World Politics

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.

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.

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.

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' ended September 20, 2011, as the 1993 law's repeal took effect — letting gay and lesbian troops serve openly for the first time.

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.

In September 2011, Indonesian women marched through Jakarta in miniskirts and leggings — Southeast Asia's first SlutWalk — against victim-blaming.

In September 2011, seven Pakistani women reached burn units within two days after acid attacks — as the country had just begun criminalizing the violence.

On 9/11's tenth anniversary, three Frontier Flight 623 passengers — two Indian men among them — were handcuffed over suspicious restroom visits. No charges.

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

A Physicians for Human Rights report from war-torn Misrata documented Gaddafi's atrocities — and the father who slit his daughters' throats after they were

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

The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn was dismissed in August 2011 after prosecutors lost faith in their witness. What actually happened.

Forty minutes, one compound, a decade-long manhunt: how SEAL Team Six killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on the night of May 1-2, 2011.

In June 2011, Rumana Monzur was blinded by her husband in Bangladesh. Some blamed religion; others asked if he was ill. The harder truth is neither.

Breivik's 1,518-page manifesto devoted 102 pages to India, praising Hindutva and seeking common cause. Why India's Hindu nationalists wanted nothing to do

In 2011, a Colorado woman grabbed a TSA agent at Phoenix airport and called it protest. Was it courage, or just assault? The uncomfortable debate.

In a 2011 Wall Street Journal essay, Aatish Taseer — son of assassinated Pakistani governor Salman Taseer — traced Pakistan's obsession with India to its