The find in June 2010 extends the known record of copper smelting by about 500 years, and suggests that copper smelting may have been invented in separate parts of Asia and Europe at that time rather than spreading from a single source.

Since then McLean has performed tours of the UK ( 2007, 2008 ( one appearance ), 2010, 2011 ), Ireland ( 2007, 2010, 2011 ), mainland Europe ( 2008, 2010 ), Australia and New Zealand ( 2008, 2011 ) and South East Asia ( 2011 ).

However, the 2010 sequencing of the Neanderthal genome indicated that Neanderthals did indeed interbreed with anatomically modern humans circa 45, 000 to 80, 000 years ago ( at the approximate time that modern humans migrated out from Africa, but before they dispersed into Europe, Asia and elsewhere ).

Significant progress in implementing the right to food at national scale in Africa, Latin America and South Asia " United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Briefing Note 01, 14 May 2010.

As of 2010, the Asia Pacific Floorball Championship is also the qualifying tournament for the World Floorball Championships.

A United States Air Force | U. S. Air Force airman in Southwest Asia stands in the ringmount of a FRAG 6-reinforced HMMWV in April 2010.

With premium income of $ 1, 620bn, Europe was the most important region in 2010, followed by North America $ 1, 409bn and Asia $ 1, 161bn.

In January 2010 Kazakhstan assumed the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), the biggest regional security organization, connecting 56 countries of Europe, North America and Asia.

When national boundaries that do not match ethnic boundaries are drawn, such as in the Balkans and Central Asia, ethnic tension, massacres and even genocide, sometimes has occurred historically ( see Bosnian genocide and 2010 South Kyrgyzstan riots ).

In 2010, 65. 9 % of passengers using the airport flew to and from Europe, 11. 7 % to and from North America and 8. 8 % to and from Asia ; cargo volume was mainly between Schiphol and Asia ( 45 %) and North America ( 17 %).

In 2010, the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, as well as Shriners North America, changed its name to Shriners International, now covering nearly 200 temples ( chapters ) across North America, South America, Europe and Southeast Asia.

The first SIGGRAPH Asia conference was held in Singapore from the tenth to the thirteenth of December 2008 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre ; the second one in Yokohama, Japan in the period from 16 December to 19 December 2009 at Pacifico Yokohama ; and the third in Seoul, Korea in the time period from 15 December to 18 December 2010 at Coex Convention & Exhibition Center Seoul.

The company has operations in other countries in Northern, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Spain, with a total of 150 million mobile customers ( 2010 ).

A 2010 study found that, as a result of rising temperatures and decreasing solar radiation during the later years of the 20th century, the rice yield growth rate has decreased in many parts of Asia, compared to what would have been observed had the temperature and solar radiation trends not occurred.

The New York City Metropolitan Area contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, enumerating 682, 265 individuals as of the 2010 United States Census, including at least 8 Chinatowns-six in New York City proper, and one each in Edison, New Jersey and Nassau County, Long Island, not to mention fledgling ethnic Chinese enclaves emerging throughout the New York City metropolitan area.

In April 2010, the undersea cable SEA-ME-WE 4 was under an outage the South East Asia – Middle East – Western Europe 4 ( SEA-ME-WE 4 ) submarine communications cable system, which connects South East Asia and Europe, was reportedly cut in three places, off Palermo, Italy.

* Creative Commons Asia Conference 2010

And in 2010, despite bad weather conditions, the Taiwan gay parade " Out and Vote " attracted more than 30, 000 people, making it the largest such event in Asia.

* The Maritime Boundary Dispute Between Bangladesh and Myanmar: Motivations, Potential Solutions, and Implications by Jared Bissinger ( Asia Policy, July 2010 )

Tsinghua University's campus was named one of the most beautiful college campuses in the world by a panel of architects and campus designers in Forbes in 2010 ; it was the only university in Asia on the list.

One male known to researchers in the Pacific Northwest ( identified as J1 ) was estimated to have been 59 years old when he died in 2010.

According to the 2010 Census, 68. 4 % of the population was White ( 40. 5 % non-Hispanic white ), 2. 1 % was Black or African American, 9. 4 % American Indian and Alaska Native, 1. 4 % Asian, 0. 1 % Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 3. 7 % from two or more races.

In 1967, the business school added an MBA program, which by 2010 has grown to be a highly ranked, nationally accredited evening program for working professionals in the Pacific Northwest.

Pacific Decadal Oscillation 1925 to 2010

As of 2010, Allegany County had a racial and ethnic population composition of 88. 16 % Non-Hispanic whites, 8. 03 % Blacks, 0. 14 % Native Americans, 0. 76 % Asians, 0. 04 % Pacific Islanders, 0. 08 % Non-Hispanics who reported some other race, 1. 47 % Non-Hispanics who reported two or more races and 1. 44 % Hispanics.

At the 2010 Census, the city's population was 75. 1 % White, 2. 7 % Black, 1. 2 % American Indian and Alaska Native, 4. 4 % Asian, 2. 0 % Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 10. 7 % from some other race and 3. 7 % from two or more races.

Belau Air has its headquarters in Koror, as did the short-lived Pacific Flier in 2010.

On 27 August 2010, the soap opera Neighbours filmed scenes in the harbour and on board the cruise ship, Pacific Jewel.

The latter was lifted from the Trans-Canada Highway development program on the BC mainland as renewed federal funding and new public-private partnerships became available in the early 2000s to support the 2010 Winter Olympics and the Pacific Gateway transportation initiative.

The La Niña that appeared in the Pacific in 2010 probably helped 2010's south-west monsoon end on a favourable note.

According to the Census of 2010, the racial makeup of the county was 89. 22 % White, 4. 64 % Black or African American, 0. 17 % Native American, 2. 56 % Asian, 0. 04 % Pacific Islander, 1. 30 % from other races, and 2. 06 % from two or more races.

On January 26, 2010, CEO Ron Marshall resigned to become President and CEO of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. ( A & P ), a position which had been vacant since October.

As of the census of 2010 the racial makeup of the county was 59. 1 % White ( non-Hispanic ) or European American, 39. 01 % Black or African American, 0. 24 % Native American, 0. 29 % Asian, 0. 01 % Pacific Islander, 0. 2 % from other races, and 0. 79 % from two or more races.

As of 2010 the racial makeup of the county was 50. 31 % Non-Hispanic whites, 20. 23 % blacks, 1. 11 % Native Americans, 1. 22 % Asians, 0. 04 % Pacific Islanders, 0. 14 % Non-Hispanics of some other race, 1. 87 % Non-Hispanics reporting two or more races and 27. 06 % Hispanic or Latino.

As of 2010, the racial makeup of the population was 86. 90 % Non-Hispanic white, 4. 69 % black, 0. 21 % Native American, 0. 86 % Asian, 0. 04 % Pacific Islander, 0. 09 % Non-Hispanics of some other race, 1. 41 % Non-Hispanics reporting two or more races and 6. 22 % Hispanics or Latinos.

As of 2010 the racial and ethnic makeup of the county was 58. 59 % Non-Hispanic whites, 14. 89 % Non-Hispanic blacks, 1. 19 % Hispanic blacks, 0. 18 % Non-Hispanic Native Americans, 0. 21 % Hispanic Native Americans, 7. 50 % Asians, 0. 03 % Pacific Islanders, 0. 17 % Non-Hispanics of some other race, 1. 87 % non-Hispanics reporting two or more races and a total of 16. 84 % Hispanics or Latinos.

In April 2010, a tip-off from Cathay Pacific led to the UK Office of Fair Trading investigating alleged price-fixing between Virgin Atlantic and Cathay Pacific on flights to Hong Kong between 2002 and 2006.

In 2010, the racial makeup of the county was 75. 1 % White, 13. 6 % Black or African American, 0. 3 % Native American, 5. 6 % Asian American, 0. 02 % Pacific Islander, 0. 84 % from other races, and 1. 86 % from two or more races.

As of 2010 the population of Macomb County was 83. 91 % Non-Hispanic white, 8. 65 % Black, 0. 31 % Native American, 2. 98 % Asian, 0. 02 % Pacific Islander, 0. 10 % Non-Hispanics of some other race, 2. 10 % Two or more races and 2. 27 % Hispanic or Latino.

According to the 2010 U. S Census, the racial makeup of the county was 40. 9 % White, 45. 8 % Black, 0. 2 % American Indian, 1. 8 % Asian, 0. 1 % Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0. 3 % Other race, and 1. 6 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the CDP in 2010 was 15. 6 % non-Hispanic White, 18. 6 % non-Hispanic Black or African American, 0. 4 % Native American, 18. 1 % Asian, 1. 1 % Pacific Islander, 0. 3 % from other races, and 3. 1 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the CDP in 2010 was 20. 9 % non-Hispanic White, 10. 8 % Black or African American, 0. 4 % Native American, 9. 2 % Asian, 1. 9 % Pacific Islander, 0. 2 % from other races, and 2. 7 % from two or more races.