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Poll Results


Top international news story of 2013:

The Costa Concordia cruise ship hit a reef and partially sank off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, Italy killing 32 and injuring 64 66 votes 3.42%
The birth of Prince George 135 votes 6.99%
Bangladesh garment factory collapsed, killing more than 1,100 16 votes 0.83%
The George Zimmerman trial 21 votes 1.09%
Chris Hadfield and his time at the International Space Station 71 votes 3.67%
Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime used chemical weapons on civilians, killing more than 1,400 people 54 votes 2.80%
The City of Detroit filed for bankruptcy, the largest American city to ever do so 48 votes 2.48%
Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai's recovery and Nobel Prize nomination 16 votes 0.83%
The election and uncharacteristically liberal views of Pope Francis 50 votes 2.59%
Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 5,000 in the Philippines 83 votes 4.30%
17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons of Halifax died following a suicide attempt after months of cyberbullying 43 votes 2.23%
Canadian Senate expenses scandal 104 votes 5.38%
Edward Snowdon leaks classified National Security Agency documents 108 votes 5.59%
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack (and other on-going ridiculousness) 368 votes 19.05%
Boston Marathon bombing 205 votes 10.61%
Death of Nelson Mandela 171 votes 8.85%
Lac-Megantic train derailment disaster 183 votes 9.47%
Alberta floods 43 votes 2.23%
Obamacare 21 votes 1.09%
None of the above 126 votes 6.52%

Total votes: 1932
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