These are the biggest stories of 2012:
1. US Presidential Election Where President Barack Obama, 44th US President won for his second term
2. The 2012 London Olympic Games
3. Typhoon Bopha which hit Southern Philippines killing a thousand lives and thousands of others missing, thousands of families left homeless and billions of dollars worth of damage property
4. China's imperialistic domination of South China Sea which borders Southeast Asian countries.
5. Colorado shootings
6. Sandy Hook school shooting one of the worst in America's history
7. West Bank and Gaza trip violence
8. Hurricane Sandy battered most of the East Coast one of the worst natural calamities that struck the region in recent years
