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Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from husband Kris Humphries on Monday Oct. 31, citing irreconcilable differences. Humphries was blindsided by the divorce filing, reports TMZ, and learned of the news from the gossip website, just like the rest of the world while Kardashian was back to business as usual.

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Qantas Airways planes took back to the friendly skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet over the weekend.

According to reports, of the 54 nations of the Commonwealth, three-fourths (41) have laws which ban homosexuality.

Australia's Qantas Airways said on Monday it expects to restore its schedule to normal in the next 24 to 48 hours after grounding its entire fleet at the weekend over a protracted labor dispute.

Australia's Qantas Airways scrambled to get back in the air on Monday, having grounded its entire fleet over the weekend in a bold tactic to force the government to intervene in the nation's worst labor dispute in a decade.

Halloween, which is round the corner, is one of the most anticipated holiday in the U.S and some other parts of the world such as continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Japan and other parts of East Asia. Children and adults alike participate in this festival by trick-or-treating, carving jack-o'-lanterns, attending costume parties, playing pranks on each other, watching horror movies, etc.

Qantas Airways sparred with unions at a second labor tribunal on Sunday after Australia's prime minister called for an end to the industrial dispute that grounded the airline's entire fleet, stranding tens of thousands of passengers around the world.

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American oil and gas company Apache Corp plans to increase investments in its Egypt operations by $1.5 billion starting in 2012, Egypt's General Authority for Free-zones and Investments said on Saturday.

Global development groups on Friday called on G20 leaders to step up to their commitments to tackle global food security and come up with new ways to boost world growth that also benefit the poorest.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged both the company and labor unions to settle the dispute immediately.

Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd. grounded its entire fleet Saturday over a bitter labor dispute in an unprecedented move that the government said it would ask a labor tribunal to stop.

The first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, boy or girl, will be able to inherit the throne; according to historic changes introduced in the Royal succession rule.

Britain change rules of royal succession.

Chevron Corp and Total posted higher profits on Friday, the latest two major oil companies lifted by pricier oil and rosier refining conditions, even if increasing oil and gas production remains a struggle.

Workers have been striking against Qantas' plans to restructure the airline, a move that is expected to result in almost 1,000 job cuts.

Shares of Newmont Mining Corp., the world's second-largest gold miner, fell Friday after its third-quarter profit slipped eight percent on markdowns of two recently acquired companies.

The world's largest gold coin, weighing 1,000 kg was unveiled to mark Queen Elizabeth's visit to Perth, Western Australia.

The craze for McDonald's limited time offer of the McRib has begun again, but consumers might want to take a look at some of the item's ingredients before running out to order one.