8 October 2013 Last updated at 06:50 GMT
Brazil's security situation is a challenge to cities that will play host to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games.
World Bank says allowing Palestinians to use the 61% of the West Bank under full Israeli control would boost the economy
As the civil war rages around them, Syrians in the capital of Damascus continue to support President Bashar Assad despite their fears. They simply want to maintain their way of life.
"What a pleasure," he said. Blue-eyed, gaunt and about 1.90 meters (6'3") tall, the 48-year-old wore a dark blue suit, light-colored shirt, blue tie and comfortable black loafers.
[Doctors have ordered] Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to take a month off work after a traumatic head injury two months ago.
Everyone including some of her harshest critics wished the president the best after the announcement was made. Argentina's politics can be rough, but it's a good sign for the country that all the sides have some civility. Everyone wants her to recover and finish out her term.
The opposition, correctly and gently, is criticizing the lack of disclosure on the illness. If the president had this fall and major head injury two months ago that has been affecting her work, it was in the public's right to know. It's not incorrect to wish the president well while also criticizing the secrecy with which the president's health has been managed.
Brazil Rio and Sao Paulo teacher protests turn violent
Protesters demonstrating in support of teachers receiving better pay in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have clashed with police.
The centre of Rio was packed with more than 10,000 people marching peacefully.
But as it got dark, some protesters threw firebombs at public buildings and riot police responded with tear gas.
A similar protest in Sao Paulo also ended in violent confrontation with police after many banks were ransacked by hooded protesters.
Brazil's security situation is a challenge to cities that will play host to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games.
Israel's West Bank control 'costing Palestinian economy billions'
World Bank says allowing Palestinians to use the 61% of the West Bank under full Israeli control would boost the economy
Israel's control of a huge swath of the West Bank is costing the Palestinian economy $3.4bn (£2.1bn) a year, or 35% of its GDP, according to a report from the World Bank.
Restrictions on Palestinian access and movement within Area C, the 61% of the West Bank that is under full Israeli military control, is stunting the Palestinian economy, says the report. Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy, published on Tuesday, is the first comprehensive study of the potential impact of land restrictions in the region, according to the World Bank.
"Unleashing the potential from that 'restricted land' … and allowing Palestinians to put these resources to work, would provide whole new areas of economic activity and set the economy on the path to sustainable growth," said Mariam Sherman of the World Bank.
REFUGEES
Calls for reform mount after Lampedusa tragedy
Once those who perished off the coast of Lampedusa are buried, Rome will have to decide what to do with the survivors. Italy and the European Union remain unable to get a handle on their refugee policies.
Sharif sits in the shadow of the cement wall of the immigration camp Marina Granda, located on the extreme western end of the Italian island Sicily. He has lived here for the past year. Sharif fled his homeland Somalia, arriving in Europe by boat. After he landed on the island of Lampedusa, he was brought to the camp in Sicily.
"Still there is a problem - there is a war," Sharif said of Somalia. "I don't know when it will stop. Italy is very difficult, but it is better than our country."
Sharif lives with 100 other men in a large dormitory. He's allowed to leave the camp, but the closest city - Trapani - is kilometers away. It's unclear when he will be able to start his new life. The most recent wave of refugees has doubled the processing time for asylum applications. Sharif's application could take another year. The Italian authorities are simply overwhelmed.
Eye of the Storm: Life Goes on in Damascus Despite Civil War
As the civil war rages around them, Syrians in the capital of Damascus continue to support President Bashar Assad despite their fears. They simply want to maintain their way of life.
When the door opened as we arrived to interview Syrian President Bashar Assad last Wednesday, he was standing there with his arms outstretched and a smile on his face. He greeted us the way former US President Bill Clinton often greets his guests, extending his right hand and touching our shoulders or forearms with his left hand -- a cordial gesture of power.
Sympathy, suspicion as Argentine President Kirchner goes on leave due to head injury
President Kirchner's doctors ordered her to take a month off of work, weeks after an August head injury. The opposition is asking why now?
[Doctors have ordered] Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to take a month off work after a traumatic head injury two months ago.
Everyone including some of her harshest critics wished the president the best after the announcement was made. Argentina's politics can be rough, but it's a good sign for the country that all the sides have some civility. Everyone wants her to recover and finish out her term.
The opposition, correctly and gently, is criticizing the lack of disclosure on the illness. If the president had this fall and major head injury two months ago that has been affecting her work, it was in the public's right to know. It's not incorrect to wish the president well while also criticizing the secrecy with which the president's health has been managed.
The jellyfish are coming! Experts tangle with exploding population
A "jellyfish bloom" may sound pretty, but it can get ugly fast. A swarm of moon jellyfish from the Baltic Sea were sucked into the cooling pipes of a nuclear power plant on the Swedish coast last week, shutting down one of the three units for four days. In 2008, another such "bloom," glowing purple, wiped out an entire farm of salmon in Northern Ireland by stinging and suffocating the 100,000-strong school to death. Every summer, since the early 2000s, fishermen in Japan brace for swarms of Nomura jellyfish, tentacled monsters the size of a Smart Car. In Israel, where jellyfish routinely clog plumbing in power plants, some companies have set updesignated summer jelly-watch squads.
And guess what? This jellypocalypse is our fault.
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