• The tricky part: A rebel fighter and a girl cross a damaged bridge in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor on Sept. 2. The predicted exit of President Bashar Assad did not come true in 2013. | AFP-JIJI
    The tricky part: A rebel fighter and a girl cross a damaged bridge in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor on Sept. 2. The predicted exit of President Bashar Assad did not come true in 2013. | AFP-JIJI
  • No, you're president: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama spar during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on Oct. 16, 2012. | AP
    No, you're president: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama spar during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on Oct. 16, 2012. | AP
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WASHINGTON – Humanity’s faith in predictions was tested around this time a year ago when the floods, famines and other disasters predicted by the end of the ancient Maya calendar failed to materialize.

But a look back at 2013 shows that the art of divination is alive and well.

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