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Within minutes of a fiery vehicle crash at the gate of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, photographs started hitting China’s social media networks.  Within hours, many of them had been scrubbed by China’s Internet censors.

It turns out that some bears are not fans of paparazzi or hidden cameras.  Conservationists have captured some stunning images of an Andean Black Bear family taking down camera traps in Bolivia's Apolobamba national park.

The Saint Jude Storm could wreak havoc in Britain – Man U is apologizing for an advert with ugly undertones – And a family massacre is shocking even for New York City.

Rupert Murdoch isn’t going on trial in London on Monday, but the practices and influence of his media empire are.  Two of Murdoch’s former deputies will face criminal accusations involving phone hacking and obstructing justice.

There are conflicting reports about when US President Barack Obama knew that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was eavesdropping on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone. 

Colombia’s FARC rebels have released a former US Marine to the International Red Cross, after holding Kevin Scott Sutay prisoner for four months in a remote jungle area.  The Afghan War veteran had been hiking through an area of Colombia known for guerilla activity.

Influential Rock Musician Lou Reed is dead at age 71 of an unspecified liver disease.  A self-acknowledged former hard drugs user and heavy drinker, Reed had been sick for a while and had received a liver transplant in May of this year.

An Australian soldier is wounded in Afghanistan – The US hasn’t just been spying on one European leader’s phone, it’s been going on for a very long time – And Saudi women did defy the driving ban after all.

The Saudi government successfully threatens a protest out of existence – European powers demand an agreement to end US spying – Nigeria’s military claims gains against an Islamist insurgency.

Saudi Arabian authorities are warning activists who plan to violate the conservative oil kingdom’s ban on women drivers.  They’ve already made videos of females behind the wheel on short jaunts and posted them to social media sites.

Japan’s ultra-conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suggested he will visit a controversial shrine that includes war criminals along with the country’s venerated war dead.  Now, it appears he will push for legislation echoing at least some of their policies.

Pakistan is again calling for an end to US drone strikes in his country – This is in response to leaked CIA documents which show that for years, senior Pakistani officials have known of, endorsed, and often collaborated with the drones.

Armed Pirates singled out two American citizens during an attack on a US-flagged oil ship in the Gulf of Guinea off of Nigeria, making off with the hostages.  They are the ship’s captain and chief engineer.

Cops reopen a famous missing child case – A Nobel Peace Prize laureate failed to completely condemn mob violence and murder – And you won’t believe why the cop who gained worldwide infamy by pepper spraying peaceful protesters is back in the news.

The US is finding itself increasingly isolated among its own allies with yet another damaging revelation from the Snowden Documents:  The US National Security Agency (NSA) monitored the phone calls of 35 world leaders after getting hold of their phone numbers.

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is racing to secure storage space for tainted rainwater as another typhoon bears down on the Japan, it’s projected path expected to take the storm to Fukushima.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s decision to deny any possible climate change link to the new South Wales Bushfires is catching heat from one of the world’s highest-profile climate change activist – Former US Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore.

As always, please consider helping out with a donation to the Red Cross as they assist our friends and neighbors affected by the New South Wales bushfires.  Meanwhile, Russia tries lesser charges against Greenpeace activists – The Pope reels in the Bishop of Bling – Egyptian cops are charged with killing Muslim protesters – And you’d think some things would be apparent in the year 2013.

A Roma family in Dublin, Ireland has been reunited with a seven-year old girl after DNA tests proved the kid is indeed their daughter.  What appears to be a Garda mistake and other incidents in Europe has the Roma community on edge, fearing “witch hunts”.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid a visit to US President Barack Obama in the White House, and urged the American leader to put an end to drone strikes in Pakistan.  It’s a sore spot between the two countries that are attempting to improve relations that have been chafed because of the drones.