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News of the Nation
The U.S. Avoids Default in 11th Hour • Occupy Wall Street • Campaign 2012 • Election 2011 • States Attemtp to Weaken Unions • Penn State Child Molestation Scandal • The 2010 Census Results • The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 • Tornadoes Ravaged Parts of the Southeast U.S • New Evaluations Raise the Stakes for Teachers • Gabrielle Giffords Makes a Remarkable Recovery • A nation gets caught up in the trials of Casey Anthony and Conrad Murray and the homecoming of Amanda Knox
News of the World
Arab Spring Creates Tumult in the Middle East • European Nations Battered by Euro Debt Crisis • Osama bin Laden Killed in Pakistan • Iran Continues to Pursue Nuclear Program • U.S. Withdraws Completely from Iraq • Hope for Peace Fades for Israelis and Palestinians • Pakistan's Relationship with U.S. Steadily Deteriorates • Anti-Putin Protests Stun Kremlin • Earthquake in Japan Causes Wide Destruction and a Nuclear Disaster • World Population Reaches a New Milestone • Prince William and Kate Middleton Marry in a Lavish Ceremony • Kim Jong-il, the reclusive leader of North Korea, dies
Science News 2011
Ghost Particles Break Cosmic Speed Limit • Curing Disease Is Fun and Games • Earthquake in Japan Causes Wide Destruction and a Nuclear Disaster • The final voyage of the space shuttle Atlantis marked the end of NASA's space shuttle program • Tornadoes Ravaged Parts of the Southeast U.S. in April and May 2011 • Kepler Telescope Eyes New Planets
News: Month by Month
Detailed chronology of the news each month, covering national and international events