Top ten breaking news of the world in 2011

Toptenbreakingnewsoftheworldin2011No.10:IndiahungerstrikecampaignOnAugust16,IndianactivistHazarewasarrestedbecausehecalledtoprotest（抗议）corruption(腐败)throughhungerstrike.Mr.Hazareshouldbedetainedfor7days,buthisarrestsparked（发动）massivedemonstration（示威游行）bythemasses,andthispressuredthegovernmenttoreleasehim.No.9:PalestinianstatehooddreamInSeptember,thePalestinepresident,AbbasselecteddirectlyappealtoStatesmembersoftheUnitedNationsrecognizetheirstatus.HisannouncementintheGeneralAssembly（联合国大会）gainedthunderousapplause（欢呼）greeting.No.8:TragedyontheislandofUtoyaOnJuly22,NorwaysufferedthemostviolentattacksinceWorldWarII.A32-year-oldNorwegianmannamedBrevikopenedfirestowardtheinnocent（无辜的）peopleontheislandofUtoya（于特岛）.Hisextremeactcausedthereflectionofthewholeworldontheriseoffar-rightextremists（右翼分子）inEurope.No.7:AfricanfamineInJuly,theUnitedNationsannouncedthatbecauseofthisyear'sseveredrought,1000peopleadayinAfricabecamerefugees（难民）,largepopulationoftherefugeesmadethereliefworkbecomeextremelycomplex.Mouse=Food???No.6:ArabautumnAtthebeginningofthisyear,SyriaPresidentBasharandtheYemenPresidentSalehstillheldtheirpoweronthethroneundertheimpactofthewaveofrevolution.However,Salehhadfinallysteppeddownintheautumn.InSyria,Basharstillholdshispower.No.5:Qaddafi'sdeathOnOctober20,2011,Qaddafiwasshottodeath,endinghispoliticalcareerfor42yearsinLibya.Hisbodywassubsequently(随后)exhibitedinabutchershop(肉铺)inMisurata.Fate:Coted'Ivoire=Afghanistan=LibyaNo.4:EuropeansovereigndebtcrisisIn2011,theeconomyoftheeurozone’sthird-largesteconomicentityItalywasclosetoedge,itsPrimeMinisterBerlusconi,whohadalotofscandals（丑闻）butsittingstablyinhisposition,eventuallylostouttotheEuropeansovereign（国债）debtcrisis.Theleadersof“PIIGS”(Portugal,Italy,Ireland,Greece,Spain)（笨猪五国）hadthesamefatewithhim,theyhadtostepdownduetothesovereigndebtcrisis.No.3:EastJapanearthquakeAmassive9.0-magnitudeearthquakehitnortheastJapanonMarch11,causingdozensofdeaths,morethan80fires,anda10-metertsunami（海啸）alongpartsofthecountry'scoastline.Homesweresweptawayanddamageisextensive.Thisistheworstnaturaldisasterinthemodernhistory.FukushimaDaiichinuclearpowerstationcrisis,causingbytheearthquake,causedpanic（恐慌）onradioactivepollutionintheworld.Expertsestimatethatnuclearradiationtoeliminate（清除）inthenext70years.No.2:BinLadenwasshottodeathOnMay1,2011,Mr.ObamaannouncedBinLaden'sdeathinatelevisedaddresstothenationfromWashington.BinLadenwaslaterburiedatsea.ToMr.Obama:BinLaden'sdeath=WinningtheelectionNo.1:ArabspringInJanuary,ayoungTunisianmanlittheflame（火焰）ofangerandrevolutionintheArabworld.EgyptPresidentMubarakannouncedhisresignationonFebruary11afterTunisiaPresidentBenAliresigned.OnNovember27,Egypthelditsfirstdemocraticelection（民主选举）.Inconclusion,in2011theglobalsituationis“世界人民水深火热，中国人民平安喜乐”。