Top World Stories of 2009
On Jan. 20, the first African-American president of the United States was sworn into office after his Democratic Party swept into power during the November 2008 election. But President Barack Obama's inauguration was but one of the many news events of 2009, a year that saw great turmoil in all corners of the world, in politics and economics, involving the world's lone superpower and many of its rogue states. These are our top stories of the year: (AP Photo)
