Three World Shifts Mark 2011 as an Era Turning Year
The Arab Spring, euro crisis, and climate indecision dominated 2011 signaling a power shift from Atlantic to Asian economies, possible euro collapse, and stalled global warming talks. Major events included Kim Jong-il and Osama bin Laden deaths, Libya’s fate, Japan earthquake, Nigeria Boko Haram growth, and seven billion people on earth.
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European Union
Turkey
Indonesia
Malaysia
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Iran
Tunisia
Egypt
Libya
Jordan
Morocco
Syria
Asia
Philippines
South Korea
Thailand
China
Burma
Europe
Soviet Union
South Africa
Slobodan Milosevic
Serbia
Arab
Aung San Suu Kyi
Vladimir Putin
Moscow
Russia
Britain
Spain
Italy
Greece
Germany
France
Japan
Arctic
Australia
Durban
Copenhagen
North Korea
Kim Jong-il
Muammar Gaddafi
al-Qaeda
Osama bin Laden
Argentina
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Peru
Congo
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Brazil
Chernobyl
Iraq
NATO
Cape Canaveral
Mike Griffin
NASA
Somalia
Sudan
United States
Mitt Romney
London
Paris
Barack Obama
England
Anna Hazare
India