Top 10 World News Stories in 2009

...adjusted somewhat to take into account the spin applied to the alleged world by the actual RHP Debate Forum.

Top 10
Recession, stimulus and recovery in the West's economies
Somewhat new style U.S. foreign policy
E.U.'s Lisbon Treaty finally ratified and enacted.
Brutal and abrupt end to civil war in Sri Lanka
Pakistan pearshaped
Afghanistan pearshaped
Honduras pearshaped
U.S. military started pulling out of Iraq's cities
Shabby, bloodstained election in Iran
Copenhagen Conference ends in virtual failure

Sub's bench:
Indonesia re-elects a president democratically 1st time ever
LDP eclipsed in Japan
Sarrandon and Robbins confirm they have split
Israel attacks Gaza, killing hundreds

what does pearshaped mean?

Health Care?

i remember! "gone wrong". probly thatcher used the word initially.