What Happened in 2011

Jared Loughner Pleads Not Guilty in Tucson Shooting

Jared Lee Loughner has pleaded "not guilty" in a Phoenix courthouse Monday to federal charges that he attempted to kill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and... Read more

"Day of Rage" large-scale protest erupts in Egypt

Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and beat protesters to clear thousands of people from a central Cairo square Wednesday after the... Read more

Egyptian stock market drops sharply amid popular uprising

Egypt's benchmark index recorded its biggest drop in over two years Thursday, plummeting more than 10 percent as anti-government protests rattled... Read more

Egyptian Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei returns home to assume opposition leadership role

Egypt's most prominent democracy advocate took up a bullhorn Sunday and called for President Hosni Mubarak to resign, speaking to thousands of... Read more

Egyptian government cuts off internet and cell phone service

In its effort to silence protesters, Egypt took a step that's rare even among authoritarian governments: It cut off the Internet across the entire... Read more

President Hosni Mubarak vows not to seek another term

President Hosni Mubarak defied a quarter-million protesters demanding he step down immediately, announcing Tuesday he would serve out the last... Read more

Protests become increasingly violent, including attacks on reporters and human rights activists

Menacing gangs backing President Hosni Mubarak attacked journalists and human rights activists Thursday in an ugly turn in Egypt's crisis as... Read more

Earthrise Launches

Earthrise is a science fiction Player vs Player MMORPG by the independent Bulgarian team Masthead Studios released on February 2011, it is... Read more

President Obama Urges Mubarak to Make "the Right Decision"

Embracing an Egyptian future without Hosni Mubarak, President Barack Obama on Friday pressed the embattled leader to consider his legacy and exit... Read more

Super Bowl XLV: Green Bay Packers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 31 - 25

Arlington, Texas — If these Green Bay Packers aren't the most deserving champions of the Super Bowl era, they're not far from it. At the moment of... Read more

Egyptian VP meets with Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition groups, offers sweeping concessions

Egypt's vice president met with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition groups for the first time Sunday and offered sweeping... Read more

Cathedral announce they will retire after one more album

After a twenty-one-year career, British doom/stoner veterans Cathedral have announce their "retirement" from the scene. The band will make its exit... Read more

Freed opposition leader Wael Ghonim appears before hundreds of thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square

A young Google executive who helped ignite Egypt's uprising energized a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands Tuesday with his first appearance... Read more

Mubarak agrees to power transfer, refuses to step down

Nobel Peace laureate and leading democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei is predicting "Egypt will explode" after President Hosni Mubarak refused to... Read more

Mubarak resigns, military assumes control of country

Egypt exploded with joy, tears, and relief after President Hosni Mubarak resigned as president, forced out by 18 days of mass protests that... Read more

Egypt army commits to power transfer, Israel peace

On Egypt's first day in nearly 30 years without Hosni Mubarak as president, its new military rulers pledged Saturday to eventually hand power to an... Read more

Street Clashes Erupt in Bahrain

It was the first sign of post-Egypt unrest anywhere in the wealthy Gulf states. Riot police fired teargas and rubber bullets at demonstrators... Read more

Maya Angelou Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Maya Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 15, 2011 by President Barak Obama. Dr. Angelou also received the... Read more

Thousands of Protesters Descend on Madison, WI to Oppose Anti-Union Bill

Thousands of teachers, prison guards, and students descended on the Wisconsin Capitol for a second day today to fight a move to take union rights... Read more

Borders Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Borders Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Feb. 16. DJM, a New York-based firm, is tasked with... Read more

14 Democratic Wisconsin Legislators Leave State to Prevent Vote

A group of Democratic lawmakers blocked passage of a sweeping anti-union bill Thursday, refusing to show up for a vote and then abruptly leaving... Read more

Moammar Gadhafi Refuses to Leave Power, Vows to Die in Libya and Execute His Foes

A violent confrontation between Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and his strengthening opposition threatened to drag the oil-rich nation into a civil war as... Read more

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Duped by Prank Caller

Scott Walker won’t take a call from the Democratic minority leader, but he’ll gladly make time for uber-fundraiser David Koch—or at least, someone... Read more

White House Announces New Sanctions on Libya

The White House announced new sanctions on Libya's government and temporarily abandoned its embassy in Tripoli today, as a final flight carrying... Read more

Prince William and Kate Middleton Return to Alma Mater

Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton return to their alma mater, the University of St Andrews, on Friday (February 25) in St Andrews,... Read more