Exit poll indicates big win for candidate backed by PM
Exit polling is suggesting Giorgi Margvelashvili, the candidate backed by Georgia's billionaire prime minister, has won the presidential election.
The poll conducted by market research firm Growth from Knowledge suggests Margvelashvili has taken nearly two-thirds of the vote.
The Georgian Central Election Commission is still processing ballots from polling stations around the country.
The final results are expected to be released sometime later on this Monday.
If victorious, Margvelashvilli will become the fourth elected president of Georgia since it became an independent country following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The new president is expected to be sworn in on November 17th.
Madagascar's presidential vote transparent, peaceful: int'l observers
International observers are hailing the presidental voting in Madagascar as "transparent and peaceful."
Election observers with the African Union say the first round of voting in the election has gone off with very few problems.
There have been some complaints of people not being able to find their names on the voter rolls.
However, observers say incidents like this have been relatively limited.
The results of Friday's vote are expected to be released in around a week's time.
Some 33-candiates are vying for the Presidency of Madagascar.
If no candidate garners more than 50-percent of Friday's vote, a runoff between the top two candiates will be held.
Syria submits general plan of destructing its chemical weapons
Syria has submitted an initial plan for the destruction of its chemical weapons to the world's chemical weapons watchdog.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says the plan is in line with the deadline of the middle of this coming year.
OPCW inspectors are also due to complete visiting the last four of the 23 weapons sites declared by Syria.
Under the UN resolution which has been established, Syria's chemical weapons production equipment must be destroyed by November 1st.
Syria's stockpiles are supposed to be destroyed by the middle of next year.
Bulgaria seeks EU aid to deal with influx of Syrian
New stats show the number of Syrians who have fled to neighboring Lebanon has exceeded 800 thousand.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says more than 713-thousand of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon have been registered.
The UN agency also says more than 8 thousand Syrian babies have been born in Lebanon over the past 3 years.
The parents of these children don't have access to proper identity cards, meaning the children don't have proper documentation to travel across borders.
Obama aware of spying on Merkel: German paper
A new report in a German newspaper is alleging US President Barack Obama has been aware of a telephone tap on German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the past 3-years, but has done nothing about it.
The German government is already expressing anger following the allegations, which first came into light last week.
The White House denies that it's its been spying on Merkel.
The allegations in Germany come on the heels of revelations the NSA collected around 70-million French telephone conversations over the course of this past month.
This has prompted a move by the European Union to send representatives to Washington to try to clarify the situation.
The Obama administration does say its working on possible changes as to how it deals with its international surveilance programs.
At least 6 killed, 27 injured in bus crash in Peru
At least 6 people are dead and 27 others hurt after a bus crashed head-on with a truck near the capital, Lima.
Authorities say the driver of the bus was trying to pass another vehicle at the time of the head-one crash.
Thankfully for the survivors, the bus didn't plunge down a 100-meter deep ravine next to the accident site.
UK braces for powerful storm tipped to be worst to hit country in decades
The UK is bracing for what is forecast to be the biggest storm to hit the island-nation in decades.
The storm, dubbed St. Jude, is bringing heavy rains and hurricane-force gusts to the southwest coast.
This is expected to create flooding and transportation disruptions.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has told government agencies to make sure contingency plans are in place for the country's transportation, schools and power systems.
The storm is expected to move across the country and head out over the North Sea by Monday afternoon.
Ahead of the storm, Heathrow Airport has warned travelers to expect delays.
Rail networks have cancelled many trains preemptively up through Monday morning, citing the high risk of trees and other debris falling on the lines.
The storm is also expected to roll through the UK and begin blasting the Nordic countriers later on Monday afternoon.
China relaxes company registration requirements
China has decided to streamline its corporate registration system to ease market access and encourage social investment.
It's a fresh effort highlighting the government's administrative reform, according to a cabinet statement released on Sunday.
According to the statement, requirements for the minimum registered capital for limited liability companies will be scrapped.
Requirements on the site registered for business operation will also be relaxed.
A system of subscribed capital will also be promoted in an effort to lower the cost of founding a company.
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