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 ====== 2011 ======
-The year 2011, still ongoing at time of writing, has been dubbed 'the Year of the ASB' on AH.com for a collection of unlikely events that would have been greeted with derisive laughter if they had been suggested six months before. These include:
+The year 2011 has been dubbed 'the Year of the ASB' on AH.com for a collection of unlikely events that would have been greeted with derisive laughter if they had been suggested six months before. These include:
   * The Arab Revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt etc and NATO intervention in Libya, all triggered by one man upset because he wasn't allowed to sell fruit.
-  * Americans actually getting out and protesting for workers' rights in Wisconsin.
+  * Americans actually getting out and protesting for workers' rights in Wisconsin (and later in the year the Occupy Wall Street movement).
   * Osama Bin Laden successfully killed by Americans. Republicans praise [[Barack Obama]].
   * The Canadian election led to the NDP overtaking the Liberals to become the Official Opposition and the Bloc Quebecois was almost destroyed.
+  * After an analysis of spanish coins of the XVI/XVII centuries, it appeared the crisis that striked Spain wasn't caused by a massive afflux of american gold : it was thesaurised by italian bankers and was not used for coins since the XVIII.
   * Spontaneous youth riots across [[offtopic:England]] for basically no reason
   * Faster-then-light travel discovered to be possible.
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   * Scientists invent a flying carpet.
   * The Burmese junta starts to liberalise, not due to international pressure or internal revolution like the one attempted in 2008, but just because they feel like it.
+  * A terrorist attack in Norway committed by a native 'neo-crusader' loony.
+  * After 13 years of famous delays, becoming the most notorious 'vapourware' product ever, the game "Duke Nukem Forever" finally comes out.
+  * Pat Robertson says that the US Republican Party presidential candidates have become too politically extreme and are growing unelectable.
+  * Japan plans for a new city called "Neo-Tokyo", a backup city for future earthquakes.
+  * Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski says “I will probably be the first Polish foreign minister in history to say so, but here it is: I fear German power less than I am beginning to fear German inactivity.” Presumably this is followed by [[offtopic:HurganPL]]'s head exploding.
+  * Actual plans for a 13 feet tall piloted mech made by the Japanese.
+  * Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam praises and promotes Scientology.
+  * The Teen Choice Award for best action actress went to 63-year old Linda Hunt.
 It seems likely that more will be added as the year goes on.