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Demonstrations, protests, riots and civil war in the Arab World. This includes the Syrian Civil War that began three months later.
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Between forces loyal to Syria's Ba'ath Party and those seeking to oust it.
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Kim Jong-un succeeds his father as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/world/asia/kim-jong-il-is-dead.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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Geun-hye said North Korea could be planning "multiple nuclear tests at two locations or more."
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Obama expressed doubts on whether North Korea was capable of a nuclear attack on the United States in an April 17 interview with NBC news.
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White House Spokesman Jay Carney said, “We find it highly likely that any chemical weapon use that has taken place in Syria was done by the Assad regime. And that remains our position.”
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