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Americas
Rouseff victorious in Brazil’s first round Presidential elections
Brazil’s Dima Rousseff has emerged victrious in Brazils first round of Presidential elections over the weekend. However,in receiving only 41% of the publics support the incumbent leader failed to avoid a second round of voting. Rouseff is set to face Aecio Neves in the run-off later this month. The once popular Marina Silava could only manage a distant third place, in elections which celebrated an 80% turnout.

Mexican Mass grave discovered
A mass grave has been discovered in the Mexican state of Guerrero, feared to hold at least 28 bodies of the 40 students who have been reported missing since clashes with police forces last week . After 22 police have already ben arrested in regards to the protest with corrupt local police, the Mexican state will launch a serious investigation into the findings.

Joe Biden: ‘the biggest problem is our allies’.
America’s Vice President Joe Biden will be expected to apologise to the United Arab Emirates today, after claiming the country sents weapons and funding to Islamic militants in Syria. In a question and answer session at Harvard University, Biden controversially named both Turkey and Saudi Arabia, in comments about the rise of Islamic extremism.

Europe
A modernising Vatican?
The Catholic Churches held its first set of revolutionary meetings yesterday, with the Pope set to change some of the churches archaic religious teachings The landmark gathering will look at the teachings on the family, from abortion, divorce, homosexuality and birth control in a bid to bring the Catholic Church into the 21st Century.

Sweden recognises the state of Palestine
Over the weekend, the Sweedish Govrenment announced it would officially recognise Palestine as a national state. The Government believed such a move would be a step towards bringing peace to the region which high levels of conflict over the summer and support the movement towards a two-state solution. Now over 70% of nations worldwide recognise Palestine as an official country with the United Nations viewing Palestine as an official observer.

Centre Right Candidates lead Bulgarian Elections
In what has been the ‘last change elections’ Bulgaria’s centre right party the GERB look poised to win the countries national election. Though they will fail to receive an outright majority, the leader of the party Boiko Borisov, a former bodyguard and Karate expert, will attempt to form a Government that can solve the economic crisis that has crippled the nations prosperity.

Africa /Middle East

Female Suicide bomber attacks IS militants
On the outskirts of the Syrian/Turkish border city of Kobani, a female Kurdish suicidede fighter has carried out a successful attack on Islamic State fighters. Several jihadists were killed in the bombing by the female commander of the Kurdish People’s protection Units. It is thought this is the first female attack of its kind in the region.

It’s World Teachers Day, and we must invest in education
The United Nations have released a report suggesting the world needs to invest in training more teachers, if we are to provide the best oppurtunitites for millions of children across the world. With many developing countries lacking adequate educational infrastructure , the report suggests an additional 1.4 million teachers will be needed to achieve universal primary eductation a goal set for the 2015 Millennium Goals. We think maybe its time to reconsider your employment plans and consider joining the teacher profession.

Al Shabab clashes in Barawe
A coalition of African Union Troops and Somali Government forces have closed in on the last major port strongold held by Al Shabab forces in Barawe. The Somalian city is thought to be the financial outpost of the Al Qaeda linked group, use to bring in arms and fighters from abroad

Asia
Hong Kong Protests dwindle
After the Hong Kong Government ordered a deadline for the end of student pro-democracy movements today, support for the two-week pro-democracy movment is beginning to dwindle as civilian workers begin to return to their officers. Over the weekend, many of the cities residents held anti-protestst movements in support of police action, believeing the students demonstrations were grinding the city to an unproductive halt.

Has Kim Jong UN been toppled?
Rumors are still swirling round the international media campaign that North Korea’s leader has been now been removed from power, despite state media claiming that he has not been publicly seen in over a month due to health reasons. Hwang Pyong So is thought to be consolidating leadership, as the countries second in control travelled to South Korea over the weekend to set up revolutionary diplomatic talks.

A boat-out of crisp packets?
In South Korea, a group of friends angered by the fact that crisp packets are now well known for containing more air than substance, have taken a stand by builing a raft containing a 160 unopened crisp packets. Paddling across the Han River to an audience of nearly 2000 spectators, the group hope to raise concerns over the levels of nitrogen in the packets having a negative effect on the environment.