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Uprismgs, dubbed "the Arab Spring," spread throughout
the Arab world in 2011 : there were revolutions in
Tunisia and Egypt; civil war in Libya; civil uprisings in Workers searched in collapsed buildings after a heavy
Bahrain, Syria and Yemen; major protests in Algeria , earthquake near Ercis, Turkey, October 25, 2011 . A total
Iraq, Jordan, Morocco and Oman ; and minor protests in of 970 buildings collapsed as a result of the 7.2-magnitude
Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and quake and aftershocks.
Western Sahara.
Libyans celebrated in the streets after reports of
Muammar Gaddafi's death at the hands of anti-Gadhafi
forces on October 20, 2011.
In November of 2011 , Thailand experienced the worst
flooding in 50 years. Over a million people were
estimated to have fled the rising water in Bangkok.
