Global News Post: Video Feature

United Nations Year in Review: Looking back at major events of 2011

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</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">2011 -      Earth's 7 billionth resident was born into a world of contradiction and      change. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">There could      be enough for all, yet a billion people remain hungry. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Around the      world protestors fought for freedom and better opportunities. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">From      conflict in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Libya</st1:country-region> to      nuclear disaster in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>      and famine at the Horn of Africa - the UN provided relief and solutions. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">UN      Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared sustainable development and lifting      people out of poverty the main goals of his second term in office.---UN News<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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