The killing of at least 18 journalists who were accompanying a delegation filing certificates of candidacy in a province in Southern Philippines last Monday, November 23 has replaced Iraq as the world’s most dangerous country for journalists, New York based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) told CNN.

The thousands of camels attacking a Northern Territory, Australia town were ordered to be rounded up and be killed out of town where they will be left dead. An animal rights group is contesting the decision.

The primary suspect of the massacre in the Philippine province of Maguindanao has surrendered to authorities. The massacre death toll now stands at 57.

Canada advised its doctors to stop using a batch of AH1N1 vaccines after reports of severe side effects in some patients.

Two men in China have been executed for their roles in the milk scandal late last year. The scandal involves the selling and consumption of milks tainted with melamine, a substance that led to the deaths of six babies and made 300,000 sick

With six months to go before the next national elections, violence already claimed 43 lives in the southern province of Maguindanao in the Philippines. A politician’s wife and his sister were on their way to file certificates of candidacy for the elections were among those killed. A total of 12 journalists covering the filing event were among the dead.

Efren Peñaflorida has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year for his unselfish work on bringing education to Filipino children living in the slums.

Security company F-Secure discovered a new malicious worm hitting the iPhone. The worm steals internet banking credentials in “jail-broken” phones that has the OpenSSH feature.

Miss Brazil Larissa Ramos was crowned Miss Earth 2009. The competition was held at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort Convention Center, Philippines. She beat out 80 contestants. This is Brazil’s second win (the most) in the nine-year history of the pageant.

Iran commenced a five-day war games program simulating attacks to their nuclear facilities sites. The United States and Israel stated before that they will resort to military attacks to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.