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Questions over the manner of the surrender of Philippine Pork Barrel Scam Queen Janet Lim-Napoles overshadowed the businesswoman ending her short fugitive days.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s ex-girlfriend was reportedly executed by firing squad. Unconfirmed reports claim that Hyon Song-wol was arrested and was executed in public for violating North Korean laws against pornography.

John Baird, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada, has expressed the possibility of Canada's participation if there is a military assault on Syria.

At least $7.5 billion annually could flow into the coffers of the Canadian government should it decide to legalise and decriminalise the use of marijuana in the country, a report said.

Amid the chaos, there remains hope. And in a twist of events nobody expected, a video has surfaced which showed the moving reunion of a Syrian father with his toddler son who he believed was one of the fatalities of that fateful chemical attack in Damascus, Syria on Aug 21.

Amid the chaos, there remains hope. And in a twist of events nobody expected, a video has surfaced which showed the moving reunion of a Syrian father with his toddler son who he believed was one of the fatalities of that fateful chemical attack in Damascus, Syria on Aug 21.

After provoking Syria's contempt the past couple of days and inciting global market angst, the U.S. now seemed to dilly-dally whether to carry out or not its military strike threat against the Western Asian country over its alleged use of chemical weapons. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama said he has yet to make up his mind on pressing the strike button.

Australian Election Recap Aug 29: Critic says Julia Gillard is better in campaign than Kevin Rudd; Rudd vs Abbott final face-off at Rooty Hill; AEC says Aussies should vote now

From the physical terrain to the virtual domain, references to places spell the difference between territories. This became apparent when a reference to Israel on Google maps prompted hackers to redirect Google Palestine's homepage to an anti-Israel website.

It was 50 years ago when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr first delivered the “I Have A Dream” Speech right at the Lincoln Memorial.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar is slightly higher this morning as investor play down tensions over a possible US air or missile strike on Syria.

Here's everything voters should know about wildcard “contender” for the Australian Federal Election 2013, Clive Palmer.

Wildcard “contender” for the Australian Election Federal Election 2013 Clive Palmer, everything voters should know

The Filipina businesswoman accused of being the brains behind the P10 billion pork barrel scam, Janet Lim-Napoles, surrendered on Wednesday night to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III at 9:37 p.m.

Carolyn Stewart Olsen and David Tkachuk said that the CTV report was false.

According to Australia’s domain registrar, Melbourne IT’s corporate communications chief, the company said in an email it will information related to how the Syrian Electronic Army got hold of private credentials to halt site traffic for the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post U.K. It is no wonder that President Barack Obama has not decided on an attack on Syria, even as UK Prime Minister Cameron and others in the European Union like the French president mount pressure against Syria...

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has promised $52 million to kickstart a railway system through Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne, and create a new High Speed Rail Authority under a re-elected Labour government.

United States President Barack Obama talked with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd about possible international interventions to Syria's recent chemical weapons attack against civilians. The White House said Mr Obama called Mr Rudd and both leaders were deeply concerned about the Syrian regime's alleged use of chemicals as weapons. In a statement, the White House also said they were talking about options to take to address the crisis.

Russia asks the West to show more prudence on dealing with the situation in Syria.

The mayor of London in the United Kingdom has called for the nation to open its doors and welcome New Zealanders who are currently restricted from entering. Boris Johnson made the public appeal following the results of survey conducted by the New Zealand government regarding the experience of Kiwis with work visas in the UK.

Pandemonium has erupted on Tuesday amid the ongoing verbal tussle between the U.S. and Syria, following the chemical weapons attack in Damascus on Aug 21. Global markets went berserk as Syrian President Bashar Assad's turf gears up for a U.S.-led nation strike, warning a massive counter retaliatory attack could be immediately carried out on Israel.

The New Zealand government has made 106 requests to Facebook to gain access to 119 users during the first half of 2013. Facebook said it gave New Zealand around 58 per cent of the requests containing private data of more than half of the requested users.

Kevin Rudd News Aug 28: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s family was saddened by accusation of rudeness; Rudd doubts Abbott’s temperament on dealing with Syria

Australian Federal Election Aug 28: Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott debates again in Sydney as the “duo” go on campaign trail.

China on Tuesday confirmed the discovery of a large 21 metric tonne gold deposit in Guangdong province.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar traded in a fairly tight band overnight under 0.9000 as financial markets reacted to the possibility of missile strikes in Syria.

Amid the furor created by the pork barrel scam in the Philippines and on the same week that the country was again battered by a storm that flooded parts of the country for days, the Filipino humour was not lost.

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Options Seem to be Limited at the Moment to Handle the Situation