0Top Stories of 2011: The Death of Muammar GaddafiWe're looking back at the top stories of 2011: At No. 9, an event as much about NATO's military intervention as it was about the Arab Spring: the death of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Updated Apr. 24, 2017 12:44PM EDT / Published Dec. 27, 2011 11:00AM EST