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Data Figure: Indian Air Force Su-30MKI fighters.

BEIJING, Dec. 17 Xinhua, “Ta Kung Pao” reported that the U.S. “Foreign Policy” magazine deputy editor Qiao Shuhua ? Keating wrote recently named its “Top Ten in 2011 was ignored news.” From the Indian military buildup, pirates run amok, to the anti-nuclear proliferation, Keating that in 2011, although these topics have not been enough attention, but according to trends, by 2012, this event will serve as the top ten headlines, appeared in sight of people .

1. India’s military buildup

weapons monitoring body, according to SIPRI’s report this year, India is now the world’s largest arms importer. 2006 to 2010, the Indian arms imports accounted for 9% of the global arms trade, mainly imported from Russia. U.S. Centre for Strategic and International Studies, said 2015 years ago, India is expected to cost about $ 80 billion on military modernization program.

It is reported that India in particular, focused on enhancing maritime power, the country plans to spend the next 20 years, nearly $ 45 billion configurations 103 new ships, including destroyers and nuclear submarines. The United States last year the Pentagon’s “Quadrennial Defense Report” on India “in global affairs, more influential role to play” welcome, including its role in the Indian Ocean region.

2. “New Europe” is no longer love the euro

rumors that Greece and Italy are seriously considering abandoning the euro, respectively, use the past Drake horses and lira. The euro was launched ten years on the occasion, many years striving to join the euro in the European countries now have to reconsider.

January of this year, Estonia became the 17th country to adopt the euro, but I am afraid that the next country to join the euro zone such a long time to appear, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Latvia and other “new Europe “join the euro zone countries have delayed the program.

3. Mexico’s drug war south

been concerned about the United States near the border with northern Mexico drug violence, but drugs for the devastating impact of other countries in South America How many people did not cause concern. Sinaloa drug cartels and Calcetas other sites to find new, to avoid government repression, and gradually the fragile political situation in the Central American countries to establish dens.

cocaine from Mexico into the United States after the first 60% of Central America. With Belize and El Salvador, the Central American country this year, all seven major drug trafficking are the list of countries included in the White House.

4. Camel or endangered

1960, the British explorer and Arab culture experts, St. John’s. Feier Bi had predicted shortly before his death, 30 years camels disappeared from the Arabian Peninsula. At that time he was ridiculed, but today, modern Saudi Arabia, the camel’s demand for imports is growing.

Generally speaking, the Asian region in 1994 to 2004, the number of camels reduced by nearly 20%. Now, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj each year required the slaughter of thousands of camels, to rely on imports from countries such as Australia.

5. The United States to combat illegal immigration

“illegal immigration” has been retained U.S. presidential candidates debate the issues in the 2012 election year is approaching, U.S. deportations of illegal immigrants reached unprecedented levels. As of October this year, the Obama administration expelled about 120 million people, while President George W. Bush eight years, the number of expelled about 150 million.

Obama administration’s employment of illegal immigrants business owners showed no mercy, in his first year of the period, the number of enterprises surveyed the Bush administration is double the same period.

6. Separatism in Pakistan

Pakistan’s largest province Balochistan separatist violence frequently referred to as Pakistan’s “secret war” local conflict of interest by the crisis compared with the rest of the country is negligible. Separatist Baluchistan Liberation Army’s largest organization, since 2007 has been in this resource-rich, and the provinces bordering Iran and Afghanistan rebellion. 2011 for the province saw a number of major natural gas pipeline explosion, move to where the ordinary people were killed, a number of prominent politicians and oil company employees have been assassinated.

7. Pirates around the world

2011, the Somali pirates continue to record, as of October attacks were launched 199 times, and last year was 126 up. At the same time, piracy in West Africa became the new site, the region’s oil-rich Gulf of Guinea this year’s surge in pirate attacks. It was reported in 2011 occurred near the coast of Benin 19 attacks, and in 2010 once. In addition, the Nigerian coast near the six attacks, three times near the coast of Ghana. There may be more of an event is not made public.

8. Reproduce the demilitarized zone in Asia

February of this year, shocked the world by the occasion of the Middle East situation in Southeast Asia, a century, the territorial dispute was turned into a battle. Thailand and Cambodia around the UNESCO as World Heritage ─ ─ Preah Vihear temple dispute over the ownership of the problem. From February 4 to 16, the two countries in the disputed areas continuous exchange of fire with heavy weapons, as many as 28 people were killed and thousands of civilians displaced. In July, the United Nations in the establishment of demilitarized zone around the monastery, orders the withdrawal of both armies.

9. Anti-nuclear efforts ineffective

Obama became president, a speech in Prague recently renewed commitment to the United States “is committed to the pursuit of a no nuclear-free world peace and security. ” By the end of the year, the U.S. government toward this goal completed the program in two steps, approved and Russia signed a “new strategic arms reduction treaty,” hosted 47 countries participated in the nuclear security conference. However, another important Obama’s commitment ─ ─ “international action to make renewed efforts in four years, the world of all nuclear materials are properly safeguarded” ─ ─ is slow.

10. Rwanda wrong turn

Rwanda’s economic reform has been widely hailed as a rare African success story over the past five years, annual economic growth of about 7%. Paul President Kagame’s environmental initiatives and the government’s efforts to accommodate women be praised. However, the emergence of democratic action Kagame’s disturbing signs. In the past two years, the Kagame regime banned a number of critical view of the newspaper, officers arrested more than important, and genocide will be a prominent opposition politician in jail.

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