They are receiving some attention again in the wake of the Financial crisis of 2007 – 2010.

In 2010, in the wake of both the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia on April 5, that killed 29 miners and on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 crew on April 20, Turner stated on CNN that " I'm just wondering if God is telling us He doesn't want to drill offshore.

The theme song was used to wake up astronauts aboard space shuttle mission STS-132 in May 2010.

On June 14, 2010, Beinecke was appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The Letterman / Leno feud was revived in the wake of the 2010 Tonight Show conflict, which saw Letterman side with O ' Brien.

In the wake of the 2010 landmark case filed by Citizens United that allowed unlimited political spending by unions and corporations, Republican Senator John McCain, co-crafter of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, said " there's going to be, over time, a backlash ... when you see the amounts of union and corporate money that's going to go into political campaigns ".

In 2010, notable operations included disaster response in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, ongoing programs to address the humanitarian crisis in Congo and to help community rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and advocacy and resettlement efforts on behalf of Iraqis uprooted by the war.

In the wake of the financial crisis of 2007 – 2010 many government shelters have run out of adequate space and financial resources.

The same newspaper reported that this was followed on 6 August 2010 by the closure of the former Labour government's " ContactPoint " database of 11 million under 18 year olds designed to protect children in the wake of the Victoria Climbie child abuse scandal.

On 9 December 2010 in the wake of violent student demonstrations against increases to Higher Education tuition fees held in central London, May praised the actions of the police in controlling the demonstrations but was described by the Daily Telegraph as " under growing political pressure " due to her handling of the demonstrations.

In the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Murkowski opposed a bill that would have raised the liability cap for oil spills from $ 75 million to $ 10 billion.

From 1992 to 1999, he was the Minister of International Co-operation and Foreign Investment, and from 1999 to 2011 he was the Prime Minister of Tunisia until the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on January 14 in the wake of the 2010 – 2011 Tunisian uprising.

In June 2010, Castle was one of only two Republicans to vote in favor of the DISCLOSE Act, intended to limit spending on political campaigns by corporations in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

These policies came under attack in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007 – 2010.

In the wake of the 2010 General Election and the formation of a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, Gibb was appointed Minister of State for Schools in the new Department for Education.

The incident happened in the wake of the uncovering and expulsion of ten Russian sleeper agents in the US in June 2010, including a young woman who had British citizenship, Anna Chapman.

In July 2010, in the wake of a scandal involving several wrestlers admitting to illegal gambling, he denied he had connections with members of the yakuza underworld after media reports that he was seen with a mobster during a visit to Ehime prefecture to recruit new apprentices.

In the wake of January 12, 2010, while no casualties or serious damage were reported in Hinche, thousands of refugees began pouring into the town.

In the wake of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ( 2000 ), there has been somewhat of a revival of Chinese-produced wuxia films aimed at an international audience, including Hero ( 2002 ), House of Flying Daggers ( 2004 ) and Reign of Assassins ( 2010 ).

In the wake of Joe Morgan deciding to take an official role with the Cincinnati Reds as a " special advisor to baseball operations ", it was announced on November 8, 2010 that Mr. Morgan would not be returning for the season as an announcer on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

In February 2010, it emerged that Ashton had been heavily criticised within the EU community for a number of actions, including her failure to visit Haiti in the wake of the earthquake.

Yishai has been accused of negligence in the wake of Israel's deadly forest fire in December 2010, prompting calls to resign.

On December 13, 2009, San Jose Mercury News columnist Chris O ’ Brien ’ s list of “ The Influencers of Silicon Valley ” highlighted ten Silicon Valley leaders, including TechSoup co-CEO Marnie Webb, who is described as “… instrumental in building links between corporations, volunteers and nonprofits to get technology into the hands of community organizations that don't have many resources or expertise .” In the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, TechSoup Global co-CEO Marnie Webb was interviewed on Chicago Public Radio and in USA Today.

On the 7 July 2010 episode, in the wake of fast declining ratings, Somers announced on air that the season would conclude on 21 July 2010 and that Hey Hey It's Saturday would be returning for a 7 episode run in October 2010, and be moved back to its original Saturday night timeslot.

Peres succeeded Rabin as party leader prior to the 1977 elections when Rabin stepped down in the wake of a foreign currency scandal involving his wife.

In the 2011 federal election, in the wake of a surge of support for the New Democratic Party, the Bloc received less than a quarter of the popular vote in Quebec ( less than 6 % of all the total votes in the elections ), lost 44 of the 47 seats it held at parliament's dissolution, and only added one seat, which had been vacated by a Bloc Québécois member six months prior to the election.

One hundred and nineteen faculty members of the University of Tehran are said to have resigned on June 15, 2009 to protest the attack on university dorms in the wake of contested 2009 presidential elections: although clear follow-up data is hard to establish, it seems that most or all resignations were not accepted.

Meanwhile, Seaga's failure to deliver on his promises to the US and foreign investors, as well as complaints of governmental incompetence in the wake Hurricane Gilbert's devastation in 1988, also contributed to his defeat to the popular Manley in the 1989 elections.

In May 2009, he came out in support of the Green Party in the weeks before the 2009 European elections, supporting the Green Party's ' Clean Campaigning ' pledge in the wake of the scandal over MPs ' expenses.

However, in the wake of a poor Labour performance in the local council elections of 4 May 2006, Clarke was dismissed in the biggest cabinet upheaval in the history of the Blair governments, to be replaced by Defence Secretary John Reid.

In the wake of three consecutive elections between 1989 and 1990, the New Democracy leader, Constantine Mitsotakis, eventually received sufficient support to form a government.

In the wake of the controversies over the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law in 2003, the party's popularity dropped drastically and the November 2003 District Councils elections saw its seats drop to 62.

She has served as the acting head of state of Georgia twice ; the first time from 23 November 2003 to 25 January 2004 in the wake of Eduard Shevardnadze's resignation during the Rose Revolution, and again from 25 November 2007 to 20 January 2008, when Mikheil Saakashvili stepped down to rerun in the early presidential elections.

In the wake of the Democratic takeover of Congress in the 2006 elections, Cubin was relegated to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as a Member of both the Health and Telecommunications Subcommittees.

He then decided to shift his base to Bihar in 1989, when an anti-Congress wave was sweeping the country in the wake of the Bofors scandal, and won Muzaffarpur in the 1989 and 1991 general elections, He later joined the Janata Dal, a party which was formed from the Janata Party at Bangalore in August 1988.

The Society has campaigned successfully for the introduction of STV for local elections in Scotland and led the call for a referendum on the voting system in the wake of the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal as part of the Vote for a Change campaign.

He lost his seat in the 2009 European Parliament elections, which saw a big fall in the Labour share of the vote in the wake of the Westminster expenses scandal.

Due to term limits as Democratic Caucus Chair, Frost made a bid for Minority Leader after Dick Gephardt resigned in the wake of losing four seats in the 2002 Congressional midterm elections, but Frost dropped out of the race and supported eventual winner Nancy Pelosi.

It is learned that Sigma has grown from a simple attempt to plunder the Nazi treasury and stabilize the industrial and financial state of the world in the wake of the war, to a political and financial machine which controls as many as 75 % of the world's leading companies, and has enough covert political clout to directly influence the outcome of the likes of Presidential elections.

The U. S. Senate elections of 1974 were held in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Richard M. Nixon's resignation from the presidency, and Gerald Ford's subsequent pardon of Nixon.

In the wake of the 1930 midterm elections, the Republicans lost control of the House.

In the wake of the 2004 elections, confirming the victory of the Justice and Truth grouping comprising National Liberals and Democrats, lustration was again brought to the attention of Parliament.

The 1960 elections, held in the wake of independence, saw Patrice Lumumba become prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu president.

By March 23, the protest movement had become widespread, particularly in some of the majority Uzbek southern towns, having gained momentum in the wake of allegations of massive fraud and manipulations during the elections.

Militia members will be incorporated into the national army and their leaders made officers in the wake of general elections endorsing the government of Joseph Kabila.

In the wake of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005, however, the Qornet Shehwan escalated its campaign to call for the immediate withdrawal of Syrian military and intelligence forces from Lebanon, and for fresh parliamentary and presidential elections to be held, free from foreign interference.

Ganji took part in a conference in Berlin held by the Heinrich Boell Foundation under the title " Iran after the elections " held in the wake of the Majlis elections of February 2000 which resulted in a huge victory by reformist candidates.