Politics

October 2011: Israel publishes the first list of 477 Palestinian prisoners to be freed in exchange for captive soldier Gilad Shalit.

October 15, 2011: Occupy goes global with London's 'Occupy the Stock Exchange' rally — Julian Assange and Peter Tatchell addressed the crowd at St Paul's.

Manmohan Singh skips the 2011 Commonwealth summit in Perth — and the reason is Australia's refusal to sell uranium to non-NPT India.

Occupy, Anna Hazare, China's factory strikes, Europe's austerity riots — the shared thread behind 2011's global wave of social unrest.

Two weeks after Occupy Wall Street began, anti-corporate protests spread across the US — including an Occupy LA march from Pershing Square to City Hall.

A reported $1.4 million bill for one undocumented patient's care reopened debate over emergency treatment, uncompensated care, and 'medical deportations.'

On September 24, 2011, more than 2,000 people ran through Salt Lake City in underwear — protesting Utah's conservative laws in a Guinness record run.

In September 2011, speculation swirled that Nandan Nilekani might quit UIDAI as Aadhaar faced opposition from within government — including the Home Ministry.

At a 2011 Obama fundraiser, Lady Gaga used her moment with the president to press him on bullying and gay teen suicides — days after Jamey Rodemeyer's death.

A 2011 Newsmax report claimed Bill Clinton doubted Obama's reelection — then came the denials. The episode says more about pre-election press than the Clintons.

Bill O'Reilly once threatened to quit Fox News if his taxes hit 50 percent. He didn't quit — but the moment said a lot about cable news and tax politics.

New York Magazine's 2011 cover story calling Obama the first Jewish president rested on his Israel record — and sparked a debate on substance vs. perception.

Two weeks before 9/11, a Saudi family abruptly abandoned its Sarasota home. Investigators later found 'many connections' between the family and the hijackers.

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh was arrested on September 6, 2011 in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam and sent to Tihar Jail after a dramatic courtroom appearance.

Anna Hazare's 2011 fast electrified India's anti-corruption movement. But can one Anna — or a hundred — clean the desh? The harder question behind the slogan.

After the August 2011 debt-ceiling debacle, Obama's approval sagged — and Democrats in tough districts started keeping their distance.

Could Delhi become a true capital of the world? The boosters' evidence, the detractors' evidence — and why cities become what they accumulate.

Rick Perry entered the 2012 race in August 2011 as the anti-Romney. Was there substance behind the swagger? An early assessment.

After 12 days at Ramlila Maidan and a Parliament resolution on the Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare broke his fast on August 28, 2011. How the standoff ended.

As rebels stormed his Tripoli compound in August 2011, Gaddafi told the world chess chief by phone he would never leave Libya. Two months later he was dead.