2010 Korean Tour, Prize money leaders
'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 12 December 2010, following a vote of no-confidence in the government that brought forward the election. Those were the first elections after the country declared independence.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election
The Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) of incumbent Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi won a plurality amidst controversies and a partial re-poll, while he was still in the process of trying to form a government. The election was seriously hampered by a number of irregularities and election fraud; and a second poll was held on 9 January 2011 at 21 voting stations in 5 municipalities. The new vote was still positive for Thaçi in 4 out of 5 municipalities.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election
The election was marred by reports of drugs-, weapons- and human organs trafficking by an organisation linked to Thaçi, which led to the re-opening of a formal investigation by the EULEX mission.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Background
The election was initially called on 15 October 2010, after President Fatmir Sejdiu resigned in September 2010 over accusations of breaching the constitution by continuing to hold his party leadership while president. However, the next day the Democratic League of Kosovo announced it would leave the ruling coalition on 18 October 2010, which would require early elections to be held within 45 days of that date. After the government failed a vote of no confidence on 2 November 2010, the election was set for 12 December 2010. The vote was a result of Hashim Thaçi's governing party supporting a no-confidence vote to trigger a snap election.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Background
This was to be the first election since Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence, and the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on the legality of the declaration.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Background
The call for a new election was condemned both within and without Kosovo because the incumbent government "orchestrat[ed] its own downfall," while election observers "warned the snap polls it triggered could damage Pristina at the international level." Koha Ditore said: "Nowhere in the world has a government overthrown itself asking for it to be changed. It could only happen in Kosovo." Express Daily also added that the election was a result of "the way Hashim Thaçi wanted it. The prime minister himself insisted on voting to overthrow the government."


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Background
Other analysts also warned of ominous outcomes: Nexhmedin Spahiu said "Kosovo will pay the biggest price for it in the eyes of the international community. This will affect international recognitions because the crisis weakens the position of Kosovo." A journalist, Halil Matoshi, concurred with the reaction and added that "the quick and dizzying fall of all the pillars of the system [proved] the political establishment is unable to ensure stability. It sends a very bad message for Kosovo as a new democracy at the time when the country is facing the Atlantic integrations and implementation of European standards to achieve NATO and EU membership.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Electoral System
In the Assembly (Kuvendi/Skupstina), 100 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 20 members are reserved to represent Kosovo's national minorities to serve 4-year terms.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Electoral System
In the proportional tier, there is a 30 percent female quota under which every third candidate must be female. Electors may vote for up to five individual candidates within the list they choose. For the 20 reserved seats, 10 seats are reserved for Serbs, 4 seats for the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians, 3 seats for the Bosniaks, Montenegrins, Croats, Hungarians, Toskan, 2 seats for the Turks, and seat for the Gorans.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Contesting parties
The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) split before the election. In late October 2010, former Health Minister Bujar Bukoshi and Ukë Rugova (the son of the late president Ibrahim Rugova) announced they would be filing a citizens' list called LDK – Ibrahim Rugova to run in the election. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo of Ramush Haradinaj also signed an agreement with the LDK – Ibrahim Rugova faction list on 10 November 2010.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Contesting parties
At a party congress on 7 November, Pristina mayor Isa Mustafa was elected as the new leader of LDK, beating incumbent Fatmir Sejdiu with 235 to 125 votes.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Contesting parties
New Kosovo Coalition (AKR–PD–PSD–PPI–PPK–PNDSH–PGJK) – The New Kosovo Alliance of Behgjet Pacolli signed pre-election agreements with the Justice Party and the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo in early November. The coalition nominated Mimoza Kusari-Lila as its prime ministerial candidate.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Campaign
As campaigning began President Jakup Krasniqi called on "all political parties to run their campaigns in accordance with the law." He said that "For a moment the whole world will look at us, to see our democratic culture and political maturity and the seriousness of a declared state that has so far been recognised by 72 countries." Incumbent Thaçi was expected to benefit from an election where his viable contenders were in disarray.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Campaign
Thaçi announced a pay increase of 30 percent for 70,000 civil servants as well as a doubling of teachers' salaries during the electoral campaign. Jose Sulemane, the head of the IMF in Kosovo, said such a pay increase would not viable without breaking the terms of a deal Thaçi signed that would limit pay increases to a maximum rise of public sector pay to 8 percent. The agreement offered Kosovo a 110 million euro soft loan as a preliminary loan to 300 million euros more from the European Union and the World Bank over three years. Thaçi dismissed the criticism as saying Kosovo was a "sovereign country [that] sets its own economic policy" and that he would continue with his pledges.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Opinion polls
The DPK, led by incumbent Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi, was expected to narrowly win the election, though it would face difficulty in forming a stable government as its potential coalition partners, the Democratic League of Kosovo and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, ruled out working with his party. The nationalist Vetëvendosje movement and the Liberal Democratic Fryma a Re (FER) were also expected to enter parliament for the first time after crossing the minimum 5% threshold.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct
The Central Electoral Commission came under pressure to work quickly for the snap polls with a "short windor for preparations." Amid concerns of removing ineligible voters in such a short time, about 6,000 people were taken off the voting lists. The head of the commission Valdete Daka said on this would be Kosovo's most strictly watched elections with thousands of local and international observers in attendance. 1.6 million people were eligible to vote. About 5,000 civil society representatives and international missions were scheduled to monitor the election.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct
Following a 21 November municipal election that was found to have had mistakes, the CEC,and the largest monitoring mission, Democracy in Action, admitted having made the mistakes in vote counting in Orahovac with second place being given to the wrong party. This raised concerns for the parliamentary election.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct
Though Serbia told Kosovan Serbs conditions were not right for the election, turnout was expected to be high in the Serb enclaves of Gračanica and Štrpce. Vuk Drašković, a former foreign minister in Serbia and leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, urged Kosovan Serbs to vote. The US ambassador also called on the Kosovan Serbs to vote, as well as the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia who said voting in the polls would not deny them social welfare from Serbia.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct
Several Serb organisation in both Serbia and Kosovo's Serbian areas said that continuing a boycott of elections was a denial of the ground reality. However, some Kosovan Serb officials warned that mobile polling stations would be provocative and could lead to untoward incidents. The head of the Zvečan municipality near Kosovska Mitrovica, Dragiša Milović, said polling booths in Serb areas, including the police station were "unacceptable."


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct
Voting in the north would occur in temporary polling stations; while turnout was predicted to be low, Serbs in other areas of Kosovo were expected to have a big turnout.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct
Though the election passed off largely without incident, a Bosniak candidate who worked with the authorities in Pristina was shot dead in the northern city of Leposavić.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct, Fraud allegations and corruption
Although the first reports of the numerous observers of the election were positive, allegations of fraud later arose as an unusually large voter turnout was reported by LDK in some strongholds of the rival PDK. LDK spokesman said that the voting had been compromised in two PDK strongholds where turnout was "statistically impossible, logically unreasonable, politically unacceptable and legally contestable in Kosovo's reality" with 94 percent compared to the national average of 48%. He further stated that LDK will use all legal means to bring legitimacy to the election. In some voting stations the turnout was beyond 100%.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct, Fraud allegations and corruption
The Election Complaint and Appeals Panel received 171 complaints from political entities over various violations, such as stuffing ballot boxes, multiple voting and defective verification ultraviolet lamps.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct, Fraud allegations and corruption
Chief State Prosecutor Ismet Kabashi called upon prosecutors from seven municipalities to collect evidence of fraud. Municipal officials were after a trial sentenced to 6 months of prison.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct, Fraud allegations and corruption
Within days of the election, the Council of Europe released a report accusing Thaçi of leading a "mafia like" crime ring that smuggled weapons, drugs and human organs. It said Serbians and some Albanian Kosovars civilians detained by the Kosovo Liberation Army were shot in northern Albania and their kidneys were sold on the black market. The report said that after the Kosovo war and before international forces could establish law and order "organs were removed from some prisoners at a clinic in Albanian territory, near Fushe-Kruje..." In response, the Kosovo government denounced the report.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Conduct, Fraud allegations and corruption
On 12 December 2010, a draft report from Dick Marty to the Council of Europe was pre-released, alleging that the Republic of Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaçi was the head of a "mafia-like" group responsible for smuggling weapons, drugs and human organs through eastern Europe. This article made waves across the world and led to a series of similar reports. The report came on the day of the second vote, and was accepted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which requested re-opening of a criminal investigation.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Results
Incumbent PM Hashim Thaçi claimed victory in the election before the result was certified by the CEC with exit polls showing the Democratic Party of Kosovo won 31 percent and the Democratic League of Kosovo followed with 25 percent, though this was not yet certified by the CEC. Exit polls also indicated a 47% turnout.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Results
The two leading parties, DPK and LDK, were in the previous governing coalition.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Results, Repeated vote
After reviewing the complaints, the Central Election Commission decided to have re-polling in 21 polling stations: 12 in Skenderaj, 5 in Glogovac, 2 in Dečani and one each in Mališevo and Lipljan. The re-run took place on 9 January 2011.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Results, Turnout of ethnic Serbs
Reports indicated that the Serb-majority area around Kosovska Mitrovica had just two votes cast from a population of 60,000 by the time polls closed, one of which was in the Bosniak area. In Gračanica, the municipal election commission predicted a 40 turnout. Other election day controversies included a polling station in Banjska being surrounded by more than 50 Serbs and a road to the village being blocked with 2 men arrested and the polling station later moved. A KFOR office in Zubin Potok was also shot at in the morning. However, a high turnout was reported by Serbs in enclaves in central Kosovo, who make up about two-thirds of the 120,000 ethnic Serb population.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Analysis
The Democratic Party of Kosovo needs at least two coalition partners. As it previous allies ruled out working with the party and the Vetëvendosje! movement considered too nationalistic to form a government, the New Kosovo Alliance and the minority parties Independent Liberal Party and the United Serbian List were seen the most likely coalition partners. The United Serbian List, however, rejected rumours about their participation in a DPK-led government on 16 December.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Government formation
The Democratic Party of Kosovo and the New Kosovo Alliance agreed on a coalition on 19 December. However, this report was denied by Agim Çeku of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo the next day. However, the New Kosovo Alliance then said there would be no place in government for people under criminal investigation, in reference to the organ theft report. The SLS said on 28 December that it would join a government led by the DPK. There were also rumours following the election that Hashim Thaçi would become president, while Mimoza Kusari-Lila would become PM. Behgjet Pacolli, leader of the New Kosovo Alliance stated, on 30 December, that he would either demand the office of president in return for entering a coalition with the PDK or the ministries of Finance and Health.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Government formation
A deal between PDK and AKR was tentatively reached on 9 February 2011. However, some PDK members were reportedly unhappy with Pacolli becoming president, but would rather see acting president Jakup Krasniqi take over in a permanent capacity. On 11 February, this was confirmed and Pacolli was offered the office of Assembly Speaker and Deputy Prime Minister, as well as four ministries for his AKR party, but not the office of President. Reportedly, the coalition will include only PDK, AKR and minority parties, as well as Ukë Rugova's Ibrahim Rugova List, totaling 65 MPs, a majority. According to Koha Ditore, the PDK accepted Pacolli's demands on 13 February.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Government formation
The distribution of ministries reported in the media foresees three ministries for the AKR party, two or three ministries for the ethnic Serb parties and one ministry each for other minorities and Ukë Rugova, with the rest going to Thaçi's PDK. Hashim Thaçi would be nominated for PM, Jakup Krasniqi as Assembly Speaker and Pacolli as president.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Government formation
The coalition agreements, according to the foreign media, foresee that: The PDK will get a deputy prime minister and ten ministries, AKR would get a deputy prime minister and three ministries, the Serb minority party SLS would get the post of another deputy prime minister and three ministries, the Ibrahim Rugova List would get another deputy prime minister and a ministry and the other non-Serbian minorities (working together as the parliamentary group "6 plus") would also get a ministry.


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Government formation
The coalition agreement was finally signed on 20 February 2011 and the distribution of ministries was:


2010 Kosovan parliamentary election, Government formation
The agreement with the Ibrahim Rugova List would be signed later.


2010 Košice Open
The 2010 Košice Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Košice, Slovakia between 7 and 13 June 2010.


2010 Košice Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Košice Open, Champions, Doubles
Miloslav Mečíř Jr. /  Marek Semjan def. Ricardo Hocevar /  Caio Zampieri, 3–6, 6–1, [13–11]


2010 Košice Open – Doubles
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and Santiago Ventura were the defending champions, but they chose not to compete this year. Miloslav Mečíř Jr. and Marek Semjan won in final 3–6, 6–1, [13–11] against Hocevar and Zampieri.


2010 Košice Open – Singles
Stéphane Robert was the defending champion, but he chose not to compete this year. Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Filip Krajinović.


2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship
The 2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, from April 1–4. This was the 39th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the 28th as a women's major golf championship.


2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship
This championship was won by Yani Tseng, age 21, with a score of 275 (−13), one stroke over runner-up Suzann Pettersen. This was her third victory on the LPGA Tour and her second major title. ESPN and CBS Sports televised the event.


2010 Kremlin Cup
The 2010 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men (15th edition for the women) and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2010 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 18 October through 24 October 2010. Viktor Troicki and Victoria Azarenka won the singles title.


2010 Kremlin Cup, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Kremlin Cup, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser into the singles main draw:


2010 Kremlin Cup, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles
Igor Kunitsyn /  Dmitry Tursunov  defeated  Janko Tipsarević /  Viktor Troicki, 7–6(10–8), 6–3.


2010 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles
Gisela Dulko /  Flavia Pennetta defeated  Sara Errani /  María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 2–6, [10–6].


2010 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers were the defending champions; however, Granollers chose to not compete. Cuevas partnered up with Michael Russell, but they were eliminated by Jérémy Chardy and Lukáš Dlouhý in the quarterfinal. Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov, which received wildcards into the doubles draw, won this event. They defeated Janko Tipsarević and Viktor Troicki 7–6(10–8), 6–3 in the final.


2010 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Mikhail Youzhny was the defending champion, but withdrew due to a viral infection. Viktor Troicki won this tournament. He defeated 4th seed Marcos Baghdatis 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2010 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2010 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova were the defending champions, but only Kirilenko tried to defend her title. She partnered with Victoria Azarenka but they lost in semifinals against Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta. Dulko and Pennetta eventually won in the final against Sara Errani and María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 2–6, [10–6].


2010 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Francesca Schiavone was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2010 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka won the title, defeating Maria Kirilenko in the final 6–3, 6–4.


2010 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2010 Kuala Lumpur FA season
The 2010 season was the 32nd season in Kuala Lumpur's existence, and their second consecutive year in the top flight of Malaysian football.


2010 Kuala Lumpur FA season
Kuala Lumpur finished ninth in the Malaysian Super League in the year following promotion from the Malaysian Premier League and reached the second round of the Malaysian FA Cup in season 2010. KL qualified for the Malaysia Cup where they ended bottom of Group B in the first round.


2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping
2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping happened on May 15, 2010 in Kurram Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. 60 people including women and children were kidnapped by militants dressed in police uniforms.


2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping, Background
Kurram has been a Taliban stronghold for many years. It has also been the site of sectarian violence between Shias and Sunnis. A large number of militants are thought to have fled to Kurram agency from South Waziristan last year after the military launched an operation there. Security forces had recently launched intense air strikes on militants in Kurram and adjoining areas.


2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping, Kidnappings
The kidnappers were dressed in police uniforms. 4 people were initially abducted from a vehicle belonging to a government power utility. The vehicle was then set on fire. Later 57 more civilians were taken from a convoy going to Parachinar. 50 hostages were released on 16 May 2010. Negotiations for release of remaining hostages were ongoing.


2010 Kurram agency mass kidnapping, Responsibility
No group has yet claimed responsibility. Government sources have stated that an investigation is underway and efforts are being made to recover the kidnapped people. The government blamed the Taliban for the kidnapping.


2010 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
The 63rd edition of Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne was won by Dutch rider Bobby Traksel. The race was affected by heavy rainfall from start to finish. Only 26 riders finished.


2010 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Race report
The race was run in extreme weather, as the remnants of cyclone Xynthia hit Belgium, with strong winds and torrential rain causing the peloton to shatter early. Many abandoned the race before half-course, including favourites Tom Boonen and Filippo Pozzato. The route had to be shortened by 20 km because a fallen tree obstructed the road up the Côte de Trieu. The edition was won by Dutch outsider Bobby Traksel who outsprinted his breakaway companions Rick Flens and Ian Stannard. Only 26 of 195 riders finished the race.


2010 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
The 2010 Kuwaiti Crown Prince Cup is a cup competition involving teams from the Kuwaiti Premier League and the Kuwaiti Division One league. It has been moved from its regular slot at the end of the domestic league campaigns and into the midseason domestic league break.


2010 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup
The 2010 edition is the 17th edition to be held.


2010 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, First round
12 teams play a knockout tie. 6 clubs advance to the next round. Games played between 6 March and 7 March.


2010 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, Quarter-Finals
8 teams play a knockout tie. 4 clubs advance to the next round.


2010 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, Semi-Finals
4 teams play a knockout tie. Winners advance to the final


2010 Kuwait Crown Prince Cup, Final
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2010 Kuwait Emir Cup
The Kuwaiti Emir Cup is the premier cup competition involving teams from the Kuwaiti Premier League and the Kuwaiti Division One league.


2010 Kuwait Emir Cup
Kuwait SC, are the defending champions of the cup competition.


2010 Kuwait Emir Cup, First round
12 teams play a knockout tie. 6 clubs advance to the next round. Games played between 26 and 27 March.


2010 Kuwait Emir Cup, Final
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2010 Kvalserien
The 2010 Kvalserien was the 36th Kvalserien, played between 21 March and 11 April 2010. Södertälje and AIK, who finished 1st and 2nd respectively, qualified for the 2010–11 Elitserien season. Rögle were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.


2010 Kvalserien
This year's Kvalserien was one of the closest ones ever. After the 9th round, four teams (AIK, Rögle, Leksand and Almtuna) all had their chance to qualify for the 2010–11 Elitserien season. After the 9th round, AIK were on the second and last Elitserien spot, being one point ahead of Rögle, who had 15 points at that time. AIK needed a win against Växjö at home in Hovet, in order to secure their last Elitserien spot. In the 10th and final round, AIK won 2–0 against Växjö and thus secured their Elitserien spot. AIK finished the 2010 Kvalserien with 18 points, the lowest number of points a team has ever been able to qualify to Elitserien with, ever since Kvalserien started in 1975.


2010 Kvalserien
But only after the 7th round, no one even believed that AIK could qualify. At that time, they were at the third place with 10 points, four points behind Rögle. But Rögle lost their two following games, which AIK won, and AIK were therefore at the last Elitserien spot after the 9th round. Södertälje had already secured their Elitserien spot after the 9th round.


2010 Kvalserien
Like previous Kvalserien years, Leksand were once again a big disappointment for everyone. They were at the third place with 13 points after the 8th round, only one point behind Rögle, who were on the last Elitserien spot at that time. But Leksand lost 5–2 away against the last ranked team Växjö in the 9th round, and thus, Leksand were forced to win their last game, which was against Almtuna. Although Leksand did win 2–1 against Almtuna, AIK won 2–0 against Växjö, which meant that Leksand missed Elitserien for the fifth consecutive year.


2010 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round
The 2010 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2010 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 May 2010 at Kyalami, South Africa.


2010 Kyiv Victory Day Parade
The 2010 Kyiv Victory Day Parade was held on May 9, 2010 in Kyiv, honoring the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War (in 2015 Ukraine altered this day to Victory Day over Nazism in World War II). Military vehicles and soldiers dressed in Soviet Army uniforms marched on Khreschatyk Street and  through Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Inspecting the parade was the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces General of the Army Ivan Svyda while the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Colonel General Gennady Vorobyov commanded the parade.


2010 Kyiv Victory Day Parade
The decree for holding the parade was signed on 23 March of that year. The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych delivered a jubilee address in his position as Supreme Commander. 2,500 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as well as troops from Russia and Belarus (the former being represented by the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade taking part in a joint contingent with the Ukrainian Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky Independent Presidential Guard Regiment) took part in the parade. 17 military bands took part in the parade under the command of the Chief of the Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Major General Volodymyr Derkach.


2010 Kyiv Victory Day Parade, Other jubilee parades
The Kyiv parade was the center of the 65th anniversary celebrations, with 2,000 military personnel and about 100 units of military equipment werebrought to celebrate Victory Day with parades in other Ukrainian cities. 1,040 Russian troops took part in the parades in four Ukrainian cities: Sevastopol, Kerch, Odessa and Mykolaiv. In turn, 75 cadets from the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy participated in the Moscow Victory Day Parade on Red Square.


2010 Kyiv Victory Day Parade, Gallery
Personnel of the Independent Presidential Regiment marching with a unit from the Russian Airborne Troops on Maidan Nezalezhnosti during the parade.


2010 Kyoto Sanga FC season
The 2010 Kyoto Sanga F.C. season was the 11th season of the club in J. League Division 1.


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Kyrgyzstan on 27 June 2010 to reduce presidential powers and strengthen democracy in the wake of the riots earlier in the year. Parliamentary elections followed on 10 October 2010.


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Background
Following the ousting of Kurmanbek Bakiyev, the interim administration of Roza Otunbayeva called for a referendum to decrease presidential powers. The proposed constitution would make Kyrgyzstan Central Asia's first parliamentary republic.


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Background
In the weeks prior to the election ethnic unrest in the south of the country (Bakiyev's home region) in the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad between minority Uzbeks and indigenous Kyrgyz curfew was imposed in a clampdown by Bishkek. Some refugees returned from camps in Uzbekistan amid a humanitarian crisis. The curfew was lifted for the elections. In Bishkek, the situation was reportedly "calm, with people displaying a mixture of skepticism and hope that the vote would create a new future for Kyrgyzstan."


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Background
The vote came amid international fears over the stability of the country.


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Background
The interim government's deputy leader Omurbek Tekebayev responded to this criticism saying the foreign intelligence bureaus imply that the parliamentary democracy envisioned in the referendum was incompatible with Kyrgyzstan. "Some top officials from different states have spoken about a possible Afghanization of Kyrgyzstan, about a break-up of the state. I mean the statements by President Dmitry Medvedev and others. It is possible they have been misinformed, that they blindly believe the officials from their special services who have long been at the service of the local oligarchs."


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Constitutional changes
The new constitution would make Kyrgyzstan a parliamentary democracy, moving it away from a presidential system. The presidency would become a mostly ceremonial position, with office holders serving a single term. The president would have the right to veto legislation, but would not be able to dissolve parliament. Otunbayeva would also continue to hold the office of "President of the transitional period" until the end of 2011.


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Constitutional changes
The Supreme Council would be unicameral and have 120 seats, with no party able to hold more than 65. Political parties on the basis of religion or ethnicity would be banned, whilst Russian would replace Uzbek as the country's second official language. Constitutional amendments would require a two-thirds majority in the Supreme Council. The Supreme Council would also choose the Prime Minister and play a key role in forming the new government.


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Results
The result was a resounding "Yes," with more than 90 per cent of voters supporting the amendment to the constitution. Sixty-nine percent of voters voted from a total of 3 million eligible voters. Kyrgyzstan was therefore legally able to implement a parliamentary system similar to much of Europe. The result, however, did not include many of the 400,000 ethnic Uzbeks who had left during recent ethnic clashes since they were residing in Uzbekistan at the time of elections.


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Results, Reactions
President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said the result might lead to a "collapse of the state" as "eventually, won't it enable the political parties, which have extremist direction, to receive the power?". The U.S. Department of State praised the referendum and called upon the provisional government and people of Kyrgyzstan to "advance the process of reconciliation and accountability to ensure future interethnic harmony and move Kyrgyzstan forward on the path toward stability, security, democracy and prosperity for all citizens of the republic."


2010 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Aftermath
Following the legislative election, with an expanded and further empowered parliament, the pro-Baikiyev Ata-Zhurt party won a plurality with 15.41% of the votes as it advocated rolling back the new laws and bringing the former president back from exile.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 10 October 2010. All 120 seats of the Supreme Council were elected by the party list system. Seats were allocated to all parties who obtained more than 5% of the vote and more than 0.5% in each of the nine provinces, capped at 65 seats per party.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election
Ata-Zhurt won a plurality of seats, while the ruling Social Democratic Party finished second and Ar-Namys came third.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Background
In April 2010, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted, which brought to power an interim government led by Roza Otunbayeva. An election and reform plan was unveiled on 19 April 2010. A referendum in June overwhelmingly approved a reform to turn the country from a presidential system to a parliamentary system. The new constitution would allow the parliament to choose a prime minister and also to play a key role in forming the new government.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Background
Kyrgyzstan's geostrategic location is vital because it supplies the War in Afghanistan through the Manas Air Base, and it is also the only country to host both an American and Russian base. Political developments in 2010 also pleased the US but were an annoyance to Russia, who warned that the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia could be catastrophic for Kyrgyzstan. Russia also considers the area as its sphere of influence.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Background
Originally, the presidential elections were to be held on the same day. However, these were delayed until October 2011, with Otunbayeva remaining president until 31 December 2011.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Electoral system
In the previous election, there were 90 seats, though this was increased to 120 after the constitutional referendum.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Electoral system
According to Article 77 of the Kyrgyz Republic Code on Elections, the threshold for the allotment of seats is receiving five percent of the votes of all eligible voters entered on the voter rolls. For this reason, only the top five parties (Ata-Zhurt, SDPK, Ar-Namys, Respublika and Ata-Meken) were allotted seats. The sixth party, Butun Kyrgyzstan, received more than five percent of the votes cast, but because it did not receive more than five percent of the votes of all eligible voters entered on the voter rolls, it was not allotted any seats.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Electoral system
Article 77 also requires parties to win 0.5% of the votes of all eligible voters in each oblast of Kyrgyzstan, as well as the cities of Bishkek and Osh. Though Ata-Zhurt won the plurality of the vote, especially with their southern stronghold, an electoral official said they barely overcame the 0.5% barrier in Bishkek and in Chuy province.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Campaign
Over 3,000 candidates from 29 political parties competed for the 120 seats, with the BBC saying that no party could easily win a majority and the result was hard to predict. Leaflets distributed in the south of the country urged people "not to tolerate" parties led by northerners, in a sign of remaining tensions following the 2010 South Kyrgyzstan riots.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Campaign
Ar-Namys opposed the newly founded parliamentary system and said it would restore the older system of presidential rule. Ata-Zhurt campaigned for the return of Bakiyev from his exile in Belarus, and also advocated a return to presidential rule.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Campaign
Roza Otunbayeva vowed to uphold a "spirit of fairness and transparency." She also talked of the importance of the election: "These elections are of fateful importance for our people and state. We are not just electing a parliament but starting a new system and opening a new page in our history." A month before election she threatened to introduce a state of emergency, and as a result postpone voting if parties escalated tensions in the country.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Opinion polls
It said six parties were expected to exceed the 5% threshold and win seats.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Opinion polls
A poll of 1,500 people in late September by Perspectiva showed seven parties crossing the 5% threshold to win seats:


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Opinion polls
The Kyrgyz nationalist party, Ata-Zhurt, were expected to do well among ethnic Kyrgyz in the south. Ata-Meken and the SPDK were supporters of the interim administration.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Conduct
The organisations conducting monitoring were in the first positions among NGO according to Mass Media for the period from August till October. Traditionally these are: "For Democracy and a Civil Society" Coalition of NGO, "Taza Shailoo" Association. The "Free generation" Liberal Youth Alliance for the first time joined the supervision organization, and young men became target audience. On the day of voting in 127 stations of the country, young short-term observers carried out monitoring of electoral rights within the limits of the campaign "Youth for fair elections. Let's prove it!"


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Conduct
The election was observed by 850 international monitors from 32 organisations, including 300 monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. The international team of observers hailed the vote, with the OSCE team saying the election were a step in the "further consolidation of the democratic process." While the observers said that this was unlike other elections in the past and did not have the same irregularities, they did point out some peculiarities whereas the Central Election Commission were underprepared for the polls, and such ""under-the-counter dealings" may have taken place. Only one observer had a negative reaction to the vote, though most were satisfied that this was a "step in the right direction."


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Conduct
Otunbayeva, who had refused to push back the election despite warnings of potential new unrest, hailed the election: "We have not known such elections for the last 20 years." Despite her comments, the government was reported to have been "plunged into a state of shock" over the results. Russia's Kommersant reported that the victory of Ata-Zhurt was a blow to the interim government.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Conduct
Kamchibek Tashiyev, the head of Ata-Zhurt, said he had been attacked. "They broke in like bandits... I think they intended to shoot me. I believe they tried to eliminate me – the forces that want to cancel election results and impose a state of emergency. I know for sure, GSNB (security services) was (sic) behind these actions." Protestors attacked the offices of the Ata-Zhurt party, burned campaign leaflets and demanded they be banned from the vote. Zarylbek Rysaliyev, the interior minister, also claimed to know of about 10 "areas of potential clashes with some hotheads planning to snatch ballot boxes." There were also concerns in the international media of a renewal of ethnic strife that occurred earlier in the year.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Reactions
The result was also called a surprise because of the victory of Ata-Zhurt and its calls for Bakiyev's return, despite the election taking place under the auspices of the government that overthrew him. Thus this result "would seem to neutralize the uprising" earlier in the year. With a razor-thin plurality, the party would need an alliance of two other parties but it was seen as an "unenviable task" to form a coalition. A weak government could even force another election before the government's mandate runs out. Parallels were also drawn to the failure to form a government in Iraq following the general election there and the possibility for more instability. Furthermore, there was uncertainty in regards to the American-leased Manas air base as Ata-Zurt campaigned against extending the lease past 2011.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Reactions
An analyst in Kazakhstan also suggested the election would "face its toughest test" if the losers opt to challenge the results in both the courts and the streets. "If certain people know they will lose their high-ranking posts after the election, then it's in their interest to destabilise the situation. They could take steps to remain in power or create chaos."


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Reactions
The Washington Post said the biggest surprise of the election was that it was "not a foregone conclusion," and thus it made this "small...nation the first in Central Asia to hold free elections in pursuit of a democratic system." It also quoted Alexey Malashenko of the Carnegie Moscow Center who said "These elections were very successful because they took place at all. Kyrgyzstan showed it is an exception in Central Asia. Despite many predictions to the contrary, the elections were held."


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Reactions
US President Barack Obama congratulated Kyrgyzstan for this "historic" election, and said it proved that the Kyrgyz people were "committed to power transfers by peaceful, democratic means." Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he feared there would be "difficulties" after the poll. "An abrupt shift to a parliamentary model can create difficulties... Now some difficult work to form a coalition lies ahead."


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Aftermath
The result was seen as setting the stage for a fractured legislature without much capacity for decision-making, with Ar-Namys likely to play the role of kingmaker.


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Aftermath
Following the election, SDPK, Respublika and Ata-Meken agreed on a coalition in late November. However, as soon as the coalition was officially agreed to on 2 December, it collapsed when it failed to elect a speaker of parliament (with only 58 of the 67 coalition MPs voting for the designated speaker in a secret vote).


2010 Kyrgyz parliamentary election, Aftermath
On 15 December, Respublika announced it had successfully negotiated the creation of a coalition government with SDPK and Ata-Zhurt. SDPK's Almazbek Atambayev became Prime Minister with 92-seats in the 120-seat chamber, Ata-Zhurt's Akhmatbek Keldibekov was chosen as Speaker of Parliament with 101 to 14 votes and Respublika's Omurbek Babanov would then become Deputy Prime Minister. The new government was approved later on the same day.


2010 Kyrgyzstan League
The 2010 Kyrgyzstan League was the 19th season since the establishment of the Kyrgyzstan League. The season began on March 27 and ended in November 2010.


2010 Kyrgyzstan League, Clubs
The following nine clubs were to play in Kyrgyzstan League during the 2010 season. Only 5 clubs played in the previous season.


2010 Kyrgyzstan League, Clubs
1 Withdrew after political developments in April. 2 Apparently withdrew as well.


2010 Kyrgyzstan League, Format
Nine clubs played a two-round-robin system to decide the top four teams who will again play home-and-away to decide the winner. There was an intention to play a third round-robin, but this was cancelled.


2010 Kyrgyzstan League Women
Following is a list of results of the 2010 Kyrgyzstan League Women season. Kyrgyzstan League Women is top division of the women's football in Kyrgyzstan. The league is organized by the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic and was established in 2005.


2010 L&H 500
The 2010 L&H 500 was the ninth event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 10 to 12 September at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia. The 2010 event was the tenth running of the Phillip Island 500 and it marked the third time that the Phillip Island circuit had served as the venue for the annual 500 kilometre two-driver V8 Supercar race. The event consisted of two Qualifying sessions, two Qualifying Races and a 500 kilometre race which was Race 17 of the Championship.


2010 L&H 500
The two drivers nominated for each car contested separate qualifying sessions and, unique to this event, two preliminary 14 lap Qualifying Races were held on Saturday with the two drivers of each car starting one race each. A single pitstop by each car in either race was mandated with the combined results of the two races determining the grid order for the main 500 kilometre race. Championship points were awarded for each of the three races, however the finishing positions of the "L & H 500" were determined by the finishing positions at the end of Race 17, regardless of the total number of points accumulated by any driver pairing at the event.


2010 L&H 500
The 500 kilometre race was dominated by the Triple Eight Race Engineering team and was won by Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife. Engine trouble struck teammates Jamie Whincup and Steve Owen while leading and saw them finish last of the classified finishers. The win gave Skaife his 40th career round win in the series, increasing his record tally. Late in the race Ford Performance Racing's lead driver, Mark Winterbottom overtook Jason Richards for second place which saw himself and co-driver Luke Youlden finish best of the Ford entries, ahead of Richards and Andrew Jones in the Brad Jones Racing Commodore.


2010 L&H 500, Results, Qualifying Race 1
Qualifying Race 1 was won by Steve Owen (Holden VE Commodore) from Jason Bargwanna (Holden VE Commodore) and Shane van Gisbergen (Ford FG Falcon).


2010 L&H 500, Results, Qualifying Race 2
Qualifying Race 2 was won by Rick Kelly (Holden VE Commodore) from Craig Lowndes (Holden VE Commodore) and James Courtney (Ford FG Falcon).


2010 LATAM Challenge Series
2010 LATAM Challenge Series season was the third season of LATAM Challenge Series.


2010 LET Access Series
The 2010 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through November 2010 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.


2010 LET Access Series, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2010 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.


2010 LET Access Series, Order of Merit rankings
The top five players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 6–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.


2010 LG Hockey Games
The 2010 LG Hockey Games will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 29 April to 2 May. The games will be played in Globen. One match will be played in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament is a part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2009–10. Finland won the tournament before Russia and Sweden.


2010 LKL All-Star Game
The 2010 LKL All-Star Game, was held in Cido Arena, on March 20, 2010.


2010 LKL All-Star Game, Coaches
The coach of Team Vilkai was Rimas Kurtinaitis, of Lietuvos Rytas, who received 5,490 votes. The coach of Team Ereliai was Antanas Sireika, of Šiauliai, with 3,005 votes.


2010 LKL All-Star Game, Other events, All-Star 3-point shootout
The leading scorer in 3-point percentage of the LKL was Donatas Zavackas. Besides him, one player, usually with a good 3-point percentage, was chosen from every team in the league. Below is the list of participating players. The winner received the trophy, a prize and a 4,000 Litas check.


2010 LPGA Championship
The 2010 LPGA Championship was the 56th LPGA Championship, held June 24–27 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans, it was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2010 season.


2010 LPGA Championship
The champion was Cristie Kerr, age 32, with a 269 (−19) to win by twelve strokes over Song-Hee Kim. It was Kerr's second major championship and fourteenth career win on the LPGA Tour, and vaulted her from fifth to first in the world rankings.


2010 LPGA Championship
This was the first of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill;  the previous five editions were played at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. The LPGA had an annual tour event at Locust Hill since 1979; first known as The Sarah Coventry, it became the Wegmans LPGA in 1998 and was played through 2009.


2010 LPGA Championship, Field
The field was composed of 150 players, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.


2010 LPGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round
The cut was at 148 (+4) or better and 73 players advanced to play on the weekend.


2010 LPGA Tour
The 2010 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 13, 2010 and ended in Florida on December 5, 2010. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).


2010 LPGA Tour
The tour included 24 tournaments, including events in Malaysia, southern California, and two in New Jersey that were new to the schedule in 2010. Of the 24 tournaments on the schedule, 14 were hosted in the United States. The 2010 season was the tour's smallest schedule in nearly 40 years.


2010 LPGA Tour
Na Yeon Choi, a third-year player from Korea, topped the official money list with earnings of $1,871,166. She had two wins and 15 top-10 finishes in 23 starts and won the Vare Trophy, given to the player with the lowest scoring average. Yani Tseng from Taiwan captured Player of the Year honors; she won three tournaments in 2010 including two of the four major championships. Spaniard Azahara Muñoz won the Rookie of the Year Award.


2010 LPGA Tour
The four majors were won by: Yani Tseng (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Cristie Kerr (LPGA Championship), Paula Creamer (U.S. Women's Open), and Yani Tseng (Women's British Open). Tseng's win in the Women's British Open at age 21 made her the youngest player in LPGA history to win three major championships.


2010 LPGA Tour, Changes in the 2010 season
The 2010 season was the 60th anniversary of the LPGA Tour. As with most years, changes were made to the schedule from the previous year, which included:


2010 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
The season included 24 official money events, compared with 34 just two years earlier, as the LPGA struggled to cope with the economic downturn. There were three unofficial money events, with 17 off-weeks between the first and last events in 2010.


2010 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
Tournaments in bold are majors. 1 Hee Kyung Seo was not a member of the LPGA at the time of her win in the Kia Classic. 2 Exhibition tournament, unofficial earnings.


2010 LPGA Tour, Awards and honors
The three competitive awards given out by the LPGA each year are:


2010 LPGA of Japan Tour
The 2010 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 43rd season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It consisted of 34 golf tournaments, all played in Japan. Ahn Sun-ju won four events and the Order of Merit title.


2010 LPGA of Japan Tour, Tournament results
* Ahn Sun-ju's victory at Stanley Ladies marks Korean players' 100th victory since Ku Ok-hee's victory at Kibun Ladies Classic in 1985. (See more detail in Korean players' victories on LPGA of Japan Tour).


2010 LPGA of Korea Tour
The 2010 LPGA of Korea Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for female golfers that took place in Korea and China from December 2009 through November 2010.. The tournaments were sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA), a second-tier world golf tour for women.


2010 LPGA of Korea Tour
The tour included 22 tournaments, all were held in Korea except the season-opening Orient China Ladies Open which was held in China. Lee Bo-mee topped the money list with winnings of (₩557,376,856).


2010 LPGA of Korea Tour, 2010 Schedule and results
LPGA Hana Bank Championship is co-sanctioned with LPGA. Daishin Securities-Tomato Tour Korean Ladies Masters is co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team
The 2010 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2010. The Tigers played their home games in the new Alex Box Stadium which opened in 2009.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team
The team was coached by Paul Mainieri who was in his fourth season at LSU. In his first year at LSU, Mainieri's team posted a 29–26–1 record and failed to make the SEC Tournament or the NCAA Tournament, but the Tigers showed great promise during his second year posting a 49–19–1 record while claiming the SEC Western Division Title, SEC Baseball Tournament Championship, and earned the No. 7 National Seed for the 2008 NCAA Tournament.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team
During his third season, the Tigers were ranked No. 1 in multiple pre-season polls and lived up to the hype. The 2009 LSU Tiger baseball team finished the season 56–17, claiming the SEC regular season title, the SEC Tournament Title, and won the 2009 College World Series to claim the programs 6th National Title.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
Paul Mainieri completed his third season as head coach at LSU in 2009. The Tigers won the SEC West division title and the overall SEC regular season title which earned them the No. 1 seed in the 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament. The Tigers would go on to win the tournament and secure a spot in the NCAA post-season.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
After winning the SEC Tournament, it was announced that LSU was selected as a host site for the 2009 NCAA Tournament for the 19th time in the history of the program and for the second consecutive season. When the full NCAA Tournament bracket was released, LSU was awarded the No. 3 national seed in the tournament, guaranteeing them home field advantage throughout the Super Regionals as long as they won the Regional round. LSU was able to sweep the Baton Rouge regional, defeating Southern, Baylor, and Minnesota to secure a spot in the Super Regional round.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
Rice won the Houston, TX regional and moved on to the Super Regional to face LSU. LSU continued their winning streak sweeping Rice by the scores of 12–9 and 5–3. The Tigers celebrated the school's 15th trip to the College World Series in what was the final game in the inaugural season of the "new" Alex Box Stadium.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
LSU faced Virginia in the first game of the 2009 College World Series. LSU defeated the Cavaliers by a score of 9–5, marking LSU's first opening round win in the College World Series since 2000. In the second game, LSU faced a familiar foe, the Arkansas Razorbacks. LSU dominated the game from start to finish winning 9–1. LSU was 1 game away from making their first trip to the CWS championship since the format changed to a best of 3 series. The Tigers once again faced the Razorbacks, and once again dominated the game. The Tigers sent the Razorbacks home after winning 14–5.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
The Tigers were matched up against the Texas Longhorns in the best of 3 series for the national championship. LSU won the first game 7–6, but it took 11 innings for the Tigers to earn the Victory. Texas came back in game 2 and completely dominated the game, defeating the Tigers 5–1. Game 3 set the stage for a winner take all, and the Tigers were ready for the challenge. LSU won the game 11–4 and claimed the 6th national title on school history.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
The 2009 squad compiled and overall record of 56–17, including a 10–1 mark in NCAA post-season play.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team, Schedule/Results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week LSU faced each opponent.


2010 LSU Tigers baseball team, LSU Tigers in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft
The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2010 MLB Draft.


2010 LSU Tigers football team
The 2010 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Les Miles in his 6th season. They played their home games at Tiger Stadium and were members of the Southeastern Conference in the Western Division. They finished the season 11–2, 6–2 in SEC play and were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic where they defeated Texas A&M 41–24.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
LSU began the 2010 season against North Carolina in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. North Carolina took the field missing 13 key players due to NCAA investigations over relationships with agents and possible academic violations. The Tigers scored first on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Jefferson to Russell Shepard. After falling behind 10-7, the Tigers scored 23 unanswered points. Shepard gave the Tigers the lead with a 50-yard touchdown run, followed by a safety, then two touchdowns from Patrick Peterson and Rueben Randle, respectively. North Carolina rallied with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and had an opportunity to score the game-tying touchdown with only seconds remaining. The Tigers defense held their ground and earned a hard-fought 30-24 victory in Atlanta. LSU won its 6th consecutive season opener under head coach Les Miles.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
The Tigers went on the road in week two to face the Vanderbilt Commodores. After a scoreless first quarter, Russell Shepard got the scoring going with a 30-yard touchdown run. After three straight field goals (two by LSU, one by Vanderbilt), the Tigers put the game away with two touchdown runs by Alfred Blue and Stevan Ridley, respectively. The Tigers defeated the Commodores 27-3 marking a 2-0 start for the 5th consecutive season. Ridley finished the game with a season-high 159 rushing yards. LSU's defense dominated allowing just 135 total yards, and holding Vanderbilt to just 2-13 on third down.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
The Tigers took the field in the season opener at Tiger Stadium against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. In the annual Gold Game, LSU began with 12 consecutive points and shut out the Bulldogs in the first half. After a 1-yard touchdown run by Mississippi State's Vick Ballard, the Tigers responded with a 16-yard run by Jordan Jefferson. LSU put the game away with a 2-yard touchdown run by Stevan Ridley and defeated the Bulldogs 29-7. The Tiger defense forced five interceptions, including two by Patrick Peterson. Josh Jasper kicked a school-record 5 field goals in the victory which gave the Tigers a 3-0 start. With the win, LSU extended its winning streak against Mississippi State to ten games, with their last loss coming in the 1999 season.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
In their week four matchup, LSU faced #20 West Virginia. Stevan Ridley scored on a 1-yard touchdown run at the end of the first quarter, and the Tigers held the lead the rest of the game. With 9:39 remaining in the first half, Patrick Peterson scored on a 60-yard punt return touchdown. After the play, Peterson struck the famous Heisman Trophy pose for which he was penalized for excessive celebration. The Tigers went on to defeat the Mountaineers 20-14. LSU relied heavily on its defense and special teams, getting an interception and a fumble recovery from Freshman Tyrann Mathieu, and two field goals from kicker Josh Jasper.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
LSU faced Tennessee in week five for the first time since the 2006 season. The game started with a bang with an 83-yard touchdown run by Jordan Jefferson just two minutes into the game. Tennessee answered with just seconds remaining in the first quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run by Tauren Poole. After a scoreless 2nd and 3rd quarter, the game became much more entertaining in the fourth. Tennessee took a 14-10 lead on a 3-yard run by quarterback Matt Simms.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
LSU drove all the way down the field, but Jarrett Lee threw an interception in the endzone to give the Vols possession. Tennessee took the ball into field goal range, but was stopped on a fourth-and-one to give the ball back the Tigers. Led by Lee, LSU took the ball all the way down to the 2-yard line. Jefferson attempted to run into the end zone, but was stopped short. With the seconds ticking away and without having any timeouts, the Tigers frantically tried to make substitutions and score the go-ahead touchdown.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
However, with only seconds remaining, LSU's center T-Bob Hebert snapped the ball to an unaware Jefferson, the ball was fumbled, and Tennessee fell on it with no time remaining. The scoreboard in the stadium and on TV read that Tennessee won 14-10, and the two teams started leaving the field. However, Tennessee was penalized for having 13 men on the field when the ball was snapped, and the Tigers got one more untimed down. Stevan Ridley scored the game-winning 1-yard touchdown run, giving LSU the win in dramatic fashion.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
After an unbelievable win against Tennessee, LSU traveled to Gainesville to face the Florida Gators. The Tigers controlled the game at halftime as they held a 20-14 lead. After a scoreless 3rd quarter, Jordan Jefferson scored early in the 4th on a 3-yard touchdown run. The Tigers looked to be in complete control with a 26-14 4th quarter lead, but Florida's Andre Dubose returned the ensuing kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown. The Gators took a 29-26 lead on a 5-yard run by Mike Gillislee with 3 minutes remaining.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Florida
The Tigers took possession and drove all the way down to the Florida 36-yard line with 35 seconds remaining. Facing fourth-and-three, LSU lined up for a 54-yard field goal. However, holder Derek Helton flipped the ball over his head to kicker Josh Jasper who then ran for the first down. On the next play, Jarrett Lee hit Terrance Toliver for a 28-yard gain, and two plays later the two connected for the game-winning 3-yard touchdown. LSU escaped Gainesville with a hard-fought 33-29 victory, and their first win over Florida since their 2007 BCS National Championship season.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, McNeese State
The Tigers returned home in week seven to face McNeese State, the second-winningest football program in the state of Louisiana. The Cowboys scored first, but LSU answered with a 2-yard touchdown run by Stevan Ridley. The Tigers fell behind 10-7 early in the second quarter, but regained the lead on another touchdown run by Ridley. The game was put away with two touchdown runs by Freshman Michael Ford. LSU defeated McNesse 32-10, extending its regular season non-conference winning streak to 32 games, the longest in the nation. With the win, LSU started 7-0 for the first time since 1973. The win also marked the Tiger's 26th straight victory over teams from the state of Louisiana.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Auburn
LSU faced Auburn in week eight in a matchup of the two remaining undefeated teams in the SEC. Eventual Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton scored the game's first points on a 1-yard touchdown run. With just seconds remaining in the first half, Jordan Jefferson tied the game at 10-10 with a 2-yard touchdown run. In what was considered a Heisman-moment play, Newton ran for a huge 49-yard touchdown giving Auburn a 17-10 lead in the 3rd quarter.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Early in the 4th, LSU used a trick play to tie the game 17-17, with running back Spencer Ware tossing a 39-yard touchdown to Rueben Randle. With 5 minutes to play, Auburn's Onterio McCalebb ran for a 70-yard touchdown. LSU was stopped on a fourth-and-six with 3 minutes left to seal the 24-17 win for Auburn. In the victory, Cam Newton set the SEC record for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a single season.


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama
• #12 LSU	3	0	7	14	24Location: Baton Rouge, LouisianaGame start: 2:37 pmElapsed time: 3:29Game attendance: 92,969Game weather: 62°, SunnyReferee: Matt AustinTV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color), Tracy Wolfson (sideline)Sources:[96][97]Coming off their bye week and in what was dubbed by some as "Saban Bowl IV," Alabama was upset by their long-time rival, the LSU Tigers 24–21. [ 98][99][100] LSU scored first on a 45-yard Josh Jasper field goal to take a 3–0 lead. [ 101] Alabama scored their first points early in the second quarter on a one-yard Greg McElroy touchdown pass to Trent Richardson to take a 7–3 lead at the half. [ 101]


2010 LSU Tigers football team, Game summaries, Alabama
Both teams traded touchdowns in the third. The Tigers scored first on a 75-yard Rueben Randle reception from Jordan Jefferson, and the Crimson Tide responded with a five-yard Mark Ingram touchdown run. [ 101] LSU scored 14 fourth quarter points to secure the victory with a pair of Jasper field goals and a one-yard Stevan Ridley touchdown run and a successful two-point conversion. [ 101] Alabama responded with a nine-yard Julio Jones touchdown reception, but was unable to get a defensive stop late in the game preserving the 24–21 LSU victory. [ 101] Turnovers proved costly for Alabama with LSU scoring field goals on drives after a McElroy interception in the first and fumble in the fourth. [ 101] The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against the Tigers to 45–24–5. [ 102]


2010 La Crosse Spartans season
The 2010 La Crosse Spartans season was the team's first season as a football franchise and first in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-five teams competing in the IFL for the 2010 season, the Spartans were members of the Central North Division of the United Conference. The team played their home games at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin.


2010 La Crosse Spartans season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 19, 201022 Active, 2 Inactive


2010 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2010 La Flèche Wallonne cycling race took place on 21 April 2010. It was the 74th running of the La Flèche Wallonne between Charleroi and Huy in Belgium. It was won by the World Champion Cadel Evans.


2010 La Flèche Wallonne, Teams
There were 25 teams for the 2010 La Flèche Wallonne. They were:


2010 La Flèche Wallonne, Result
†: Alejandro Valverde finished 8th, but his results during 2010 were expunged as part of the terms of his suspension for involvement in the 2006 Operación Puerto doping case,


2010 La Manga Cup
The 2010 La Manga Cup was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition featuring football club teams from Europe and North America, which was held in February 2010. All matches were played in La Manga Stadium in La Manga Club, Spain. This was the thirteenth La Manga Cup. The tournament was won by Molde, who beat FC Nordsjælland 2–1 in the final.


2010 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
The 2010 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo took place from January 19 to 24. It was the fifth edition of the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. This edition of the race consisted of six stages.


2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
The Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) elected 19 members of the Shadow Cabinet from among their number in 2010. This follows the Labour Party's defeat at the 2010 general election, after which the party formed the Official Opposition in the United Kingdom.


2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
A separate election for Opposition Chief Whip, an ex officio member of the Shadow Cabinet, happened at the same time. Rosie Winterton was unopposed in that election, and she would serve for the remainder of the Parliament. The results of the Shadow Cabinet election were announced on 7 October 2010, hours after the balloting closed.


2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election
The PLP voted to abolish Shadow Cabinet elections at a meeting on 5 July 2011, and the National Executive Committee and the Party Conference followed suit. As a result, the 2010 Shadow Cabinet election was the last.


2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election, Background
Shadow Cabinet elections typically happened near the beginning of a session, but were delayed until after the leadership election, which ended with the announcement of Ed Miliband as winner on 25 September. Nominations were open from 26 to 29 September, and voting occurred from 4 to 7 October. The leader may choose to assign Shadow Cabinet portfolios to non-members, who are considered to "attend" Shadow Cabinet.


2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election, Rule changes
On 8 September 2010, the PLP voted to continue electing the Shadow Cabinet and made various changes to the rules for such elections:


2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election, Ex officio members
The following are also members of the Shadow Cabinet by virtue of the office listed:


2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election, Candidates
Shortly after the 2010 general election, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced that he would not be a candidate in the elections, thus ending more than 20 years of frontbench service. In August, both Shadow Justice Secretary Jack Straw and Shadow Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth announced their retirements from the frontbench. On 29 September, the day nominations closed, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced he would step down from the Shadow Cabinet, having been defeated for the Labour leadership days earlier by his brother, Ed.


2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election, Candidates
Forty-nine Labour MPs stood for election, and the results were as follows:


2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election, Chief Whip election
At the same time they elect members of the Shadow Cabinet, the Commons PLP will elect the Opposition Chief Whip. The incumbent Chief Whip, Nick Brown, announced on 29 September that he would not be a candidate, writing in a letter to the new leader, Ed Miliband, that though he had intended to stand for election to the post, he was acceding to Miliband's request that he stand down. According to the BBC, after the announcement, Jim Fitzpatrick, who had also intended to stand for the post, withdrew his candidacy, and Miliband asked Rosie Winterton to stand, and she did so unopposed.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
The 2010 Labour Party leadership election was triggered by a general election which resulted in a hung parliament; the first since 1974. The previous Labour leader, Gordon Brown, resigned as Leader of the Labour Party on 10 May and as Prime Minister on 11 May, following the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats forming a coalition government. The National Executive Committee decided the timetable for the election the result of which would be announced at the annual party conference. On 25 September 2010, Ed Miliband became the new Leader of the Labour Party.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure
The rules of the Labour Party stated in 2010 that "each nomination [for leader] must be supported by 12.5 per cent of the Commons members of the Parliamentary Labour Party." As the number of Labour MPs was 257 (the 258 returned at the general election minus Eric Illsley, who had been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party) 33 MPs needed to support any nomination.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure
Nominations opened on 24 May and closed on 27 May, but the deadline was extended to 9 June after complaints from John McDonnell, Diane Abbott, and Ed Miliband that the short deadline had provided insufficient time to secure the 33 nominations from MPs needed for inclusion on the ballot. The ballot took place between 1 and 22 September, and the results were announced on the first day of the party's conference in Manchester, 25 September. There were three distinct electorates, the electors of which cast their votes on a "one member, one vote" basis in each applicable category:


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure
Each of the three electorates or sections contributed one third (33.33 per cent) of the total votes and were counted using the Alternative Vote system system. The election was run by the National Executive Committee, and the results were announced at the annual conference in September 2010.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure, Union recommendation controversy
Under Labour Party rules, trade unions were allowed to make recommendations to their members, but were barred from doing this in the same envelope that contained the ballot paper. During the election, it emerged that both the GMB and Unite had included both an envelope containing the ballot paper, and an envelope containing promotional material for Ed Miliband, their favoured candidate, in the same communication. Though the promotional material was in a different envelope from the ballot paper, this nevertheless attracted criticism that they had breached the spirit of the rules.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates
At a meeting of the Cabinet held on 10 May 2010, it was agreed that no one would announce their candidacy until after formal negotiations in regards to forming a government were resolved. The Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats formed a coalition on 11 May, and David Miliband became the first person to announce his candidacy the following day. A total of six candidates emerged by 20 May:


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates
On 9 June John McDonnell withdrew from the contest in favour of Diane Abbott, who eventually made the ballot paper.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominations
Candidates must receive nominations from at least 12.5 per cent of the 257 Parliamentary Labour Party members (33) to appear on the ballot. John McDonnell had 16 nominations when he withdrew on 9 June, in favour of Diane Abbott. The final nominations figures were as follows:


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominations
The number of MPs next to the candidate's name below includes the actual candidate too, as they counted as one of the 33 MPs needed (except for David Miliband, as he nominated Diane Abbott to ensure her appearance on the ballot). Public nominations for candidates by MPs were as follows:


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominations
Before dropping out of the race on 9 June 2010, John McDonnell had the following 16 nominations: Ronnie Campbell, Martin Caton, Katy Clark, Jeremy Corbyn, John Cryer, Ian Davidson, Jim Dowd, Frank Field, Dai Havard, Kate Hoey, Ian Lavery, Graeme Morrice, Linda Riordan, Dennis Skinner, Mike Wood


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Notable Labour politicians who declined to stand
Some members of parliament were seen as potential candidates but decided against running:


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Results
Each of the three electorates or sections contributed one third (33.33 per cent) of the total votes and were counted using the Alternative Vote system system.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Results, Overall result
The total of first-round votes for Balls, Burnham, and Abbott (27.89%) was less than Ed Miliband's vote (34.33%). Thus, it was certain after the first round that Balls, Burnham, and Abbott would all be eliminated.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Results, Overall result
Turnout in the members section was 71.7%, with 127,330 votes cast of the 177,558 ballots distributed. Amongst affiliated members, turnout was 9.0%, whilst amongst MPs/MEPs turnout was 98.5%.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Results, Constituency Labour Parties
The map below shows the results of the Constituency Labour Parties first round preferences in the leadership election by constituency, before votes were transferred due to eliminations. David Miliband took the most constituencies, winning 577 in total. He was followed by Ed Miliband who took sixty-seven constituencies. Andy Burnham won eight seats, all in north-west England, Ed Balls took two constituencies (his own, Morley & Outwood, and that of his wife, Yvette Cooper, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford), and Diane Abbott won no constituencies. All ties with the exception of Wigan (Andy Burnham and David Miliband) were between David and Ed Miliband. Northern Ireland was counted as one constituency.


2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Results, Trade Unions and Socialist Societies
Turnout in the affiliates section was 9.0%, with 247,339 votes cast of the 2,747,030 ballots distributed.


2010 Ladakh floods
The 2010 Ladakh floods occurred on 6 August 2010 across a large part of Ladakh, then part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. 71 towns and villages were damaged, including the main town in the area, Leh. At least 255 people are reported to have died, six of whom were foreign tourists, after a cloudburst and heavy overnight rains triggered flash floods, mudflows, and debris flows. 200 people were reported missing in the initial aftermath of the storm, and thousands more were rendered homeless after the flooding caused extensive damage to property and infrastructure. Overall, 9000 people were directly affected by the event.


2010 Ladakh floods, History
Leh is the largest town in the Ladakh region of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is on a plateau at around 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) above sea level and usually receives very little rainfall, around 100 millimetres (3.9 in) per year. Described as a "high-altitude cold desert", the area has sparse rainfall and a heavy downpour is a rare occurrence. The average rainfall in Leh for the month of August is 15.4 millimetres (0.61 in), with highest rainfall ever recorded during a single 24-hour period being 51.3 millimetres (2.02 in), recorded on 22 August 1933.


2010 Ladakh floods, History
The town is predominantly Buddhist. Tourists are attracted by its natural environment. August is the peak tourist season when thousands of western backpackers come to the area. Leh receives about 60,000 foreign and 150,000 domestic tourists annually.


2010 Ladakh floods, Flooding and damage
The flash floods happened after a night of heavy downpour. The cloudburst itself occurred between 0000–0030 hours IST on 6 August 2010, leading to flash flooding, debris flows, and mudflows over the region. The rainfall distribution was highly spatially variable. The most intense part of the storm was focused in a 6-kilometre (3.7 mi)-wide band parallel to, and a few kilometers from, the river Indus. This band was centred over most of the major settlements in the area, including Leh.


2010 Ladakh floods, Flooding and damage
Outside the band, the rainfall intensity was unremarkable; the only weather station in the area, at Leh airport, recorded just 12.8 millimetres (0.50 in) of total rainfall for the night of 6 August. However, within it precipitation intensities were over an order of magnitude higher, peaking at at least 150 mm/h (5.9 in/h) over Leh during the most intense part of the storm. Estimates of the maximum total rainfall in some places were as high as 250 millimetres (9.8 in). Note that the implied 75 millimetres (3.0 in) of rain over Leh during the most intense part of the storm is equivalent to around a year's worth of rain falling in 30 minutes.


2010 Ladakh floods, Flooding and damage
The rains occurred at night, and surprised everyone. In Leh, many buildings were destroyed including hospitals, the bus terminal, radio station transmitter, telephone exchange and mobile-phone towers. BSNL communication systems were fully destroyed. Communications were later restored by the Indian Army. The local bus station was severely damaged and some of the buses were carried more than a mile by the mud. The city's airport was damaged but was rapidly repaired to allow relief flights the following day. The village of Choglamsar on the outskirts of the city was particularly badly hit.


2010 Ladakh floods, Flooding and damage
In neighbouring valleys, large numbers of smaller villages which lay under the main rainfall band were also heavily damaged, with large numbers of casualties. As in Leh, much of the destruction was caused by debris flows coming from the rocky sidewalls of the valleys, not by the flooding itself. Notable impacts occurred in Sobu, Phyang, Nimu, Nyeh, and Basgo villages. In total, almost 1500 homes in 71 settlements across the area were reported to have been damaged. Detailed mapping and estimation of the entrapped sediment mass within the transverse stream valleys of various sectors of Himalaya is required to predict the style of mass transfer during such events.


2010 Ladakh floods, Flooding and damage
All of the estimated 3000 tourists in Leh, including 1000 foreigners were safe according to local officials. Outside the town, six tourists were reported killed. However, official documents indicate that at least 255 local residents were killed, with a further 29 never found. The true toll may have been significantly higher, perhaps more than 600 people.


2010 Ladakh floods, Response
The rescue efforts were hampered by gushing water and mud which was 10 feet high in places. In addition many of the roads and bridges leading to Leh were damaged, making it difficult to truck in relief supplies. Four hundred critically wounded people were evacuated and some were admitted to the army hospital in Leh. Indian Army soldiers launched a massive rescue operation. Home minister P. Chidambaram said that over 6,000 security personnel were deployed in Leh for rescue operations. Prime minister Manmohan Singh expressed grief and announced compensation of Rs. 100,000 to the kin of deceased and Rs. 50,000 for those injured. Chief Minister of the state Omar Abdullah directed the administration to undertake relief effort on a war footing.


2010 Ladies European Tour
The 2010 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2010. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


2010 Ladies European Tour
The tour featured 25 official money events, as well as the European Nations Cup. Lee-Anne Pace won the Order of Merit with earnings of €339,517.77, ahead of Laura Davies. In-Kyung Kim won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 4th in the Order of Merit.


2010 Ladies European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2010 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.


2010 Ladies Tour of Qatar
The 2010 Ladies Tour of Qatar was the second edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar cycling stage race. It was rated by the UCI as category 2.1, and was held between 3 and 5 February 2010, in Qatar.


2010 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2010 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his 11th season as head coach. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania.


2010 Lafayette Leopards football team
After being ranked in the Sports Network and Coaches Top 25 poll in each of the past six season, the Leopards finished an uncharacteristic 2–9 overall and 1–5 in the Patriot League. The Leopards lost to Georgetown in their opening game for the first time since 2003 and lost their third consecutive game against arch-rival Lehigh University in the 146th meeting of The Rivalry.


2010 Laguna local elections
Local elections were held in the Province of Laguna on May 10, 2010 as part of the 2010 general election. Voters selected candidates for all local positions: a municipal/city mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Laguna.


2010 Laguna local elections, Results, Partial Unofficial results from COMELEC
Partial Unofficial Tally as of 2010-05-12 11:06:11 88.60% of Election Returns


2010 Laguna local elections, Results, Partial Unofficial results from COMELEC, Provincial & Congressional Elections
Incumbent Teresita S. Lazaro is on her third consecutive term and was term-limited. Her son, Provincial Administrator Dennis Lazaro, ran in her place. He faced then-Pagsanjan Mayor E.R. Ejercito, former Governor Joey Lina, voluntarily-retiring vice governor Ramil Hernandez, and independent candidates Christine Amador and Randy Bautista.


2010 Laguna local elections, Results, Partial Unofficial results from COMELEC, Provincial & Congressional Elections
Ramil Hernandez (Nacionalista) was the incumbent. Although eligible to run for his second consecutive term, he voluntarily retired to run for governor. His party nominated 1st District Board Member Dave Almarinez to run for vice governor. He faced then-Los Baños Mayor Caesar Perez, Celso Mercado, Eleanor Reyes, former Pagsanjan Mayor Abner Afuang, and Bernardita Cruz.


2010 Laguna local elections, Results, Congressional elections
Each of Laguna's four legislative districts elected an representative to the House of Representatives. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins the seat.


2010 Laguna local elections, Results, 1st District
Danilo Fernandez was originally elected during the 2007 election, but the House Electoral Tribunal ruled that his residence in the district was not enough and was disqualified; no replacement was named. Fernandez is running again for the district's seat this year.


2010 Laguna local elections, Results, 4th District
Edgar San Luis is the incumbent and is running unopposed.


2010 Laguna local elections, Results, Sangguniang Panlalawigan elections
All 4 Districts of Laguna elected Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.


2010 Laguna local elections, Mayoralty Election
All municipalities of Laguna, Biñan City, Calamba City, San Pablo City, and Santa Rosa City will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.


2010 Laguna local elections, Mayoralty Election, 4th District, Candidates for Mayor, Santa Cruz
Incumbent Mayor Ariel Magcalas seeks for reelection as Mayor of Santa Cruz against Former Congressman Benjamin Agarao and his predecessor, Former Mayor Domingo Panganiban


2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing
The 2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing occurred on 1 January 2010, in the village of Shah Hassan Khel, Lakki Marwat District, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. At least 105 people died and over 100 were injured, many of them critically, when the suicide bomber blew up his sport utility vehicle filled with explosives in the middle of a crowd that had gathered to watch a volleyball game.


2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing, Attack
It was thought that the villagers were targeted because they had formed a pro government militia against the Taliban. In weeks before, militants threatened death to anyone who joined the militia. The bomber drove his Mitsubishi Pajero pickup truck into the middle of the playground, at a busy neighborhood, while a game between local male teams was in progress and detonated it. There were up to 400 people present. The bodies of players were thrown through the air by the blast. It was estimated that more than 600 pounds (270 kg) of explosives were used. Nearly 300 people had been watching the game when the blast happened. Among the dead were six children and five paramilitary soldiers. The remaining fatalities were mostly spectating teenagers. Witnesses said that flames leapt into the sky and there was a bright light before the explosion was heard.


2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing, Attack
The villagers had formed a 'peace committee' which was holding a meeting in a mosque when the blast occurred. The roof of the mosque caved in but none of the people attending the meeting were seriously injured. More than twenty surrounding houses were destroyed. People became trapped in collapsed buildings. In the darkness, vehicle headlights were used to search for victims. The blast was felt from 11 miles (18 kilometers) away.


2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing, Attack
By the day after the blast, no group had claimed responsibility for the bombing. According to analysts, this is frequently the case after an attack has killed many civilians. Pakistani security analyst retired Lieutenant General Talat Masood stated that attack was most likely carried out in retaliation by Taliban. He said "Definitely these are militant elements from North Waziristan and Taliban who have been very angry because the military had had a successful operation in Lakki Marwat and been able to clean up the place."


2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing, Reactions
The village elders stated after the attack that they would continue opposing the Taliban. The head of the tribal council stated "Such attacks will only strengthen our resolve – being Pashtun, revenge is the only answer to the gruesome killings."


2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing, Reactions
Altaf Hussain chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement condemned the blast and called it an attempt to worsen Pakistan's situation further. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has announced Rs300,000 (US$3500, €2500) compensation for the family of each deceased and Rs100,000 (US$1200, €800) for each of the injured.


2010 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 2010 Lamar Cardinals football season was their first since 1989 and the first for head coach Ray Woodard and his staff. The Cardinals opened up the season on September 4 against arch-rival, #11 McNeese State in Lake Charles. The crowd of 19,235 that filled Cowboy Stadium marked the highest attendance since 2002 for the Cowboys. Lamar quarterback Andre Bevil set a school record for passing yards with 427 yards through the air. The game featured a late fourth quarter surge by the Cardinals with two touch down passes thrown in the final quarter of the game. McNeese clinched the 30–27 victory when they converted on third and 10 with less than a minute left.


2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG
The 2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Aachen, Germany between 8 and 14 November 2010.


2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG, Champions, Doubles
Ruben Bemelmans /  Igor Sijsling def. Jamie Delgado /  Jonathan Marray, 6–4, 3–6, [11–9]


2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions but chose to compete in the 2010 BNP Paribas Masters instead. Ruben Bemelmans and Igor Sijsling won the title, defeating Jamie Delgado and Jonathan Marray 6–4, 3–6, [11–9] in the final.


2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG – Singles
Rajeev Ram is the defending champion, but lost to Dustin Brown  at the semifinals. Brown won the title, by defeating Igor Sijsling 6–3, 7–6(3) in the final.


2010 Lambeth London Borough Council election
Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. All 63 seats were up for election. Turnout was 58%. The Labour Party retained control of the council, increasing its majority. The elections took place on the same day as other local elections and the United Kingdom general election.


2010 Lambton County municipal elections
Elections were held in Lambton County, Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season
The 2010 season for the Lampre–Farnese Vini cycling team began in January with the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. Though the team holds a valid UCI ProTour license, they were denied ProTour registration in November 2009. The matter remained unresolved at the time of the Tour Down Under, meaning the team missed the first major race of the season, but during January the UCI issued a temporary licence as a member of the ProTour until the end of March. Full license rights were restored at the end of March.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season
The team's most noteworthy acquisition for the 2010 season is sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, who departed the dissolved LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini after two seasons. Three other riders from the LPR team also join Lampre in 2010, as does Petacchi's new leadout man Danilo Hondo. The team also sees the departure of some notable riders from the 2009 team, perhaps chief among them 2008 world champion Alessandro Ballan. After a lengthy search for a team, former Giro d'Italia winner and former Lampre team member Gilberto Simoni joined the team on January 13, with the understanding that the 2010 Giro would be his final race.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season, One-day races, Spring classics
For the sixth consecutive season, Petacchi won the traditional one-day opener to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi. Performing his signature long, early sprint, Petacchi was delivered to the line by his leadout train just ahead of fellow Italians Alberto Loddo and Fabio Sabatini.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season, Stage races
After missing the Tour Down Under, the team's season began with the Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria. Petacchi won the mass sprint finish to stage 2, getting a leadout from new teammate Hondo which delivered him to the line ahead of the rest of the peloton. He followed this up with a similar win in the race-concluding stage 4 two days later. The team was prolific in the Giro di Sardegna, winning three stages. Gavazzi won a 42-rider sprint in the first stage. The course was too selective for the team's top sprinter Petacchi, who was 16 minutes back.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season, Stage races
Petacchi won a classic field sprint in stage 3, but the team's win in stage 4 was not as typical. With another field sprint being set up, a spectator reached over a guardrail to take a picture and his arm struck Petacchi, who crashed. This happened near the front of the peloton, so most of the riders in the race went down right behind him. Hondo, who had been leading out the sprint and was just ahead of Petacchi when the crash happened, kept riding and was first across the line to win the stage.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season, Stage races
Petacchi lay on the road for over 18 minutes before getting up and finishing the stage. He was taken to the hospital for examination, but was not seriously hurt. He was able to enter the race's final stage the next day and emerge as the winner of the points classification, despite being defeated by Alberto Loddo in the sprint.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Lampre entered the Giro with a squad led by Cunego. Offseason negotiations with Simoni had culminated in his signing coming with the understanding that this Giro would be the final race of his career. After a subpar Giro del Trentino, Simoni was considering pulling out of the Giro d'Italia, but he took the start in the Netherlands all the same. While Cunego again had overall victory in mind, pre-race analyses suggested he, as well as Simoni, was better off going for stage wins. Petacchi was also on the squad, aiming for wins in the flat stages.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
In the Giro's first road race stage, Petacchi made a late split in the leading peloton to contest a 14-man sprint for the win, but leadout man Hondo was left behind and Petacchi managed just fifth. In stage 3, Petacchi missed an early selection and finished the stage eight minutes back. Hondo was with the leaders for another depleted sprint finish, taking fourth. Hondo was the squad's best-placed rider in the overall standings before the transfer to Italy, in 21st place. Cunego was 50th, and Simoni was 135th, already nine minutes off the pace.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
The squad was 13th in the stage 4 team time trial, 1'43" back of their Italian rivals Liquigas–Doimo. The next day, Petacchi was one of several sprinters upset by a three-man breakaway who stayed away to the finish line. He was third in the field sprint, but this made him only sixth on the stage. In stage 6, a solo winner took the victory more than a minute ahead of the peloton and a former breakaway companion. Hondo led the peloton across the finish line, for third on the day.


2010 Lampre–Farnese Vini season, Grand Tours, Giro d'Italia
Stage 7 was a long and difficult one. The course incorporated unpaved roads toward the finish, and the day on which the stage was run happened to have heavy rainfall. This made the course very muddy and treacherous. Cunego stayed with the race's overall favorites for all of the stage. When race leader Vincenzo Nibali crashed and needed a bike change, Alexander Vinokourov, Cadel Evans, Cunego, and others broke away and left him behind. The three quickly distinguished themselves as the winning move.