before the touchdown, Kafka had scrambled out of the grasp of a swarm of defenders for a 9-yard gain. During the drive Freddie Barnes of Bowling Green caught three consecutive passes of 12, 7, and 10 yards. The final play was set up after Kafka eluded a sack during a 2nd down and 10 yards situation on the West 11-yard line which led to a timeout with 12 seconds left before Kafka connected with Quarless in the back of the end zone.


2010 East–West Shrine Game, Game summary
Kafka was 18 of 27 for 150 yards and Michigan State's Blair White made 7 receptions for 93 yards for the East. Hall was 7 of 12 for 119 yards, a touchdown, and an interception and Pitta recorded 4 receptions for 72 yards for the West. The game saw no one accumulate more than 28 total rushing yards from scrimmage and no run was longer than 16 yards.


2010 East–West Shrine Game, Game summary
In addition to the aforementioned players, the defensive standouts for the East on Saturday were Virginia Tech's Kam Chancellor (7 tackles), USF's Kion Wilson (6 tackles, forced fumble) and Ole Miss' Greg Hardy, Jr. (5 tackles, sack). The West were led by seven tackles from Kansas' Darrell Stuckey and six tackles and three pass breakups from Texas Tech's Jamar Wall.


2010 East–West Shrine Game, Game summary
According to the release from Shriners International Headquarters and several other sources, Schofield and Kafka of the east team were defensive and offensive MVPs, respectively. However, according to the Associated Press press release that was published by ESPN, Sports Illustrated and several other sources, Eskridge was selected as defensive MVP.


2010 East–West Shrine Game, 2010 NFL Draft
Below is a list of the 34 players from this game that were drafted in the 2010 NFL Draft. The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted four players that they scouted at this game and both the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers scouted three. The Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Houston Texans, Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens each selected two. Five offensive tackles, four defensive tackles, defensive ends, tight ends and wide receivers were drafted from this game. Three players from the Utah Utes as well as two each from the UCLA Bruins and Kansas Jayhawks were selected. Although 34 players were selected during the seven round draft, none were selected in the first round, while ten were chosen in the fifth and an additional 7 were chosen in the final seventh round.


2010 East–West Shrine Game, 2010 NFL Draft
The east team's Matt Morencie had already been drafted with the fifth pick of the third round in the 2009 CFL Draft by the BC Lions. Jordan Sisco  was selected with the first pick in the second round (8th overall) of the 2010 CFL Draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.


2010 Ecuador crisis
The 2010 Ecuador crisis took place on 30 September 2010, when elements of the National Police blockaded highways, occupied the National Parliament, blocked the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito and the José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil, and took over TV Ecuador's station, in what they claimed was a strike to oppose a government-sponsored law that supposedly reduced their benefits. Unrest and looting was reported in seven provincial capitals of the country due to the lack of law enforcement.


2010 Ecuador crisis
President Rafael Correa went to the police headquarters in Quito despite recommendations from his own security personnel not to attend and make things worse. He was ill-received, making a harsh speech in which he accused the police ranks of treason to the people and the country, and dared them to kill him. After he was pelted by the police ranks and a tear gas canister went off, Correa was escorted to a hospital in the same compound.


2010 Ecuador crisis
According to El País, The New York Times, El Correo and Correa himself, the policemen then surrounded the building and prevented him from leaving. From the hospital, Correa declared a state of emergency and said that a "coup d'état was taking place", and attributed responsibility to the government's opposition. According to state news agency ANDES, police radio recordings from the night of 30 September revealed that the police intended to kill Correa. Thousands of civilians came out to support Correa and gathered around the hospital in which he was held hostage. Clashes occurred between rebellious police forces and loyal army and police forces, who successfully rescued Correa after he had allegedly been held for 10 hours at the hospital.


2010 Ecuador crisis
Ecuador's Health Minister said the events had left eight dead and 274 people wounded. Of the casualties, it is known that one was a university student, and that a police officer and two military personnel involved in the rescue operation were also among those killed.


2010 Ecuador crisis
The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), the Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza referred to the events as an attempted coup d'état.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Background
Ecuador's recent history has been characterized by institutional instability. Between 1997 and 2007, Ecuador has had eight presidents, and two of them had been overthrown in political unrest: Jamil Mahuad in 2000 and Lucio Gutiérrez in 2005. Since then, Correa's PAIS alliance has won five consecutive elections, including two Presidential elections (2006 and 2009), a referendum to modify the Constitution and a referendum to approve the new Constitution. A poll published on 15 September 2010 showed Correa had a 67% approval rating in Quito and 59% in Guayaquil.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Background, Public Service Organic Law
The Public Service Organic Law was drafted by the executive, and was perceived by the armed forces and law enforcement as introducing cuts to their benefits. Such cuts included: the removal of Christmas bonuses, bonuses accompanying the awarding of medals, as well as service awards based on time in service. The draft generated much controversy during parliamentary debates. However, it passed through first, second and plenary rounds of parliamentary votes in the National Assembly. On 3 September, President Correa made a partial objection to the law proposal.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Background, Public Service Organic Law
According to an Ecuavisa report, government sources indicated that Correa considered dissolving parliament and calling for new elections due to disagreements within his own party with respect to his concerns over the new legislation. As of 30 September, after fifteen months of debate, the law proposal had not yet been finalised by the Assembly. It was argued by some that the police were ill-informed of the new measures, which were not meant to cut benefits; rather the benefits were intended to be provided by other means.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Background, Public Service Organic Law
As the events developed officials, and the Latin America media, as well as Correa supporters, expressed concern that they could follow the same course as the 2009 Honduran coup d'état in which another left-leaning Latin American president, Manuel Zelaya, was overthrown by the military during a constitutional crisis. (Correa is known as, and describes himself as, "left-wing".) The ruling government in Honduras sent a message of support for Correa after news of the crisis in Ecuador broke.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president
On the morning of 30 September, members of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces and National Police occupied several barracks and set up road blocks in nine of the country's provincial capitals to demand that special bonuses paid to the police and military. These police and armed forces occupied the National Assembly building. The Ecuadorian Air Force shut down Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito and José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil, forcing their closure for several hours. Police also blocked roads in Guayaquil, the largest city of Ecuador, and reported unrest in 2 other cities. Looters also ransacked banks, supermarkets and shopping malls in the port city of Guayaquil.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president
President Correa went to the police barracks in Quito where he arrived at 11:00 A.M. (GMT+5); after being ill-received  – an honor guard was not assembled – he first tried to have a dialogue with the police and criticized their actions as treason to "the people and the country", but after hearing hostile police chant "Lucio presidente, Lucio presidente" he screamed "'If you want to kill the president, here he is. Kill me, if you want to. Kill me if you are brave enough!" After Correa had left the barracks, he was attacked by the police with a tear gas canister that almost hit Correa's head. Demonstrators tried to kick his knee that had recently been operated on. Correa was walking with a cane because of the operation.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president
Correa was escorted to a hospital in the same compound. Police forces outside the hospital building surrounded it and kept him from leaving; a helicopter tried to evacuate him and his entourage but was prevented from landing by obstacles in the landing pad. They also arrested one member of his close protection team. La Hora Nacional however reported that two hospital employees denied it was a hostage situation, El País reported recorded dialogues between the policemen, in which they announce their intentions to kill him or put him out of office.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president
From the hospital, Correa declared a state of emergency, after he accused the opposition and security forces of an attempted coup and orchestrating the protests. He stated that he was declaring a five-day state of emergency in an attempt to restore order.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president
Reports indicated the armed forces remained loyal to the constitutional order. Correa said that a rescue operation had been ready for a few hours, but was postponed so as to avoid more bloodshed. Correa's supporters, as well, urged by the country's foreign minister to rescue "their president," were stopped from meeting the president, and clashed with the police around Quito. They reportedly chanted "This is not Honduras," in reference to the 2009 coup in that country. Hundreds of Correa supporters gathered outside the National Assembly, which was seized by striking police, while Interior Minister Gustavo Jahlk met with representatives of the rebellious police.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president
By afternoon, protesters took control of the channels. Many attacks on journalists and photojournalists by rebellious police, have been denounced in Quito and other cities. Workers and equipment of Ecuador TV, Radio Pública, Ecuavisa, Teleamazonas, and El Comercio, were object of aggression, several ecuatorian journalists being wounded. International journalists, from AFP and teleSUR have also been attacked.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president, Rescue operation
In the late hours of the evening, three teams of special police and army teams (GIR, GOE and army paratroopers) and elite army troops part of a force of around 500 uniformed personnel loyal to their allegiance rescued him after clashes with rebellious police forces inside and outside the hospital building. The rescue from the hospital, was shown live on Ecuadorean television. Bullets hit his room during the rescue operation. Venezuelan-American lawyer Eva Golinger stated that investigators "concluded [that] coup forces were attempting to assassinate him before he could be rescued." As Correa was rescued, his armoured car was hit by four bullets but the investigation shows that the car, a Nissan Patrol, that had been used to rescue the president didn't have any impacts, and it is still unclear where was the black armoured vehicle (Ford) when it was hit.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president, Rescue operation
Correa was then taken to the Presidential Palace, where he gave a "fiery speech" to the public thanking those who supported him and came to Quito to support the "citizen's revolution and democracy in our country" and the members of the government who risked their lives in support of him. He also thanked UNASUR and the other Latin American countries that supported him.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president, Rescue operation
He criticized those who attempted the coup saying: "How could they call themselves police after acting like this against the people? ", and said there would not be any immunity for the perpetrators nor would there be any "negotiation under duress". He called the attackers "cowards" and claimed to have spoken to officers who were holding him hostage at the hospital and asked them two questions: Have you ever been paid this well? and have you read the law?


2010 Ecuador crisis, Attack on the president, Rescue operation
He claimed they said they had never been better treated than through his administration and that they had not read the controversial law. When the protesters asked him to revoke the law, he answered that he did not have the power to do so and that he would leave as president or as a corpse, and in the end he left with his "head held high".


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators
President Correa said that "the uprising was incited for political motives" and accused former President Lucio Gutiérrez and other opposition politicians for "attempting to instigate a coup". He said that there were infiltrates from "well-known political parties" among the rebellious police. Police were also heard chanting "Lucio Gutiérrez president" while Correa spoke to them. Gutiérrez' former lawyer was reported to have been spotted amongst a crowd of officers that stormed the building of the state television ECTV and cut off the transmission.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators
Lucio Gutiérrez, a former president ousted by a popular uprising and leader of the opposition Sociedad Patriótica Party, who had participated in the coup d'état against Jamil Mahuad said that the only responsible for the situation was Correa himself and his "abusive, corrupt and prepotent government". He accused President Correa of trying to divert the attention from corruption scandals affecting his government. Gutiérrez said "Is true that we want to take Correa out, but with votes, and he shall finish his term so we can defeat him in free election (...) non-fraudulent". During the incident Gutiérrez suggested the dissolution of the National Assembly as a "solution to avoid the possibility of bloodshed in the country", coinciding with the actions of the police who had taken occupation of the assembly building.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators
Journalist Jean-Guy Allard claimed, on Radio Del Sur, that the "coup attempt confirmed" a 2008 report by Defence Minister Javier Ponce on infiltration of the Ecuadorian police by United States intelligence agents, including funding of police equipment and operations, and payment of informers. In response to the 2008 report, US ambassador Heather Hodges stated that the US "works with" the Ecuadorian military and police "on objectives that are very important for security", including the "fight against drug trafficking." Allard also referred to former CIA agent Philip Agee's description of US involvement with the Ecuadorian police in the early 1960s.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators
He cited his suspicion about the visit of several United States officials to Ecuador, officially "to deepen relations," during the months prior to the coup attempt was a "pretext." Pepe Escobar of Asia Times also alleged that "everyone in South America" knows of US involvement, as he cited similar reaction to the Honduran coup. Russia Today alleged a link between the School of the Americas and the attempted coup.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators
Venezuelan-American lawyer Eva Golinger claimed that the coup attempt was part of a systematic, US-supported plan to destabilise member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). She alleged that US ambassador Heather Hodges was sent to Ecuador by former US President George W. Bush "with the intention of sowing destabilization against Correa, in case the Ecuadoran president refused to subordinate himself to Washington's agenda," and that Hodges increased the budget of USAID and the NED for social and political groups that "promote US interests."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators
Golinger claimed that certain "progressive" social groups received "financing and guidelines in order to provoke destabilising situations in the country that go beyond the natural expressions of criticism and opposition to a government." According to Golinger, USAID's 2010 budget in Ecuador $38 million. Golinger referred to the indigenous political party Pachakutik Movement's press release on 30 September asking for Correa's resignation on the grounds that his "dictatorial attitude" had generated "serious political turmoil and internal crisis."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators
In the statement, Pachakutik leader Cléver Jiménez said that the "situation" of the police and armed forces in the coup attempt "should be understood as a just action by public servants, whose rights have been made vulnerable." Golinger alleged that Pachakutik was funded by NED and USAID and that its call for Correa's resignation and its support for the mutiny was an example of the US plans to destabilise ALBA member states.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators
Pachakutik strongly denied having "any relationship at all with the organism known as USAID, previously NED, not today nor ever" and accused the Ecuadorian government of having accepted USAID/NED funding. Golinger responded by referring to a National Democratic Institute (NDI, one of the four institutes funded by NED) report from 2007 describing Pachakutik being trained by the NDI in "Triangle of Party Best Practices and strategic planning methodologies" as part of NDI's Latin American/Caribbean Political Party Network of over 1400 individual members, funded under NED Core Grants 2000–031, 2001–048, 2003–028, and 2004–036.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators
The United States government denied any involvement and deemed the accusations as unsubstantiated. The United States had already declared support for Correa through its ambassador to the Organization of American States. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also expressed "full support for President Rafael Correa, and the institutions of democratic government in that country." On 5 October, Ecuadorian foreign minister Ricardo Patiño said "I firmly believe that Mr. Obama had nothing to do with this. I hope, I trust that his main authorities also didn't". Relations between the Ecuadorian and United States governments regarding the Ecuadorian police forces had been strained since 2009 when the Ecuadorian government was unhappy about United States involvement in the appointment of Ecuadorian police officials.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators, Investigations
On 1 October, Coronel Cesár Carrion, Quito's metropolitan police chief; Marcelo Echeverría, the provincial police commander; and Manuel E. Rivadeneira Tello, the head of the barracks where Correa was attacked, were detained. They were released the next day but barred from leaving Ecuador pending an investigation for "negligence, rebellion and attempted assassination," according to prosecutor Gonzalo Marco Freire. Manuel E. Rivadeneira Tello, was alleged by Allard to have trained at the School of the Americas (SOA). The School of the Americas Watch lists Rivadeneira as having trained at the SOA from 25 February to 18 April 1980, in the C-8 armed combat cadet group.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators, Investigations
On 5 October, Fidel Araujo, close collaborator of Lucio Gutiérrez, was detained for investigations about his role in the uprising, as TV has shown him among the rebellious police in Quito, in the early hours of the strike. Also, recorded dialogues between the policemen that surrounded the hospital where Rafael Correa was kept, were undisclosed. In them, the policemen announce their intentions to kill the President, or have him out of office.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Alleged perpetrators, Investigations
Interior Minister Gustavo Jalkh announced the arrest of 46 police officers for alleged participation in the revolt. He claimed prosecutors had voice recordings that implicate them.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Aftermath
After the day's events, four people were confirmed dead, one of whom was a university student, and the others were a police officer and two military personnel involved in the rescue operation. One-hundred and ninety-three were injured, 24 of them seriously. Forty of them were personnel of the armed forces.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Aftermath
Reports indicated the police were back to work the next day and Guayaquil was back to normal. The chief of police, Freddy Martinez, took responsibility, and resigned following the attacks saying "A commander shown such lack of respect by his subordinates cannot stay in charge." The government said it would not purge the police force, but were looking for those responsible who would "not be pardoned." Patricio Franco, the newly appointed police chief, asked the public to "trust the police," saying the revolt was led by a group of "foolish and crazy people who acted violently". He also stressed the role of "infiltrates".


2010 Ecuador crisis, Aftermath
On 1 October, Correa issued a three-day national mourning period for the dead, but did not revoke the five-day state of emergency as the country gradually returned to normality. Foreign minister Ricardo Patiño, warned that the situation might not be over yet. "We cannot claim total victory. We have overcome the situation for now, but we cannot relax. The coup attempt may have roots out there, we have to find them and pull them up." Correa told UNASUR foreign ministers that "they wanted to provoke a civil war."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Aftermath
The media also speculated that the crisis could mean a popularity boost for Correa, who had lost some support in recent months. It also cited Correa's mixed relationship with the armed forces since taking office, and this crisis could force a more "delicate line" working with the military. Previously he won over military chiefs using increases in salary hikes and appointments to what were considered "cushy state jobs." If the police protests blow over, Correa will likely be forced to negotiate to keep the ranks calm.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Aftermath
However, the international media also cited Correa's popularatiy among the poor for his spending oil largesse on welfare programmes and a firm stance against foreign investors. He may now be forced to boost public spending and seek alternative sources of credit after Ecuador's 2008 default on about $3 billion in debt. Additionally, foreign oil companies in Ecuador have until November to sign new contracts that would boost state control on the oil industry.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Aftermath
On 2 October, Correa's government and his parliamentary block announced an agreement to modify some aspects of the Public Service Organic Law, that worried the police and the Armed Forces. On 5 October, the government decreed a salary increase for the police and the armed forces. Defence Minister Javier Ponce said that the adjustment was programmed since before the crisis. The Emergency rule was extended into the week following the raid, to allow the transfer of protection of the National Assembly. to the military.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, Domestic
Citizens supporting Correa amassed in front of their provincial governments in a show of support.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, Domestic
On 30 September, the opposition Pachakutik Movement published a press release asking for Correa to resign or be dismissed by the National Assembly under Article 130, Number 2 of the 2008 Constitution, on the grounds that his "dictatorial attitude" had generated "serious political turmoil and internal crisis." Pachakutik leader Cléver Jiménez said that he "backed the struggle of the country's public servants, including the police troops who have mobilized against the regime's authoritarian policies which are an attempt to eliminate acquired labor rights. The situation of the police and members of the Armed Forces should be understood as a just action by public servants, whose rights have been made vulnerable."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, Domestic
On 6 October, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and Pachakutik together issued a declaration stating "there never was any attempted coup d'etat, much less a kidnapping, but an event that responded to the uncertain political management of the government that causes popular discontent through permanent aggression, discrimination and violations of human rights consecrated in the Constitution." CONAIE and Pachakutik demanded "the constitutional suspension of the National Congress for its failure to comply with the constitutional mandate that it legislate much less audit as it is well known that all laws are approved by the president's legal minister."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, Domestic
They "condemned the usurpation of press freedom when on 30 September all media not allied with the government was forced to broadcast government news in 'cadena nacional,' a means by which all access to information is controlled and manipulated with a version of the facts that does not inform about the real dimensions of the situation on that day in the country."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, Supranational bodies
The Organization of American States Permanent Council unanimously approved by acclamation a resolution supporting Correa's government and asked all the stakeholders to avoid "exacerbating" the political instability. Ecuadorian ambassador María Isabel Salvador said that the events "cannot, in any way, be considered as simple union acts or public protests." She also said Correa was in touch with his ministers.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, Supranational bodies
The European Union's Foreign Policy chief called for law and order to be respected.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, Supranational bodies
The Secretary General of UNASUR, Néstor Kirchner, said "South America cannot tolerate that corporative interests threaten and put pressure on democratically elected governments for fear of losing undue privileges". An emergency summit was held on the same night of the events, 30 September, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, attended by UNASUR member state Presidents Evo Morales, Sebastián Piñera, José Mujica, Juan Manuel Santos, Hugo Chávez, Alan García, and host (in the absence of the President Pro-Tempore Correa) Cristina Kirchner, along with representatives of Brazil, Paraguay, Guyana and Suriname. There were two notable absentees: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did not attend because of the impending Brazilian general elections; and Fernando Lugo was absent because he was undertaking chemotherapy.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, Supranational bodies
A statement was issued condemning the coup attempt, reaffirming the regional compromise with democratic institutions, peace, rule of law, constitutional order and human rights as means to regional integration, and announcing the adoption of a Democratic Clause as an additional protocol to the Unasur Constitutive Treaty at the next Head of State summit in Guyana, on 26 November.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, Supranational bodies
It was established that, in the event of further attempts, immediate and concrete steps would be taken, such as the closure of borders, suspension of commerce, air traffic, energy, services, and other supplies. It was also decided that the Foreign Ministers of the South American countries travel to Quito on 1 October morning.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, International
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez condemned the coup attempt, and stated that he and other South American leaders were "mobilizing to reject the coup".


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, International
Chilean president Sebastián Piñera also declared "absolute and total support for President Correa", and called for all democratic countries in South America to support Ecuadorian democracy. The Chilean ambassador to Ecuador, later claimed that the events had "definitely not been a coup d'état".


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, International
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru and Spain also expressed full support for Correa's government.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, International
Argentina's Foreign Affairs Minister, Héctor Timerman, said "Latin American democracies will not allow a repeat in Ecuador of the coup in Honduras." Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde called the events a "coup d'etat."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, International
The ruling government in Honduras also expressed its support for Ecuador. The ruling Honduran government is not recognized by Ecuador on the grounds of the coup in Honduras in 2009 against Manuel Zelaya. It condemned "any action that violates the constitutional order" in Ecuador. "Honduras, its people and its government expresses its unqualified support for the democratic institutions of the Republic of Ecuador and advocate return to civic normality," said the Honduran Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Support from Honduras, observed CNN, "came a little over a year after a military-led coup toppled the democratically elected president there."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, International
Colombia said it had shut its border with Ecuador in solidarity with Correa.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, International
Peru shut its border with Ecuador due to unrest, with President Alan García saying it would not reopen "until Democratic authority is restored."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, International
Iran's ambassador in Ecuador, Majid Salehi, said he was monitoring the situation and that it "fully supported Correa's legal government throughout the incident." He also added that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki talked to Correa later. In the conversation, Correa stressed that ties between the two states were strong and "certain countries were seeking to damage Iran-Ecuador relations" but emphasised a will to further strengthen ties after saying "Ecuador would not allow any country to interfere in its foreign relations." Ahmadinejad, in turn, welcomed their growing ties saying "Iran and Ecuador enjoy deep, brotherly relations."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Reactions, International
The United States declared support for Correa through its ambassador to the Organization of American States. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed "full support for President Rafael Correa, and the institutions of democratic government in that country." On 5 October, Ecuadorian foreign minister Ricardo Patiño said "I firmly believe that Mr. Obama had nothing to do with this. I hope, and trust that neither his (immediate subordinates) did.


2010 Ecuador crisis, Academic analysis
On 4 October, New York University professor of history Greg Grandin stated that "it's still early to tell exactly what happened" and in his initial analysis said, "the government has made a lot of, I think, accurate accusations that it was not just a spontaneous social protest against austerity. It was too coordinated. It happened simultaneously in a number of cities, a number of barracks. Sectors of the air force joined in immediately. It seems like there have been sectors that have been dissatisfied with Correa within the military. And certainly, a past president, Lucio Gutiérrez, ...  immediately came out and called Correa illegitimate and called for him to step down."


2010 Ecuador crisis, Asylum in Czech Republic
On Monday 2 July 2012, Czech Republic gave political asylum to lawyer Pablo Guerrero Martinez, who, with more than 111 people, was accused of sabotage and terrorism by the facts raised in the public channel Ecuador TV on Thursday 30 September 2010. He became well-known together with other 12 persons prosecuted by the government with the name of Los TrecePablo Guerrero Martinez, lawyer, journalist, activist and defender of freedom of expression in his country, was a candidate for Concentración de Fuerzas Populares in the presidential election of 2009. The Czech government textually said that:"Criminal proceedings that his country is continuing against the applicant and twelve others have all the elements of a political process, and the penalty he could receive is unrelated to the seriousness of the fault".


2010 Edinburgh Sevens
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2010 Edinburgh Sevens
The 2010 Edinburgh Sevens (also known as Scotland Sevens) was a rugby sevens tournament, the eighth and final Cup tournament in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. The 2010 competition was held at Murrayfield Stadium between 29 May and 30 May.


2010 Edinburgh Sevens, Format
The tournament, as in all 16-team IRB Sevens events, consisted of four round-robin pools of four teams. All sixteen teams progressed to the knockout stage. The top two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the main competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in cup semi-finals and the losers competing in plate semi-finals. The bottom two teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals in the consolation competition, with the winners of those quarter-finals competing in bowl semi-finals and the losers competing in shield semi-finals.


2010 Edmonton Eskimos season
The 2010 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 53rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 62nd overall. After the Eskimos lost the final game of the season, they were eliminated from playoff contention, despite winning five of their last seven games.


2010 Edmonton Eskimos season
This is also the first time since 2004 that a Grey Cup host city has failed to qualify for the playoffs.


2010 Edmonton Eskimos season, Off-season, Notable transactions
*Later traded to the Montreal Alouettes**Later traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats


2010 Edmonton Eskimos season, Regular season, Season schedule
The September 26 game was played in Moncton, New Brunswick where the Argonauts were the designated home team.


2010 Edmonton Eskimos season, Regular season, Roster
Italics indicate Import player updated 2010-08-22 • 46 Active, 10 Inactive, 5 PR


2010 Edmonton Eskimos season, Playoffs
After finishing last in the West division, the Eskimos failed to qualify for the 2010 CFL playoffs.


2010 Edmonton Rush season
The Edmonton Rush are a lacrosse team based in Edmonton playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2010 season will be the 5th in franchise history.


2010 Edmonton Rush season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2010 Edmonton Rush season, Transactions, Entry draft
The 2009 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 9, 2009. The Rush selected the following players:


2010 Edmonton Rush season, Transactions, Entry draft
#  Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs


2010 Edmonton municipal election
The 2010 Edmonton municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the city council, seven of the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. Two incumbent public school trustees had no challengers. Since 1968, provincial legislation had required every municipality to hold triennial elections.


2010 Edmonton municipal election
On July 22, 2009, City Council voted to change the electoral system of six wards to a system of 12 wards; each represented by a single councillor, the changes took effect for the 2010 election. Of the estimated 596,406 eligible voters, only 199,359 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 33.4%. A municipal census conducted in 2009 showed a population of 782,439, meaning approximately 76.2% of the population was eligible to vote.


2010 Egyptian Shura Council election
Elections for the Shura Council were held in Egypt on 1 and 8 June 2010. From a total of 264 seats in the upper house of the Egyptian parliament, 88 are up for election every three years, another 44 are appointed by the president.


2010 Egyptian Shura Council election, Campaign
Out of 446 candidates for elections, 115 were from political parties and 331 were independents.


2010 Egyptian Shura Council election, Conduct
"معظم دول العالم لا يوجد فيها إشراف قضائي على الانتخابات ومع ذلك تكون نزيهة وحيادية"


2010 Egyptian Shura Council election, Conduct
"Most of the world has no judicial supervision on elections, however, those elections are fair and impartial".


2010 Egyptian Shura Council election, Conduct
The election was not under any national court or international supervision. The General Secretary of the Policy Committee in the National Democratic Party Gamal Mubarak said in a press conference that, "This issue is governed by the law and the constitution which made it possible for civil society organizations to monitor the elections". The Secretary of Education in the NDP, Mohamed Kamal, said that the party welcomes the supervision of national organizations, but refuses international monitoring. He also added that the abolition of judicial supervision of elections does not affect the integrity of the elections.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt in 2010. The first stage was held on 28 November 2010 and the second round was held on 5 December 2010.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election
The election was scheduled in two stages to form the Ninth Assembly since the adoption of the 1971 Constitution. 444 ordinary seats were contested with 64 additional seats reserved for women, while the President appointed 10 members, making a total of 518 seats.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election
Human rights groups said this was the "most fraudulent poll ever" in Egypt's history. It is considered to have been a factor in the Egyptian Revolution that occurred shortly afterwards in early 2011.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Background
This election follows the Muslim Brotherhood completing the five-year parliamentary term in which it held on as the largest-ever minority bloc.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The election process will run in the three stages single member plurality, with millions of registered voters in the 222 constituencies.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Most of the political parties in Egypt have been advocating for a Party-list while the NPD insisted on the Single member plurality.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The election is the first election were 64 additional seats reserved for women.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Campaign
The Muslim Brotherhood said it would compete in the elections despite calls for a boycott. Mohammed Badie, the new chief of the party, said they would contest 30 percent of the seats. It was also termed the "best-organised counterweight to Mubarak's National Democratic Party."


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Campaign
A former adviser to the Muslim Brotherhood, Abdel Hamid al-Ghazaly, said that while the party had brokered a deal with the governing National Democratic Party during the 2005 parliamentary election, no such deal would be agreed to this year. He also said Egyptians voted Brotherhood in 2005 to show their dissatisfaction with the ruling regime. "They weren’t necessarily fond of us. [ But] we have no political life whatsoever, thanks to the regime. We can’t even be compared with the most backward countries of the world.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Campaign
Participation in this year’s parliamentary election is the only hope for the Muslim Brothers to get out of the predicament they are in." A Tagammu party member, Abul Ez al-Hariri, also suggested the deals that the opposition parties signed resulted in a loss of credibility and consequent inability to play an effective role in politics. "They have become advocates of the regime."


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Campaign
Opposition groups and civil society activists issued a list of demands:


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Campaign
In the Spring 2010, Mohamed ElBaradei began circulating a petition in the runup to the election calling for 7 specific reforms:


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Boycotts
Mohamed ElBaradei, a potential presidential candidate, called for a boycott of the election.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Boycotts
The El-Ghad Party became the second party to boycott the elections. The New Wafd Party ignored boycott calls saying in its party paper that it would run in the elections.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Boycotts
The Muslim Brotherhood, however, disavowed boycott calls from other opposition allies, which the party leadership said the decision was made by consensus. Some people lauded the decision as the "most effective way to counter Egypt's gerrymandered electoral system," and that there was a "practical advantage" by gaining seats in parliament. Some party members, however, said the decision not to boycott was a mistake, while others said it was a "missed opportunity" and reflective of "internal strife [that] indicates the dearth of creative strategic thinkers."


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Boycotts
The Muslim Brotherhood and the Wafd party called for a boycott of the runoff election.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Conduct, State of Emergency
President Mubarak promised in 2005 that he would put in place a counter terrorism law that would eliminate the need for the state of emergency that has been in place continuously since Sadat’s assassination in 1981. In 2010, he then renewed the state of emergency. The Egyptian government has long claimed that such powers are used only against suspected terrorists and drug dealers but in fact they have also been used against nonviolent political opponents of the regime.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Conduct, Candidate ban
The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP)'s recent decision to ban three of its parliamentary candidates from standing in 2010 parliamentary election has kicked up a storm of speculation.


2010 Egyptian parliamentary election, Conduct, Candidate ban
The three candidates to be banned are Daker Abdel Lah, who had been running for the professional seats in Manshiet Nasser and Gamaliya; Islam Medhat, who had been running for the professional seats in the Abdeen and Moski constituencies; and Ayman Taha, who had been running for seats reserved for workers in the Bolak Abu al-Eila constituency.