Zeitgeist 2012: Year in review

Anwar acquitted of sodomy charges

• Sodomy 2: Anwar Not Guilty (theStar)
• Malaysia Court finds Anwar not guilty of sodomy charges( BBC News)

Adele winning big at music biggest night, The Grammy Awards. She won six in total.

• Adele 'phenomenal' year after 20 million album sales (newsbeat BBC)
• US music sales up for first time since 2004 (BBC News)
• Adele up against Lady Gaga, Rihanna at Billboard Music Awards ( Newsbeat  BBC)
• 100 most influencial people. (TIMES List)
• Adele named top Billboard artist of 2012 (News BBC)
• Adele tops U.S charts again in 2012 (Entertainment BBC)

April 28th April 2012, Bersih Rally

May 2 2012, Myammar pro-democracy leader aung sang suu kyi joins Parliment

• Myammar's Suu Kyi joins parliament. ( Gallery Yahoo!)

France has a new president

French president-elect François Hollande. Mr Normal has proved issues count as much as personality to voters.

The president inauguration ceremony.

• Socialist Francois Hollande wins French Presidency.
• Profile: Francois Hollande
• How it happen
• Francois Hollande: France's Mr Normal gets his chance to shine( Guardian UK)

2012 Annular Eclipse

The sun sets behind a barn and windmill on Sunday, May 20, 2012, southwest of Ellis, Kans, during a partial solar eclipse. (Steven Hausler, The Hays Daily News/AP Photo)

• solar eclipse 2012 annular eclipse makes ring fire  (ABC News)
• Many witness Pacific Ring of Fire Eclipse
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18141006
• http://www.space.com/15780-photos-annular-solar-eclipse-may20-2012.html

The Royal Jubilee.
Celebrating the Monarch's 60 years on the throne and head of the Church of England.

• Diamond Jubilee Thanksgiving Service (Daily Mail)
• Millions witness breathtaking fireworks display at Buckingham Palace (Daily Mail)

The transit of Planet Venus

• transit of Venus highlights live coverage. (The Guardian)
• transit Venus captures public imagination (The Guardian)
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157305/Photographer-captures-Venus-Hubble-telescope-crossing-sun-lifetime-moment.html

UK flood

Summer weather Torrential downpours drench north ( Daily Mail UK)

Euro 2012 winner Spain

• Spain wins Euro 2012.(BBC News)

Neil Armstrong the astronaut, died at age 82

• Neil Armstrong first man on the moon, dies. (Yahoo! News)

Frankenstorm Hurricane Sandy

• Superstorm batters US coast Manhattan goes dark (Daily Mail)
• Shocked Obama flies Atlantic City disaster zone (Daily Mail)

Mass shooting and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

• Connecticut shooting: How it happened (BBC News)
• A beautiful butterfly whose life was cut short. (Nation Time)

New Delhi woman gang-raped in a Bus

• How India treats its women ( BBC News)
• Male friend India rape victim describes attack ( New York Daily News)
• Cops countercharge allegations of Delhi gang rape victims friend but questions remains (Times of India)
• The rapes that India forgot (BBC News)
• Delhi rape: India looks within itself for answers(BBC News)

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