Stories you missed this year

When you weren't looking, news happened. Foreign Policy (whose stories move on our wires) helpfully put together a list of the 10 biggest stories you missed in 2012. It makes for interesting reading, if you've got the time.

I learned, for example, that the Indian call center industry is losing its edge. And a disease may soon be eradicated, only the second worldwide since smallpox. 

Check it out.