2012 _ CURRENT EVENTS


___ 12-19-2011 ___
Kim Jong Il dies
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# North Korea


___ 11-29-2011 ___
Pakistan cuts supply route over NATO bombing raid that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers
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# Afghanistan war / war on terrorism


___ 11-28-2011 ___
International Climate Conference opens in Durban, South Africa
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# UNFCCC (COP-17)


___ 11-19-2011 ___
Loya jirga announces willingness to allow U.S.(troops) security force to remain beyond 2014
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# Afghanistan war


___ 10-21-2011 ___
M. Qaddafi (69) dies of wounds after being captured
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# Arab Spring , Libya


___ 10-21-2011 ___ **
President Obama announces full withdrawal from Iraq
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# war


___ 09-30-2011 ___
DRONE strike kills U.S. citizen living in Yemen / A.al-Aulaqi
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# war on terrorism (see.also.. Awlaki )


___ 09-28-2011 ___
Oil pipeline from Canada draws controversy
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# TransCanada Keystone XL / oil tar sands


___ 09-28-2011 ___
B. Rabbni , head Afghanistan peace negotiator, killed by suicide bomber in his Kabul home
__________________


___ 09-19-2011 ___
Thousands march against nuclear power in Japan
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# Fukushima nuclear disaster


___ 09-14-2011 ___
NASA announces new rocket design
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# Space Launch System ; Saturn V rocket - 1970s moon exploration


___ 09-06-2011 ___
General D. Patraeus becomes head of CIA replacing outgoing L. Panetta
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# Afghanistan war / war on terrorism


___ 08-27-2011 ___
CIA DRONE strike kills AA. al-Rahman , Al-Qaeda next in line after death of Bin Laden
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# war on terrorism / Afghanistan war


___ 07-21-2011 ___
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ENDS
The safe landing of the shuttle Atlantis after 13 days in space brings the program to a close
__________________
# Atlantis - 33 missions - 26 years ; 135 shuttle missions


___ 06-18-2011 ___
General J. Allen assumes command of ISAF after General D. Patraeus nominated for head of CIA
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# Afghanistan war


___ 05-01-2011 ___
Osama Bin Laden killed in U.S. raid in Pakistan
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# 9/11 terrorist attack


___ 04-01-2011 ___
Quran burning by Florida pastor T. Jones prompts widespread protest in Afghanistan
__________________


___ 03-25-2011 ___
NATO air strikes on Libya target
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# Arab Spring


___ 03-17-2011 ___
U.N. approves air strike on Libya
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# Arab Spring


___ 03-11-2011 ___
Earthquake / tsunami - Japan * disabling Fukushima nuclear plant
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# natural disaster


___ 03-04-2011 ___
U.S. Senators & Secretry of Defense (R. Gates), call for no-fly zone over Libya
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# Arab Spring


___ 02-27-2011 ___
ACADEMY AWARDS
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best picture _ " The King's Speech"
best actor _ Colin Firth _ "The King's Speech"
best actress _ Natalie Portman _ "Black Swan"
__________________


___ 02-22-2011 ___
M. Qaddafi orders brutal crackdown on protestors
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# Arab Spring , Libya


___ 02-20-2011 ___
Protest hits the street of Tripoli , Libya
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# Arab Spring


___ 02-10-2011 ___
H. Mubarak steps down
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# Arab Spring , Egypt


___ 02-09-2011 ___
Demonstrations in Jordan
__________________
# Arab Spring


___ 02-05-2011 ___
YOUtube video of Khaled Said being killed by police
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# Arab Spring , Egypt


___ 01-28-2011 ___
Protest in Tahir Square Cairo , Egypt
__________________
# Arab Spring


___ 01-27-2011 ___
Violent protest in Yemen
__________________
# Arab Spring


___ 01-25-2011 ___
Violent protest in Egypt
__________________
# Arab Spring


___ 01-14-2011 ___
President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali flees the country
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# Arab Spring , Tunisia


2010 _ CURRENT EVENTS

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