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Wednesday 28 December 2011
The 12 most-read 2011 articles in Opinion
There has been much to discuss this year such as the devastating tsunami that struck Japan, Muammar Gaddafi's downfall, Osama bin Laden's death, the closure of Britain's best-selling tabloid paper, tragedy in Norway, the summer riots and of course the revolutions across the Arab world.
8. You can't blame Gaddafi for thinking he was one of the good guys
By Robert Fisk, Friday 21st October
The colonel was once beloved of the Foreign Office (after the coup against King Idris), then loathed because he sent weapons to the IRA. Robert Fisk asks: can you blame the man for thinking he was a good guy?
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Banned Iranian director to attend Cannes Film Festival
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Thomas Müller: We couldn't handle losing a Champions League Final again
The Bayern Munich forward tells Tim Rich his side have to shed chokers' tag after two recent final defeats
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness
The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness