I don't usually make very detailed predictions, but I'm bored, so here goes, lol. I won't edit this post after today, so if someone wants bring this stuff up next year, feel free lol. Anyway:

The US will go over the "fiscal cliff" but they'll be an agreement in mid January, with all tax changes being wiped out by backdated changes, so anyone out of pocket will get a rebate.

North Korea will test a nuclear weapon in February or March (for a specific guess I'm gonna say late night on the 4th of February EST, because the 5th is my birthday and "bad" stuff tends to happen around then). South Korea will piss and moan about it and there might be some skirmishes, but in the end nothing major.

A skirmish will happen between Japan and China over those damn islands, but that'll be it. A Chinese plane will be shot down and a Japanese boat damaged. No serious injuries.

A celebrity will die in odd circumstances (think Michael Jackson style of event), that'll keep people busy over the summer. Not gonna predict who, although I doubt it'll be someone very young (so not Bieber lol).

A (different to the above) celebrity will come out as gay, somewhat surprisingly. Again, I'm not gonna predict names for fairly obvious reasons, but say someone my age (26-27) or slightly older.

The Syrian civil war will continue, with no concrete evidence of chemical weapons, although there will be rumours. Assad may eventually be forced out depending on what happens elsewhere in the region though.

Israel won't directly attack Iran, although there will be a few more "accidents" at Iranian plants. Hezbollah may or may not react to them, if they do then things might get interesting later in the year.