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INTERNATIONAL STORIES WE
WITNESSED TOGETHER THIS YEAR.
>> NUMBER TEN --
>> WE'RE GETTING WORD OF A
DEADLY SHOOTING INVOLVING
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ICON OSCAR
PISTORIUS AND HIS MODEL
GIRLFRIEND.
>> THE OLYMPIAN ADMITS TO
SHOOTING REEVA STEENKAMP IN HIS
LAS VEGAS IRK
LAVISH SOUTH AFRICAN HOME.
HE SAYS IT WAS ALL AN ACCIDENT.
>> HE WAS CLEARLY UPSET, AT
TIMES SOBBING, CRYING.
>> PISTORIUS, NICKNAMED BLADE
RUNNER FOR THE PROSTHETIC LEGS
HE USES FOR SPRINTING, WAS
CHARGED WITH PREMEDITATED
***.
HE'S FIGHTING THAT CHARGE,
SAYING HE MISTOOK STEENKAMP FOR
AN INTRUDER.
NUMBER NINE, THE ROYAL
ANNOUNCEMENT HEARD AROUND THE
WORLD.
>> THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE
SAFELY DELIVERED A SON AT 4:24
P.M. LOCAL TIME.
>> GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
>> THE FOUNTAINS OF TRAFALGAR
SQUARE ILLUMINATED IN BLUE
LIGHT.
>> THE NEW ROYAL HEIR IN THE
ROYAL KINGDOM.
>> BABY GEORGE WAS BORN IN JULY
TO PRINCE WILLIAM AND HIS WIFE
KATE.
NUMBER EIGHT --
>> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HAVE POURED OUT ON TO THE
STREETS IN IS WHAT ANOTHER
DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THE ARAB
SPRING USHERED IN EGYPT'S FIRST
DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED
PRESIDENT, MOHAMED MORSI IS
OUTED IN A MILITARY COUP.
MANY EGYPTIANS FRUSTRATED BY
WHAT THEY SAW AS THE SLOW PACE
OF CHANGE AND THE RISE OF
ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM.
NUMBER SEVEN, AFTER DECADES OF
DISTRUST AND A DIPLOMATIC
GRIDLOCK, THERE'S A THAW WITH
IRAN.
>> THE PHONE CALL THAT'S MAKING
HISTORY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLED IRAN'S
NEW PRESIDENT HASAN ROUHANI.
>> AND IN NOVEMBER, A
BREAKTHROUGH IN GENEVA.
>> A DEAL HAS BEEN REACHED.
A DEAL INVOLVING IRAN AND SIX
WORLD POWERS.
>> THE PRELIMINARY DEAL LIMITS
IRAN'S ABILITY TO WORK TOWARDS A
NUCLEAR WEAPON AND LOOSENS SOME
INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS.
CRITICS SAY IT DOESN'T GO FAR
ENOUGH.
NUMBER SIX --
>> ALL AROUND US YOU HEAR THE
SOUNDS OF WINDOWS BREAKING.
YOU HEAR THE SOUNDS OF LARGE
OBJECTS FALLING AND CRASHING TO
THE FLOOR.
>> TYPHOON HAIYAN, ONE OF THE
STRONGEST STORMS.
HIT ANY COUNTRY EVER.
>> THE SMELLS ARE OVERWHELMING.
THE SMELL OF DEATH.
THE SMET OF DECAY.
>> MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE
KILLED.
NUMBER FIVE, TERROR AT A MALL IN
KENYA.
GUNMEN OPENED FIRE, KILLING
DOZENS AND TAKING MANY HOSTAGES.
>> EVERYONE HERE IN NAIROBI IS
ON A RAZOR'S EDGE.
I'M STANDING JUST A SHORT
DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE WESTGATE
MALL THAT'S UNDER SIEGE IN HIS
THIRD DAY.
>> SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURED
THIS CHILLING VIDEO OF GUNMEN
SHOOTING THEIR WAY THROUGH A
SUPERMARKET IN THE MALL AND AL
QAEDA AFFILIATE AL SHABAAB IN
SOMALIA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY.
NUMBER FOUR, GRIEF AND GRATITUDE
AS THE WORLD SAYS GOOD-BYE TO
NELSON MANDELA.
>> HE'S NOW AT PEACE.
>> THE FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN
PRESIDENT AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
LAUREATE DIED AT THE AGE OF 95.
>> BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE A
CROWD.
THEY'VE BEEN DANCING AND SINGING
ALMOST NONSTOP SINCE THE NEWS
CAME.
>> HIS LIFE CELEBRATED FOR
ENDING APARTHEID AND CREATINGIN
DEMOCRATIC AND INCLUSIVE SOUTH
AFRICA.
FOR DAYS, SOUTH AFRICANS AND
DIGNITARIES AROUND THE WORLD
HONORED THE MAN WHO TAUGHT US
ABOUT COMPASSION AND
RECONCILIATION.
>> WE SEE NELSON MANDELA MAKING
THAT FINAL JOURNEY.
>> NUMBER THREE --
>> A PERSON WHO SAYS HE LEAKED
TOP-SECRET INFORMATION ABOUT A
GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
HAS IDENTIFIED HIMSELF.
>> MY NAME IS ED SNOWDEN.
>> THE U.S. MAN HUNT FOR EDWARD
SNOWDEN TURNS INTO AN
INTERNATIONAL GAME OF CAT AND
MOUSE.
>> THE MAN WHO'S BEEN SPILLING
U.S. INTELLIGENCE SECRETS IS ON
THE MOVE.
BUT WHERE IS HIS FINAL
DESTINATION?
>> FIRST HONG KONG LETS HIM GO.
THEN RUSSIA REFUSES TO EXTRADITE
HIM.
SNOWDEN'S LEAKS WERE A MAJOR
EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE NSA,
REVEALING THE EXTENT THE AGENCY
WAS SPYING ON AMERICANS AS WELL
AS INTERNATIONAL LEADERS AND
CITIZENS.
NUMBER TWO --
>> THE POPE RESIGNS.
THE LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH STEPPING DOWN AT THE END
OF THE MONTH.
>> POPE BENEDICT BECOMES THE
FIRST HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH TO RESIGN IN 600 YEARS.
THE 86-YEAR-OLD SAID IT WAS
BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH.
>> THE BELL IS RINGING HERE IN
ROME.
THAT MEANS ONE THING, JOHN
ALLEN.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> THE FIRST POPE ELECTED FROM
SOUTH AMERICA.
>> THE CURTAINS ARE OPEN.
THE CROSS BEARER IS COMING OUT.
AND THERE HE IS.
>> DUBBED THE PEOPLE'S POPE,
FRANCIS HAS LAID OUT A VISION OF
A MORE INCLUSIVE CATHOLIC
CHURCH, FOCUSING ON COMPASSION
FOR THE POOR AND AFFLICTED.
NUMBER ONE, THE CIVIL WAR IN
SYRIA.
MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF FIGHTING,
SOME 100,000 HAVE BEEN KILLED,
MORE THAN 2 MILLION ARE
REFUGEES.
IN AUGUST, A CHEMICAL WEAPONS
ATTACK KILLS HUNDREDS.
>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY HORRIFYING.
WE'VE SEEN A VIDEO SHOWING THE
BODIES OF LIFELESS CHILDREN.
>> SYRIA DENIED RESPONSIBILITY.
>> U.S. IS MAKING THE CASE FOR
MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA.
>> THE U.S. ON THE BRINK OF
MILITARY ACTION.
BUT A LAST-MINUTE DEAL BROKERED
BY RUSSIA AVERTED AN
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS.
THE AGREEMENT DISMANTLES SYRIA'S
CHEMICAL ARSENAL THAT LEFT