<2011 Top News>The Al Jazeera’s top 10

<The Al Jazeera> chose  ‘Arab Spring’ as the top stories of 2011. Here are 2011: A Year in review.

1. The Arab Awakening
2. Japan: Reeling from triple disasters
3. Bin Laden: US kills al-Qaeda leader
4. Horn of Africa: A devastating drought
5. Europe’s year of austerity
6. Occupy Wall Street: ‘We are the 99%’
7. South Sudan: Birth of a new country
8. UK riots: London burns as anger erupts
9. Palestine Papers: The secret negotiations
10. Iraq: US troops leave

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