1. 20,000 killed, missing in March 11 disaster

2. Nadeshiko conquer the world

3. 110,000 people evacuated in N-plant crisis

4. Scandal rocks sumo world

5. Noda takes reins

6. World's highest tower reaches peak 

7. Typhoons wreck western Japan

8. Double elections held in Osaka

9. TV goes digital

10. Electricity use curbed

1. Thailand hit by floods

2. Bin Laden Killed

3. Arab Spring uprisings demand democracy

4. Massive N.Z. quake kills 180

5. Eurozone hit debt crisis

6. Bullet train disaster in China

7. Apple cofounder Steve Jobs dies

8. World population climbs to 7 billion

9. China's economy the world's second largest

10. Britain's Prince William weds

EXTRA  Kim Jong Il dies