1A gunman killed twelve people at a Washington DC naval yard this week. In the aftermath, the debate has moved beyond gun control and onto national security.
2Tony Abbott has been sworn in as Australian Prime Minister and has begun his leadership by promising a problem-solving Government for all. Departments disappeared, were amalgamated and reorganised, three top public servants were sacked and the head of Treasury Martin Parkinson will leave after next year's Budget. Abbott also began work to drop the carbon tax and stop asylum seekers entering Australia.
3The financial pressure of the Eurozone crisis has unleashed the ugly side of politics in Greece, with neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn experiencing a sharp rise in popularity and their increasingly racist rhetoric is beginning to expose a deep divide amongst the Greeks.
4Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi may finally be forced to leave the political stage for the last time.
5The Costa Concordia cruise ship has been salvaged in a remarkable feat of human ingenuity.
6Analysis of the international news headlines, with focus on the looming Budget crisis in the United States.