CNN 2011-12-26

It was the year of people power,of revolution.Something you have never seen before,a_of men on horseback and on camel.And the bloodshed of the doomed 1 dictators.no one is going home,no one is gonna home,we are in this sort of end even it means we're gonna die.It started with one man in one country,Tunisia who set himself on fire after the police confiscated 2 his fruit cart leaving him with no way to make money.That set off a movement that kicked out long-time President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.A region was ripped with freedom_.Fueled by social media,protests erupted in Nigeria,then Yemen.Its leader Ali Abdullah Saleh,seriously injured when his Palace was shelled,left the country for treatment,returned and later gave up power.Protests in Bahrain,Morocco,Jordan.Egyptians filled Tahrir Square in the centre of Cairo,protesting_.This protest has gone on all day long.It's now almost 5 o'clock in the afternoon.It's 2 hours after curfew's begun.But still,the square is packed with people and this protest will likely go well into the night.Their demandlong-time ruler Hosni Mubarak has to go.By Feburary,he was gone.Did you ever imagine that this would be happening in Egypt? Never,one month ago,I would never imagine it.For me,I'm a young man and I always believe that_in history.The Arab Spring,hen it's Libya.The opposition's galvanized to get rid of Omar Gaddafi.NATO launches air support.The country becomes a war zone._eventually falls.This is an important day,especially for the rebels,who Gaddafi said would never be able to break his spirit,would never be able to take the city.8 bloody 3 months later,the tyrant 4 was dead.The world's attention now focused on Syria.Will it be even the next dominant 5 to fall? Even with the brutal 6 crack-down of the regime,demonstrators are on the streets.According to the UN,at least 5000 have killed since March.Some fight for their freedom,others protest for bread and butter.In Europe,thousands demonstrate,angry at tough economic conditions.Furious protestors in Greece battle with riot police for weeks against pay cuts and laid-offs.It's called suicide vote earlier run by the Greece government.He said if we won't pass this,the country is gone.In Britain,peaceful protests turned ugly.Discontented youth fought with police and looters then destoryed parts of the city.In September,the Occupy Wall Street Movement started in New York and soon gripped major capitals around the world,condemning the wealthy is 1 percent for leaving the other 99 percent out in the cold.And by December,a glimpse of people power in Russia,thousands marched rejecting elections'results favoring Vladimir Putin's party,frustrated too,with corruption 7 and economic stagnation 8.2011 shattered and rattled 9 the political orders of the world.This will send shockwaves throughout the regions.Setting in motion,a wave of discontent,the promises to wash into the years to come.CNN London.