The World: 2011 in Pictures
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From earthquakes to revolutions, 2011 was a year of unrest and change around the world. With Europe's growing debt troubles, violent riots in London and uprisings across the Arab world, many stories dominated the headlines and captivated our minds. CTVNews.ca looks back at the events that shaped the world in 2011.
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JANUARY
Six killed in rampage, congresswoman shot
Emergency personnel move Rep. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to an ambulance after she was shot in the head outside a shopping centre in Tucson, Ariz, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011.
AP Photo/James Palka
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JANUARY
Emergency personnel attend to a shooting victim outside a shopping centre in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011.
AP Photo/James Palka
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JANUARY
Haiti remembers quake devastation one year later
Haitian police lower the national flag in front of the damaged presidential palace on the first anniversary of the magnitude-7.0 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011.
AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa
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JANUARY
A man with two children sits in the rubble of the earthquake-damaged Cathedral during a mass in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011.
AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa
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JANUARY
Drug war rages on between rival gangs in Mexico
The bodies of decapitated men, are loaded up into a forensic examination vehicle in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011.
AP Photo
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JANUARY
A body lies beside the road on the outskirts of Acapulco, Mexico, Jan. 13, 2011.
AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini
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JANUARY
Protests in Tunisia spark Arab world uprising
Demonstrators throws stones at police during clashes in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011.
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
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JANUARY
Riot police officers detain a protester during clashes in Tunis, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011.
Mounting protests in Tunisia eventually unseated the North African country's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, after more than two decades of iron-fisted rule.
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
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JANUARY
Bomb explosion kills dozens in Moscow airport
A man wounded in a blast is seen at Domodedovo airport in Moscow, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.
AP / Ivan Sekretarev
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JANUARY
Investigators work near the lifeless body of a man killed in an explosion at Domodedovo airport in Moscow, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.
AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
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JANUARY
Mubarak defends crackdown as protests peak
Egyptian protesters react as anti-riot police fire tear gas in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011.
AP Photo/Ahmed Ali
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JANUARY
Egyptian anti-riot policemen clash with protesters in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011.
AP Photo/TaraTodras-Whitehill
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FEBRUARY
Egypt celebrates as Mubarak resigns
Egyptians celebrate the news of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, who handed control of the country to the military, in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 11, 2011.
AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill,
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FEBRUARY
Bahrain protesters take control of main square
Bahraini demonstrators run from tear gas Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, as riot police disperse a protest in the village of Duraz, Bahrain, outside the capital of Manama.
AP / Hasan Jamali
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FEBRUARY
Protests erupt in Libya
Residents stand on a tank holding a pre-Gadhafi era national flag inside a security forces compound in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011.
AP Photo/Alaguri
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FEBRUARY
6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand
Rescue workers climb onto the collapsed Pyne Gould Guinness Building in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 22 2011.
Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald
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FEBRUARY
Part of a road between Lyttelton and Sumner is damaged by Tuesday's earthquake on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. The magnitude-6.3 temblor collapsed buildings, caused extensive other damage and killed dozens of people in the city.
AP Photo/Mark Baker
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FEBRUARY
Gadhafi retaliates as Libya uprising gains ground
Libyan clerics look at the dead body of a protester who was killed last week during protests against Libyan Leader Moammar Ghadafi, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday Feb. 25, 2011. Militias loyal to Gadhafi opened fire on protesters streaming out of mosques in the Libyan capital witnesses said, reporting at least four killed.
AP Photo/Hussein Malla
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MARCH
Riots in Yemen, calls for president's ouster
Anti-government protesters throw a boy into the air during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, March 7, 2011.
AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen
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MARCH
Kilauea's new vent spews loads of lava
A view looking down onto the northeastern vent of the Kamoamoa eruption is seen in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Island of Hawaii, Tuesday, March 8, 2011.
US Geological Survey
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MARCH
The eastern vent complex of the Kamoamoa eruption is shown in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Island of Hawaii, Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
US Geological Survey
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MARCH
Police, protesters clash near Bahrain palace
Riot police as thousands of anti-government protesters chant slogans and circle outside Gudaibiya Palace in Manama, Bahrain, Sunday, March 6, 2011.
AP Photo/Hasan Jamali
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MARCH
Massive earthquake slams Japan's eastern coast
A patient in a wheelchair is helped by attendants as they evacuate from a tsunami-affected hospital at Otsuchi, northeastern Japan, on Sunday March 13, 2011.
Kyodo News
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MARCH
Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011.
AP Photo
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MARCH
Earthquake-triggered tsunami waves sweep along Iwanuma in northern Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011.
Kyodo News
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MARCH
Western forces begin Libya assault
An image from night-vision lenses shows a Tomahawk missile being launched from the U.S. Navy destroyer Barry on Saturday, March 19, 2011.
U.S. Navy / Petty Officer 1st Class Nathaneal Miller
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MARCH
Troops open fire as protests explode across Syria
A Syrian soldier checks his AK-47 as he stands in front of the court building that was set on fire by Syrian anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Monday March 21, 2011.
AP Photo / Hussein Malla
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MARCH
Anti-Syrian government protesters pass next to burning tires set alight by the protesters, following clashes between the Syrian security forces and protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Wednesday March 23, 2011.
AP / Hussein Malla
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APRIL
Qur'an burning sparks mass protests
An Afghan protester steps on the remnants of a burning effigy of the American pastor, Terry Jones, during a demonstration in Shinwar, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, April 4, 2011.
AP Photo/Rahmat Gul
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APRIL
12 children killed in Brazil school shooting
A boy who was wounded in a school shooting is put in an ambulance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday April 7, 2011.
AP Photo
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APRIL
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo captured
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, centre, and his wife Simone, are seen in the custody of republican forces loyal to election winner Alassane Ouattara at the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday, April 11, 2011.
AP / Aristide Bodegla
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APRIL
France bans Islamic veils
An unidentified veiled woman is taken away by police officers, flanked by her two friends, in Paris Monday, April 11, 2011.
AP Photo/Michel Euler
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APRIL
Twisters in U.S. south kill more than 300
A tornado moves through Tuscaloosa, Ala., Wednesday, April 27, 2011. A wave of severe storms laced with tornadoes strafed the South, killing at least 16 people around the region and splintering buildings across swaths of an Alabama university town.
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APRIL
Bystanders look on at storm damage along 15th Street in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Wednesday, April 27, 2011.
Dusty Compton/The Tuscaloosa News
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APRIL
Houses and vehicles are destroyed after a tornado ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala. Wednesday, April 27, 2011.
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APRIL
Royal couple weds, share crowd-pleasing kiss
Kate Middleton is accompanied by maid of honour Pippa Middleton, right, as she arrives at Westminster Abbey for the Royal Wedding in London, Friday, April 29, 2011.
AP Photo/Alastair Grant
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APRIL
Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge stand outside of Westminster Abbey after their Royal Wedding in London Friday, April, 29, 2011.
AP Photo/Martin Meissner
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APRIL
Watched by one of the bridesmaids, Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London on Friday, April 29, 2011, following their wedding at Westminster Abbey.
AP / John Stillwell
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MAY
Obama declares U.S. has killed bin Laden
President Barack Obama reads his statement to photographers after making a televised statement on the death of Osama bin Laden from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, May 1, 2011.
AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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MAY
A Pakistan army soldier stands on top of the house where it is believed Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011.
AP Photo/Anjum Naveed
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MAY
A photo taken by a local resident shows the wreckage of a helicopter next to the wall of the compound where according to officials, Osama bin Laden was shot and killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011.
AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair
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MAY
IMF chief questioned in NYC sex assault
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is lead from a police station in New York where he was being held, May 15, 2011.
The case against Strauss-Kahn was eventually dropped.
AP / Craig Ruttle
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MAY
Tornadoes rip through U.S.
Cleanup begins at a tornado-damaged home in Reading, Kan., Sunday, May 22, 2011. Powerful storms rolled across parts of Kansas late Saturday, spawning funnel clouds and hail that ripped limbs off of trees and shattered windows.
AP Photo/Orlin Wagner
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MAY
War crimes fugitive Mladic seized in Serbia
In this handout image released by the Serbian government, Ratko Mladic enters court in Belgrade, Thursday, May 26, 2011.
Handout/Serbian Government
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JUNE
Former presidential candidate indicted
John Edwards leaves the Federal Building in Winston-Salem, N.C., Friday, June 3, 2011. A federal grand jury indicted the two-time presidential candidate, accusing him of trying to protect his political ambitions by soliciting and secretly spending more than US$925,000 to hide his mistress and their baby from the public.
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
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JUNE
Prince Philip turns 90
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, left, and Princess Eugenie arrive on Derby Day at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Epsom, England, Saturday, June 4, 2011.
AP / Akira Suemori
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JUNE
Wildfires spreads across Arizona
A firefighter protects a backburn to fight the Wallow Fire in Nutrioso, Ariz., Friday, June 10, 2011.
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
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JUNE
Anthony Weiner resigns over sex scandal
U.S. Dem. Anthony Weiner announces his resignation from Congress, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, June 16, 2011.
AP / Richard Drew
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JUNE
FBI captures most-wanted mobster Bulger
Steve Martinez, assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles FBI office, right, with Douglas Price, assistant special agent in charge of the criminal division, speak next to a 'wanted' poster overstamped 'captured' for James 'Whitey' Bulger, before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 23, 2011.
AP / Reed Saxon
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JUNE
New York Legislature approves gay marriage
Kajsa Westman, second from right, of Stockholm, Sweden, and Victor Ng, right, of Seattle, tie balloons to a banner in preparation for the annual Gay Pride parade, Sunday, June 26, 2011 in New York.
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
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JULY
Casey Anthony cleared of murder
Casey Anthony waits in the courtroom with her attorney, Dorothy Clay Sims, right, during the second day of jury deliberations in her murder trial in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, July 5, 2011.
AP / Joe Burbank
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JULY
Atlantis blasts off on final flight
Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, July 8, 2011.
AP / John Raoux
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JULY
South Sudan raises the flag on new nation
A Sudan People's Liberation Army Brig. Gen., back left, celebrates as he and others wait for the start of independence celebrations in Juba, South Sudan, Saturday, July 9, 2011.
AP / David Azia
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JULY
Final front page of 'News of the World' revealed
News of the World tabloid newspaper Editor, Colin Myler poses with a front page of the last edition as he leads his staff out of the headquarters of News International, the publisher of News of the World newspaper, in London, Saturday, July 9, 2011.
AP / Sang Tan
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JULY
The front cover of the final edition of Britain's tabloid newspaper the 'News of the World' is seen with a simple front page message: 'Thank You and Goodbye.'
News International
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JULY
77 killed in explosion and youth camp shooting
The wreckage of a car lies outside a building in the centre of Oslo, Friday July 22, 2011, following an explosion that tore open several buildings including the prime minister's office, shattering windows and covering the street with documents and debris.
Thomas Winje/Scanpix Norway
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JULY
An injured woman is assisted from a damaged building after the explosion that rocked the capital city of Oslo, Norway, on Friday July 22, 2011.
Morten Holm/Scanpix
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JULY
A woman is carried by emergency workers from the scene of the explosion in Oslo, Norway, Friday July 22, 2011.
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AUGUST
Giffords returns to the House for the vote
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., appears on the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. Giffords was on the floor for the first time since her shooting earlier this year, attending a vote on the debt standoff compromise.
House Television
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AUGUST
Mubarak pleads not guilty
Eighty-three-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak laying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011.
Egyptian State TV
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AUGUST
Global markets tumble
A currency trader works in front of screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index at the Korea Exchange Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011.
Stocks tumbled around the world amid worries over a weak U.S. economy and Europe's debt problems.
AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
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AUGUST
U.S. hit by first-ever debt rating downgrade
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the United States' AAA status back in August 2011 -- the first time in history the U.S. experienced such a downgrade.
AP Photo/Jin Lee
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Wreckage of a Chinook helicopter shot down last week is seen at the site of crash at Tangi Valley in Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
AP Photo/ Mohammad Nasir
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AUGUST
Two naval officers mourn the loss of U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Joseph Strange, a cryptology technician who was killed in the Aug. 6 helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan.
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
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AUGUST
Riots erupt and spread throughout London
Rioters face off with police officers on the streets in Tottenham, north London, on Sunday Aug. 7, 2011.
The riots unfolded following an alleged shooting death of a young man by police.
AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld
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AUGUST
British police officers charge rioters, during riots in Hackney, east London, Monday Aug. 8, 2011.
AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis
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AUGUST
Fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London, early Sunday Aug. 7, 2011, as trouble flared after members of the community took to the streets to protest the alleged police shooting which killed a local man.
AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld
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AUGUST
Famine hits the Horn of Africa
The shrouded body of 12-month-old Liin Muhumed Surow lays before burial at UNHCR's Ifo Extention camp outside Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 kilometres from the Somali border, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011.
AP Photo/Jerome Delay
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AUGUST
Somali boys walk in the Dagahaley refugee camp north of Dadaab, Eastern Kenya, 100 km from the Somali border, Thursday Aug. 11, 2011.
AP Photo/Jerome Delay
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AUGUST
A little Turkana girl walks towards an Oxfam distribution centre to receive food in central Turkana district, Kenya.Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011.
AP Photo/Tobin Jones
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AUGUST
Rebels storm Gadhafi's compound
A rebel fighter gestures as he stands on the monument inside the main compound of Moammar Gadhafi in Bab Al-Aziziya in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.
AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev
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AUGUST
An explosion is seen near Moammar Gadhafi's main compound in the Bab al-Aziziya district in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.
AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev
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AUGUST
Hurricane Irene batters east coast
A resident watches the sea surge along a beach covered by debris after the passing of Hurricane Irene in Nagua on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.
AP Photo/Roberto Guzman
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AUGUST
A downed tree crushes an old home on Dent Street in the Georgetown section of Washington on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011.
AP Photo/Cliff Owen
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SEPTEMBER
Keystone XL protest leads to celebrity arrests
Daryl Hannah is arrested by U.S. Park Police in front of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, during a protest against the Keystone oil pipeline.
AP / Evan Vucci
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SEPTEMBER
Jet carrying KHL players, ex-NHLers crashes
Rescuers seen at the crash site of Russian Yak-42 jet near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River 240 kilometres northeast of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.
AP Photo/Misha Japaridze
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SEPTEMBER
Protesters break into Israeli Embassy in Cairo
Protesters are seen among flaming vehicles outside the building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011.
AP Photo
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SEPTEMBER
9-11 remembered ten years later
A police officer pauses by one of the two waterfall pools after a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, in New York.
AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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SEPTEMBER
Wildfires spread across Texas
Firefighters from around the state battle a large wildfire on Highway 71 near Smithville, Texas, Monday, Sep. 5, 2011.
AP Photo/Erich Schlegel
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SEPTEMBER
Freed American hikers leave Iran
In this photo released by the Islamic Republic News Agency, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, U.S. hikers Shane Bauer, second left, and Josh Fattal, second right, escorted by unidentified Omani officials, walk to board a plane to leave Tehran's Mehrabad airport, Iran.
IRNA, Ehsan Nederipour
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SEPTEMBER
Abbas makes bid for statehood to UN
Palestinians watch their President Mahmoud Abbas on TV as he addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011.
AP Photo/Bernat Armangue
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SEPTEMBER
Yemen's president returns
Supporters of Yemen's President Ali Abduallah Saleh stand on flag poles celebrating his return to Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011.
AP Photo/Hani Mohammed
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SEPTEMBER
Saudi women granted right to vote
A Saudi man reads the candidates' list inside a ballot booth at at polling station, during municipal elections in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.
AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
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OCTOBER
Knox conviction overturned
Amanda Knox cries following the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, Italy, Monday Oct. 3, 2011.
AP Photo / Lapresse
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OCTOBER
Wall Street protests spark 'Occupy' movement
Police arrest marchers from Zuccotti Park's Occupy Wall Street, during a protest near One Chase Manhattan Plaza on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 in New York.
AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
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OCTOBER
Apple founder Steve Jobs dies at 56
A memorial is shown outside of an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
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OCTOBER
U.S. unveils chilling terror plot
The booking photo of Manssor Arbabsiar is shown in this photo released by the U.S. Marshals Service.
AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service
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OCTOBER
BlackBerry blacks out
A BlackBerry user reads a story about a Blackberry outage that is affecting millions of users of the smartphone that has now spread to North America Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 in Montreal.
Paul Chiasson/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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OCTOBER
Cain makes big jump in the polls
Republican presidential candidate, businessman Herman Cain stops to sign a Wall Street Journal, touting his lead in recent polling, on his way to his private plane at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.
Carrie Cochran/The Enquirer
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OCTOBER
Israeli soldier freed in prisoner swap
Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, centre, salutes as he is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, at the Tel Nof Air base in southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011.
GPO
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OCTOBER
Protests and strikes continue in Greece
Riot policemen assist a colleague whose clothing caught fire after being hit by a petrol bomb during rioting in central Athens, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.
AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris
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OCTOBER
A protester throws a petrol bomb at riot police during clashes outside the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011.
AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris
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OCTOBER
Moammar Gadhafi killed
In this image made from amateur video filmed on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 and accessed by APTN, Moammar Gadhafi is seen lying on the ground in Sirte, Libya.
APTN
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OCTOBER
Revolutionary fighters celebrate the capture of Sirte, Libya, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.
AP Photo/Manu Brabo
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OCTOBER
Earthquake strikes Turkey
People rescue two women trapped under debris in Van eastern Turkey after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011.
AP Photo/ Ali Ihsan Ozturk, Aatolia
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NOVEMBER
Ennahda Islamist party victorious
Tunisian supporters of the moderate Islamic party Ennahda celebrate as they claim victory at the party's headquarters in Tunis, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011.
AP Photo/Benjamin Girette
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NOVEMBER
Greek Prime Minister Papandreou resigns
Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou, left, Greek President Karolos Papoulias, centre and opposition leader Antonis Samaras sit at the Presidential Palace in Athens on Sunday, Nov. 6 2011.
AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis
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NOVEMBER
Asteroid has close encounter with Earth
This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained on Nov. 7, 2011, at 2:45 p.m. EST, when the space rock was at 3.6 lunar distances, which is about 860,000 miles, or 1.38 million kilometres, from Earth.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NOVEMBER
Berlusconi resigns amid growing pressure
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi sits in his car as he arrives at Palazzo Chigi government's office for a meeting with Former European commissioner and top choice to steer the country out of its debt woes at the head of a transitional government Mario Monti, in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.
AP / Pier Paolo Cito
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NOVEMBER
Arab League suspends Syria
General view of the Arab League emergency session on Syria at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Nov.12, decided to suspend Syria over its violent crackdown on protesters who are calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad.
AP Photo/Amr Nabil
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