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The International Quartet for peace in the Middle East is set to hold separate talks with Israeli and Palestinians officials in a bid to bring back that both sides to the negotiating table, after a year of stalemate.

A Dubai-Based TV channel has broadcast amateur footage claiming to show the bodies of Colonel Gaddafi, Mutassim Gaddafi and National Security Advisor Abu Bakr Yunis, who died last week, moments before their 'secret burial' in the Sahara desert.

According to the United Nations State of World Population Report 2011, the world's population will reach seven billion people by October 31 and could surpass 10 billion by 2083 pushing us to face new challenges and implications.

Quirky campaign video features Herman Cain's chief of staff, Mark Block, blowing cigarette smoke into the camera, whil the song "I Am America" is played in the background.

Reports that Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had agreed to step down as part of a 'secret deal' emerged Wednesday denied by The Northern League, the coalition's main ally and the PM's office.

The four-decade rule of Libyan autocrat, Col. Moammar Gadhafi finally came to an end on Thursday, after he was dragged from his hiding place - a drainpipe - in the town of Sirte and killed. However, there is growing international unease about increasingly graphic and disturbing images of the abuse of a body that appears to be Gadhafi's, following his capture and the fall of his hometown of Sirte on Thursday.

While evidence of illegal killings and violations of human rights committed by both sides are slowly emerging, the absence of official and updated death toll figures show many secrets are still to be unlocked before the carnage wrought by nine months long civil war is known.

Reports have emerged suggesting riot police are attempting to forcefully disperse the Occupy Oakland movement using tear gas, rubber bullets and armoured vehicles on peaceful protesters.

The flood crisis continues to engulf Thailand's capital, Bangkok, as residents stockpile food.

Tourists say they have spotted an alien and a 'floating orb' in the Mamaus region of the Brazilian rain forest.

Muammar Gaddafi's autopsy confirmed the former Libyan leader died from a gunshot to the head, the country's chief pathologist said, a move which is set to amplify allegations the deposed head of state has been executed by one of his captors.

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a long-time opponent of Mugabe's Zanu-PF has changed his stance on gay rights, saying he now wants them enshrined in the new soon-to be constitution.

The funeral of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan on Tuesday set the stage for the nomination of a new heir, widely expected to be interior minister Prince Nayef, at a time where the Kingdom has seen increasing demand for reforms.

A 14-day-old new born has miraculously survived after being trapped for 46hours in debris after the 7.2 earthquake hit Turkey on Sunday.

BeautifulPeople.com, the online dating website that only allows good-looking people based on the opinions of the people who use it, have released a 90-second video in response recent attacks on the site's concept.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet issued a statement confirming the approval of a prisoner exchange deal with Egypt to release suspected Israeli spy Ilan Grapel, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen arrested in June and accused of being a spy in exchange for 25 Egyptian prisoners from Israeli jails.

Thailand has approved a five-day holiday for its residents and urged them to protect their homes, assess and look after their property and evacuate to safer places Tuesday.

Muammar Gaddafi, his son Muatassim and a top aide have been buried at a secret desert location after Muslim rites with a few relatives and officials in attendance, but the burrials are unlikely to calm down the controversy surrounding Libya's former "brother leader."

An analysis of a video obtained by GlobalPost from a rebel fighter who recorded Colonel Gaddafi's capture appears to show the former leader being sodomized as he was being dragged from the drainpipe where he had taken refuge.

"Hold It Against Me" singer Britney Spears is all set to thrill her UK fans with the "Femme Fatale Tour" that starts from Belfast on Oct. 25. The singer's raunchy tour hits London, Birmingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester between October 27 and November 6.

Moderate Islamists claimed victory Monday in the first democratic elections in Tunisia, proving that years of state-sponsored secularism by toppled leader Ben Ali has not prevented the return of Islamists parties in Tunisia.

Rolls-Royce has opened a new showroom in Paris at a grand opening attended by customers, VIP guests, celebrities and the media. The new launch was made by Torsten Müller-Ötvös, CEO, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

Residents of quake-affected areas spent their second night out, in freezing temperatures, after Turkish towns were rattled by several aftershocks from a massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake that has, so far, killed more than 270 people and wounded another 1,000.

Guards locked the gates to the compound where the three bodies were conserved and displayed, with one guard reportedly saying "That's enough," "he's been causing us as much trouble dead as he did alive."

Libya might have now been 'liberated' but the consequences of nine months of conflict between the anti and pro Gaddafi forces might take much longer to heal as the 53 bodies of apparent Gaddafi loyalists who appeared to have been executed were found by Human Rights Watch (HRW).

With the popularity of Islamic-based political parties in Tunisia and Egypt, and the announce of the continuation of a sharia law-based Libya, political Islam in some of the Arab Spring countries is it seems regaining momentum, re-launching the debate between democracy and Islam.

Julian Assange of Wikileaks today announced that the Whistleblowing site will be introducing a new, more secure, submission system and claims that every web-based encryption is not to be trusted.

The most recent example of a something that should have remained private leading to public embarrassment comes in the form of 14-year-old schoolgirl Amber Cole.

Wikileaks has stopped publication due to running low on funds, following what it calls an illegal banking blockade placed on the site by Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.