POLITICS & POLICY

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

Australian Federal Election Update: Aussies are already voting through pre-poll in London; AEC announced that remote polling is underway

United Nations chemical weapons experts have successfully reached the Syrian victims of a deadly chemical attack. The UN representatives took blood samples and interviewed the victims who survived the poison gas attack in the rebel territory of Syria's capital. Australia currently holds the presidency of the United Nations Council and will use its position to push for an end to the Syrian crisis. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called the deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria as a "medieval a...

Current nuclear-crisis embattled Japan, along with Ukraine, are set to hurtle into space a satellite that's specifically designed to monitor the amounts of radiation emitted by global nuclear power plants, such as that of the crippled Fukushima of 2011 and Chernobyl of 1986.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened weaker this morning after a volatile night of trading pulled it in different directions overnight.

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Syria has "descended into hell," Archbishop Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio in Syria, described on Monday the situation in the country. Meanwhile, Faisal Mikdad, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister, warned of terrible and more global chaos should the U.S. send troops or launch airstrikes to control the recent Aug. 21 savage chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital.

In news that could further embarrass the U.S. Administration and strain its relations with allies, the Germany weekly Der Dpiegel, on Sunday, citing documents obtained by fugitive former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, reported that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapped the United Nations (U.N.) Headquarters in New York.

In brazen attacks carried out by insurgents, on Sunday, in Iraq, at least 47 people were killed across the country. This is the worst spate of killing since 2008 and is seen as part of a month-long wave of attacks. The killing has brought the focus back on the country's security forces' ability to protect the country against insurgent groups. It raises fears that Iraq's ethnic divide and sectarian violence may push the country back towards a civil war.