Cyber security researchers and analysts have uncovered the existence of a spy network based in China that was used to steal sensitive, classified government documents from India - as well data from the Dalai Lama's office and the United Nations.

The "Shadow Network", as this network is now known, has been traced to two people living in Chengdu, China.

China is largely believed to possess a Cyber Warfare Doctrine that is designed to achieve global "electronic dominance" by 2050. With a yearly budget of $55 million allotted for it and over 10,000 hackers working in tandem, China is second only to U.S. when it comes to cyber snooping prowess.

One of the world's most treasured archaeological sites - the Machu Picchu in Peru - has formally re-opened after it was closed for two months following heavy rains and landslides in January that destroyed access to the 15th century Inca site.

It the most visited site in Latin America and the source of 90 per cent of Perus tourism income.

Roger Wilkison reports on the joyful reopening of what has often been referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas."

Barack Obama, the US president, sounded a positive note on Friday following the reports of a rise in regional employment opportunities when he spoke to workers at a company in the state of North Carolina.

The president said the US economy still had a long way to go until it fully recovers, and that many people were still suffering the effects of the recession.

Among those facing grim employment prospects are university students. With graduation time approaching, those leaving school are entering a bleak labour market.

Video (4min 1sec) 63% of Israelis and 61% of Palestinians agree: 2 states for 2 peoples. So does President Obama. He's launched a new campaign for lasting peace.

"It is time for these settlements to stop. The only resolution is through 2 states where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security."

BUT powerful extremists in the Middle East and Washington are doing all they can to destroy this chance for change.

Video (7min 40sec) Posted by Michael Moore's group: "... he and his cronies and the manufactured outrage of the Tea Party failed to derail Health Care Reform. Failed Mr. Boehner. You lost. You blew it.

... American political parties have disappeared before.

They are never forced out by their rivals. They die by their own hands, because they did not know that the hatred or the myopia or the monomania they thought was still okay wasn't okay, any more. ...

Video (2min 37sec) About a billion people suffer from hunger everyday throughout the world, according to the UN, and millions of those people are in Brazil.

But with the help of the government's Zero Hunger programme in the country, the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte has come up with a series of innovative ways that ensure no one ever goes without food.

The food security policies have had real results - including a 60 per cent drop in infant mortality and a 75 per cent decrease in child malnutrition.

Video (2min 30sec) Colombia's government forces have been embroiled in fighting with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the country's biggest rebel group, for four decades.

With national elections approaching, tensions between the military and Farc are mounting, leaving civilians caught in the crossfire.

While it may remain weakened elsewhere in Columbia, here the FARC remain strong.

This school is used to fire against the army... The guerrillas enter the school by cutting the fencing that protects it.

Facing election-year pressure over unemployment, US senators have introduced legislation that would impose tough new penalties on China if it failed to revalue its currency.

The legislation, which enjoys support from both sides of the political aisle, would punish currency manipulation as an unfair subsidy and could trigger a set of retaliatory US action.

The move came as lawmakers in Washington stepped up criticism of China ahead of November mid-term US elections, accusing Beijing of securing an unfair edge in trade by keeping the yuan artificially low.

It also follows Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao strong statement at the weekend that Beijing would resist any foreign pressure for a stronger yuan.