Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Economist :A Year In review
Welcome to the world this year
A summary of the world's main events from The Economist.
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- IN THE ECONOMIST THIS YEAR -
High levels of public debt among countries in the EURO ZONE turned into
a full-blown crisis for the currency block. As markets began to lose
confidence in the ability of a few countries to finance their debt, and
rapidly pushed up their borrowing costs, the European Union and the IMF
eventually resolved to bail out GREECE and, later, IRELAND. Investors
also fretted over Spain and Portugal. Measures to tackle BUDGET
DEFICITS were met with protests, especially in Greece, which endured
strikes and riots. In FRANCE 1m people demonstrated against pension
reforms in a single day.
As Europe tightened its fiscal belt, America passed more stimulus
measures. Barack Obama also signed into law the most sweeping changes
to America's FINANCIAL-REGULATORY SYSTEM since the 1930s and a
HEALTH-CARE REFORM ACT that was hailed by many as America's most
significant piece of social legislation since the 1960s. Conservatives
challenged the act in the courts.
Unease about deficits and the "jobless recovery" were factors behind
the increasing clout of TEA-PARTIERS in America. With their support the
Republicans scored a sensational win in a special election for Ted
Kennedy's former Senate seat in MASSACHUSETTS. November's MID-TERM
ELECTIONS saw the Democrats swept from power in the House by the
biggest swing to the Republicans in decades. Congress ended the year on
its lowest-ever Gallup approval rating--13%.
In CHINA the main worry was of an overheating economy. The central bank
unexpectedly raised interest rates for the first time in three years
amid concerns about inflation. Official trade statistics showed China
had overtaken Germany as the world's BIGGEST EXPORTER. Tensions over
CURRENCY POLICY were at the forefront during summits of the G20 and
IMF.
GOOGLE had a spat with China over censorship and a cyber-attack on its
website there, causing it to redirect its Chinese internet searches
through Hong Kong. Separately, Google, Facebook and others promised to
do more to protect PRIVACY after an outcry about their handling of
users' personal data.
THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
An earthquake in HAITI was a humanitarian disaster, killing at least
230,000 people and leaving 1m homeless. The quake devastated
Port-au-Prince and left swathes of the country's fragile infrastructure
in ruins. A deadly outbreak of cholera later in the year and political
unrest compounded the misery.
Drifting ash clouds emanating from a VOLCANO in Iceland led to the
closure of European air space for several days, causing the biggest
disruption to worldwide air travel since September 11th 2001.
American combat operations ended in IRAQ, seven years after the start
of the war. Around 50,000 troops remain in a support role until the end
of 2011. Iraq continued to be troubled by violence and suicide-bombs
after the Americans departed. An election was held in March, though a
new government didn't begin to emerge until November.
The war in AFGHANISTAN rumbled on. Coalition troops mounted their
biggest offensive against the Taliban since 2001. The deaths of
civilians in targeted missile attacks aimed at the Taliban and al-Qaeda
caused rows. GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL was sacked as commander of
coalition forces after a magazine published an interview in which he
disparaged the handling of the war by America's civilian leadership.
General David Petraeus took charge.
PAKISTAN endured another year of severe terrorist attacks, starting on
January 1st when a suicide-bomber killed 100 people at a volleyball
match. In July, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for huge
blasts at a Sufi shrine in Lahore and at a market in the tribal area.
Rioting in Karachi after the assassination of a politician killed
scores. Relentless FLOODING from exceptionally heavy monsoon rains
affected 20m people, adding to the country's woes.
Among the year's other deadliest terror attacks were co-ordinated
bombings at two crowded bars in Kampala, the UGANDAN capital. The
Shabab, a SOMALI Islamist militia, claimed responsibility.
THE HEAT IS ON
A spate of terrorist assaults in RUSSIA, including a suicide-bombing on
the Moscow metro, killed scores of people. Chechen separatists were
blamed. The hottest summer in Russian history resulted in hundreds of
WILDFIRES, causing a public-health crisis in Moscow when smoke
enveloped the city.
A spoof broadcast in GEORGIA claiming that Russia had invaded the
country caused panic. The bulletin, using imagery from the 2008
Russia-Georgia war, prompted people to flee Tbilisi, the capital.
After months of cajoling, ISRAEL and the PALESTINIANS sat around the
table for direct talks, though the negotiations soon broke down over
the building of Jewish settlements on the West Bank. The
American-Israeli relationship became somewhat strained.
Israeli intelligence was said to be behind the assassination of a
senior HAMAS military leader, who was killed at a hotel in Dubai. A
diplomatic row ensued when it emerged that the assassins had travelled
under the stolen identities of European and Australian citizens. There
was another international ruckus when Israeli commandos shot dead nine
people on a TURKISH SHIP with humanitarian supplies bound for Gaza.
The world cheered when all 33 men trapped underground for 69 days at a
mine in Chile were brought safely to the surface. But MINING accidents
in China, Russia, West Virginia, New Zealand and Turkey each killed
dozens of workers.
An election in BRITAIN saw Labour booted out of power after 13 years.
The Conservatives emerged as the biggest party but without an overall
majority. After a few tense days of talks, the Conservatives formed a
coalition (the first in Britain since the 1940s) with the Liberal
Democrats, who came third at the polls. The new government, led by
David Cameron, embarked on a radical programme of spending cuts.
JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT
In other big elections, Dilma Rousseff won the presidency in BRAZIL,
the first woman to do so. Julia Gillard became AUSTRALIA'S first female
prime minister after ousting Kevin Rudd; she kept the job after a
subsequent election. For the first time in 50 years CHILE elected a
conservative president, Sebastian Pinera. Mahinda Rajapaksa was
re-elected as SRI LANKA'S president; his opponent was arrested soon
after. Benigno Aquino won a presidential election in the PHILIPPINES;
he is the son of a late president, Corazon "Cory" Aquino. And Viktor
Yanukovich was elected president of UKRAINE, though Yulia Tymoshenko,
his opponent, mounted a brief challenge to the result in court.
POLAND'S president, Lech Kaczynski, was killed in a plane crash near
Smolensk, Russia, along with the head of Poland's central bank, senior
diplomats and military leaders. The ensuing presidential election was
won by Bronislaw Komorowski, who defeated Mr Kaczynski's twin brother,
Jaroslaw.
An explosion at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico in April killed 11 men
and caused the world's biggest civilian OIL SPILL to date, before the
wellhead on the sea floor was finally sealed in September. The
catastrophe forced a halt to commercial fishing in the area and a
moratorium on drilling. The Obama administration faced sustained
criticism of its handling of the crisis. BP's share price slumped,
wiping out almost half its stockmarket value. In December America
launched a lawsuit against BP and other companies potentially liable
for the spill for billions of dollars in damages.
NORTH KOREA'S increasingly bellicose attitude towards SOUTH KOREA
rattled the world. The sinking of a South Korean navy ship with the
loss of 46 sailors was blamed on a torpedo attack by the North. Later
in the year the North launched an artillery barrage against a tiny
South Korean island. Kim Jong Un, the youngest son of Kim Jong Il,
North Korea's ailing Dear Leader, moved up the ranks as heir apparent.
Naoto Kan became JAPAN'S third prime minister within two years when
Yukio Hatoyama resigned after reneging on a promise to remove the
American marine base near Okinawa.
A recall of TOYOTA vehicles in America amid reportsof sticking
accelerator pedals proved to be a public-relations disaster for the
carmaker, compelling its boss to apologise at a congressional hearing.
There was more turmoil in THAILAND when red-shirted opposition
protesters set up an encampment in central Bangkok. After a two-month
stand-off the army moved in to clear the streets; 50 people were killed
in the resulting clashes.
Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest by MYANMAR'S ruling
military junta. She had spent much of the past 20 years in detention
and was freed after Myanmar's first national election since 1990. The
ballot was rigged to favour the junta's candidates.
Goodluck Jonathan became president of NIGERIA when the ailing and
absent Umaru Yar'Adua was deemed too ill to continue in office (he died
in May). There was further bloody conflict along ethnic lines between
Christians and Muslims near the city of Jos.
Ethnic rioting in KYRGYZSTAN between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in the south of
the country displaced hundreds of thousands and threatened to turn into
a civil war.
THE "HOT POTATO" EFFECT
Stockmarkets around the world had a bumpy year, none more so than the
Dow Jones Industrial Average, which plunged dramatically within a
matter of minutes on May 6th, only to recover the losses some 20
minutes later. An investigation found that a poorly executed
algorithmic trade was at the root of the "FLASH CRASH".
KRAFT FOODS bought CADBURY in a $19 billion takeover, one of the
biggest of the year, though the sale was contentious. After stepping
down as Cadbury's chairman, Roger Carr said that Britain had become
"the most open goal of almost any country...in terms of foreign
takeovers". Mr Carr becomes head of the Confederation of British
Industry in June.
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS...
Apple started selling the IPAD, a computer tablet that looked set to
revolutionise digital publishing. Apple overtook Microsoft as the
world's biggest technology company.
Among the year's SPORTING EVENTS, the winter Olympics were hosted by
Vancouver, the World Cup was held in South Africa (and won for the
first time by Spain) and the Commonwealth games took place in Delhi,
though some competitors threatened to pull out because of poor hygienic
conditions at the athletes' village. An annual event in England where
challengers chase a wheel of cheese down a hill was officially
cancelled on health-and-safety grounds.
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A summary of the world's main events from The Economist.
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- IN THE ECONOMIST THIS YEAR -
High levels of public debt among countries in the EURO ZONE turned into
a full-blown crisis for the currency block. As markets began to lose
confidence in the ability of a few countries to finance their debt, and
rapidly pushed up their borrowing costs, the European Union and the IMF
eventually resolved to bail out GREECE and, later, IRELAND. Investors
also fretted over Spain and Portugal. Measures to tackle BUDGET
DEFICITS were met with protests, especially in Greece, which endured
strikes and riots. In FRANCE 1m people demonstrated against pension
reforms in a single day.
As Europe tightened its fiscal belt, America passed more stimulus
measures. Barack Obama also signed into law the most sweeping changes
to America's FINANCIAL-REGULATORY SYSTEM since the 1930s and a
HEALTH-CARE REFORM ACT that was hailed by many as America's most
significant piece of social legislation since the 1960s. Conservatives
challenged the act in the courts.
Unease about deficits and the "jobless recovery" were factors behind
the increasing clout of TEA-PARTIERS in America. With their support the
Republicans scored a sensational win in a special election for Ted
Kennedy's former Senate seat in MASSACHUSETTS. November's MID-TERM
ELECTIONS saw the Democrats swept from power in the House by the
biggest swing to the Republicans in decades. Congress ended the year on
its lowest-ever Gallup approval rating--13%.
In CHINA the main worry was of an overheating economy. The central bank
unexpectedly raised interest rates for the first time in three years
amid concerns about inflation. Official trade statistics showed China
had overtaken Germany as the world's BIGGEST EXPORTER. Tensions over
CURRENCY POLICY were at the forefront during summits of the G20 and
IMF.
GOOGLE had a spat with China over censorship and a cyber-attack on its
website there, causing it to redirect its Chinese internet searches
through Hong Kong. Separately, Google, Facebook and others promised to
do more to protect PRIVACY after an outcry about their handling of
users' personal data.
THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
An earthquake in HAITI was a humanitarian disaster, killing at least
230,000 people and leaving 1m homeless. The quake devastated
Port-au-Prince and left swathes of the country's fragile infrastructure
in ruins. A deadly outbreak of cholera later in the year and political
unrest compounded the misery.
Drifting ash clouds emanating from a VOLCANO in Iceland led to the
closure of European air space for several days, causing the biggest
disruption to worldwide air travel since September 11th 2001.
American combat operations ended in IRAQ, seven years after the start
of the war. Around 50,000 troops remain in a support role until the end
of 2011. Iraq continued to be troubled by violence and suicide-bombs
after the Americans departed. An election was held in March, though a
new government didn't begin to emerge until November.
The war in AFGHANISTAN rumbled on. Coalition troops mounted their
biggest offensive against the Taliban since 2001. The deaths of
civilians in targeted missile attacks aimed at the Taliban and al-Qaeda
caused rows. GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL was sacked as commander of
coalition forces after a magazine published an interview in which he
disparaged the handling of the war by America's civilian leadership.
General David Petraeus took charge.
PAKISTAN endured another year of severe terrorist attacks, starting on
January 1st when a suicide-bomber killed 100 people at a volleyball
match. In July, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for huge
blasts at a Sufi shrine in Lahore and at a market in the tribal area.
Rioting in Karachi after the assassination of a politician killed
scores. Relentless FLOODING from exceptionally heavy monsoon rains
affected 20m people, adding to the country's woes.
Among the year's other deadliest terror attacks were co-ordinated
bombings at two crowded bars in Kampala, the UGANDAN capital. The
Shabab, a SOMALI Islamist militia, claimed responsibility.
THE HEAT IS ON
A spate of terrorist assaults in RUSSIA, including a suicide-bombing on
the Moscow metro, killed scores of people. Chechen separatists were
blamed. The hottest summer in Russian history resulted in hundreds of
WILDFIRES, causing a public-health crisis in Moscow when smoke
enveloped the city.
A spoof broadcast in GEORGIA claiming that Russia had invaded the
country caused panic. The bulletin, using imagery from the 2008
Russia-Georgia war, prompted people to flee Tbilisi, the capital.
After months of cajoling, ISRAEL and the PALESTINIANS sat around the
table for direct talks, though the negotiations soon broke down over
the building of Jewish settlements on the West Bank. The
American-Israeli relationship became somewhat strained.
Israeli intelligence was said to be behind the assassination of a
senior HAMAS military leader, who was killed at a hotel in Dubai. A
diplomatic row ensued when it emerged that the assassins had travelled
under the stolen identities of European and Australian citizens. There
was another international ruckus when Israeli commandos shot dead nine
people on a TURKISH SHIP with humanitarian supplies bound for Gaza.
The world cheered when all 33 men trapped underground for 69 days at a
mine in Chile were brought safely to the surface. But MINING accidents
in China, Russia, West Virginia, New Zealand and Turkey each killed
dozens of workers.
An election in BRITAIN saw Labour booted out of power after 13 years.
The Conservatives emerged as the biggest party but without an overall
majority. After a few tense days of talks, the Conservatives formed a
coalition (the first in Britain since the 1940s) with the Liberal
Democrats, who came third at the polls. The new government, led by
David Cameron, embarked on a radical programme of spending cuts.
JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT
In other big elections, Dilma Rousseff won the presidency in BRAZIL,
the first woman to do so. Julia Gillard became AUSTRALIA'S first female
prime minister after ousting Kevin Rudd; she kept the job after a
subsequent election. For the first time in 50 years CHILE elected a
conservative president, Sebastian Pinera. Mahinda Rajapaksa was
re-elected as SRI LANKA'S president; his opponent was arrested soon
after. Benigno Aquino won a presidential election in the PHILIPPINES;
he is the son of a late president, Corazon "Cory" Aquino. And Viktor
Yanukovich was elected president of UKRAINE, though Yulia Tymoshenko,
his opponent, mounted a brief challenge to the result in court.
POLAND'S president, Lech Kaczynski, was killed in a plane crash near
Smolensk, Russia, along with the head of Poland's central bank, senior
diplomats and military leaders. The ensuing presidential election was
won by Bronislaw Komorowski, who defeated Mr Kaczynski's twin brother,
Jaroslaw.
An explosion at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico in April killed 11 men
and caused the world's biggest civilian OIL SPILL to date, before the
wellhead on the sea floor was finally sealed in September. The
catastrophe forced a halt to commercial fishing in the area and a
moratorium on drilling. The Obama administration faced sustained
criticism of its handling of the crisis. BP's share price slumped,
wiping out almost half its stockmarket value. In December America
launched a lawsuit against BP and other companies potentially liable
for the spill for billions of dollars in damages.
NORTH KOREA'S increasingly bellicose attitude towards SOUTH KOREA
rattled the world. The sinking of a South Korean navy ship with the
loss of 46 sailors was blamed on a torpedo attack by the North. Later
in the year the North launched an artillery barrage against a tiny
South Korean island. Kim Jong Un, the youngest son of Kim Jong Il,
North Korea's ailing Dear Leader, moved up the ranks as heir apparent.
Naoto Kan became JAPAN'S third prime minister within two years when
Yukio Hatoyama resigned after reneging on a promise to remove the
American marine base near Okinawa.
A recall of TOYOTA vehicles in America amid reportsof sticking
accelerator pedals proved to be a public-relations disaster for the
carmaker, compelling its boss to apologise at a congressional hearing.
There was more turmoil in THAILAND when red-shirted opposition
protesters set up an encampment in central Bangkok. After a two-month
stand-off the army moved in to clear the streets; 50 people were killed
in the resulting clashes.
Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest by MYANMAR'S ruling
military junta. She had spent much of the past 20 years in detention
and was freed after Myanmar's first national election since 1990. The
ballot was rigged to favour the junta's candidates.
Goodluck Jonathan became president of NIGERIA when the ailing and
absent Umaru Yar'Adua was deemed too ill to continue in office (he died
in May). There was further bloody conflict along ethnic lines between
Christians and Muslims near the city of Jos.
Ethnic rioting in KYRGYZSTAN between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in the south of
the country displaced hundreds of thousands and threatened to turn into
a civil war.
THE "HOT POTATO" EFFECT
Stockmarkets around the world had a bumpy year, none more so than the
Dow Jones Industrial Average, which plunged dramatically within a
matter of minutes on May 6th, only to recover the losses some 20
minutes later. An investigation found that a poorly executed
algorithmic trade was at the root of the "FLASH CRASH".
KRAFT FOODS bought CADBURY in a $19 billion takeover, one of the
biggest of the year, though the sale was contentious. After stepping
down as Cadbury's chairman, Roger Carr said that Britain had become
"the most open goal of almost any country...in terms of foreign
takeovers". Mr Carr becomes head of the Confederation of British
Industry in June.
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS...
Apple started selling the IPAD, a computer tablet that looked set to
revolutionise digital publishing. Apple overtook Microsoft as the
world's biggest technology company.
Among the year's SPORTING EVENTS, the winter Olympics were hosted by
Vancouver, the World Cup was held in South Africa (and won for the
first time by Spain) and the Commonwealth games took place in Delhi,
though some competitors threatened to pull out because of poor hygienic
conditions at the athletes' village. An annual event in England where
challengers chase a wheel of cheese down a hill was officially
cancelled on health-and-safety grounds.
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