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Puerto Rican beauty Valerie Hernandez has won the Miss International 2014 contest. Here are few interesting facts about her.

Russia versus Ukraine, Israel versus the Hamas and the US versus the Islamic State. At the rate international conflicts are being resolved by the use of arms and force, World War III has actually started on a piecemeal, Pope Francis warned on Saturday.

2014 US Open Update - Novak Djokovic of Serbia got off to a roaring start in his 2014 US Open campaign after defeating Diego Scharzman of Argentina in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in the first day of the final Grand Slam tournament of the year.

Who is Mario Geotze? And why is he better than Lionel Messi? IBT Sports Australia already did a profile of him here: Mario Goetze: The Man Behind Germany’s 2014 World Cup Win but the world can’t get enough of the relatively unknown super sub.

The German National Football Team have won their fourth FIFA World Cup title in Brazil against Argentina with a 1-0 score line after extra time. This is Germany's first FIFA World Cup title since the reunification of Germany.

Now it can be told. Seems German Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's prayers worked better than Argentinean Pope Francis. And sourgraping Brazil is very much elated that archrival Argentina didn't win the coveted World Cup 2014 title.

Only one team ended up winning the title as always but there were several who stood out with their performance. There can be a few other versions of the “Dream Team.” Here is ours.

The Netherlands have dashed Brazil's hopes of redeeming themselves at the end of their home campaign at the 2014 FIFA World Cup by dealing the host nation a 3-0 loss at their play-off for third place.

The Netherlands were unable to bring out any tricks from under their sleeves as they went up against Argentina in the penalty shoot-out for a spot in the final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.The Netherlands lost 4-2 on penalties after Argentina's keeper, Sergio Romero saved shots from Ron Vlaar and Wesley Sneijder in a result that is the complete opposite of Netherland's penalty shoot-out with Costa Rica in the previous round.

It seems that for this year's 2014 World Cup series, not only are the fans and players praying and hoping for global football supremacy. Even Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI are for sure already storming the heavens for their countries' respective teams. The question now is - whose prayers are most efficient to breakthrough heaven's gate enough to be answered and granted?

South America lives its World Cup dreams for another day as Argentina secures a thrilling win against The Netherlands to reach the final for the first time in 24 years.

The Brazilian dream was well and truly crushed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup when Germany dealt the home team with blow after blow in their semi-final match at the Estadio Mineirao. When the dust settled, Germany had scored 7 goals to Brazil's lone consolation which came at the very last minute of regulation time.

The quarterfinals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil started with four European teams and four teams from the Americas splitting the spots evenly. The round ended in the same way with Germany and the Netherlands advancing for Europe while bitter rivals Argentina and host nation Brazil form South America also advance to the semi-finals. Going home are European pair France and Belgium as well as Costa Rica and Colombia.

The final fixtures of the round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil have been concluded and Argentina and Belgium have claimed the last two quarterfinal spots with wins over Switzerland and the USA respectively. Both matches were decided on extra time after regulation time ended with no goals scored.

While the world was busy watching the Argentina vs. Switzerland Round of 16 match in Brazil, Nick Kyrgios was engaged in his own Round of 16 war battle against World No.1 in Rafael Nadal in London.

FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 BRAZILGroup F Match ResultsArgentina 3-2 Nigeria Bosnia 3-1 IranQualified: 1. Argentina, 2. Nigeria

With the domestic leagues and continental competitions out of the way, all eyes are on the 2014 FIFA World Cup Finals in Brazil which kicks off on June 12. National team players who have been selected have come home to participate in training sessions and international friendly matches.

Dexter Season 8, Episode 12 ("Remember the Monsters") has officially closed the Showtime series starring former husband and wife, Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter. The series finale proves to be far from the Reddit "leaked finale," but some points were spot on. Social media users gave Dexter's ending mixed reviews.

Dexter Season 8, Episode 11 ("Monkey in a Box") is about the tricks of two psychopaths, and how one of them - the Brain Surgeon - was always two steps ahead. Thanks to Hannah McKay, the "old Dexter" is gone. And Debra Morgan sustains a potentially fatal gunshot wound courtesy of the Brain Surgeon, Oliver Saxon.

Dexter Season 8, Episode 11 ("Monkey in a Box") is the penultimate episode of the season and the Showtime series as a whole. Next week, viewers will say, "Good bye, Dexter Morgan. Good bye, Debra. And thank you for a great show." But first, the show tackles what could possibly become Debra's doom - Oliver Saxon, the Brain Surgeon.

Dexter Season 8, Episode 10 shows the shocking death of someone very close to Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall). Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) rejoins Miami Police and renews romance with Quinn (Desmond Harrington). But she has unwittingly put herself in grave danger.

Dexter Season 8, Episode 10 ("Goodbye Miami") airs a week later, Sept. 8. There is no new Dexter episode this week, which means avid viewers get a week's break before the final killer trifecta is served. Here are five of the many questions swirling in the viewers' thoughts. Spoiler Alert: This feature contains minor to major spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Suits Season 3, Episode 7 ("She's Mine") starts off with a very romantic date between Donna Paulsen (Sarah Rafferty) and Stephen Huntley (Max Beesley). Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) ruins the moment. He tells his Brit version he'd beat the S--T out of him. Mike Ross (Patrick J Adams) is not impressed, raising rugby vs Harvey. But apparently, when Donna cries for real, someone gets really, really, mad.

Dexter Season 8, Episode 9 ("Make Your Own Kind of Music") answers Hannah McKay's question to Dr Vogel during the dinner for serial killers in last week's episode. Viewers learn how the psychopath whisperer wound up doing what she's doing now.

Occurrences of worldwide flooding has cornered the bulk of global insurance claims for the first half or six months of the year 2013, according to preliminary data released by Switzerland-based reinsurance giant Swiss Re on Wednesday.

Lyrids Meteor Shower 2013 is a cosmic and social network event. Twitter is receiving updates from users regarding questions, tips and photos about this spectacular night sky show. On Instagram, an astrophotographer has wowed users with his time-lapse shot of the "falling stars."

#HabemusPapam, which translates to “we have a pope” from Latin, has quickly gone trending on Twitter moments after the #whitesmoke news reached the social media. Former Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario “Francesco” Bergoglio, 76, was later announced as the newly elected Holy See. He will be called Pope Francis I, the 266th pope of the Catholics. Twitter concluded Wednesday (3-13-2013) its first ever conclave watch, and the papal Twitter account now has a new shout out.

New Zealand have guarded their HSBC Sevens World Series title, ending the season with a third place clinch at the Marriott London Sevens to finish on 167 Series points, six ahead of closest rivals Fiji.

In a recent concert in Buenos Aires, Morissey's band performed wearing shirts that say "We Hate Kate and William."

While everyone is anticipating whether or not 2011 Teen Choice Awards will tell us the real score between Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, the Canadian teen sensation confirmed he is coming at the-now-highly-anticipated event as one of its performers.