Flood in Australia

Queensland has been in the grip of its worst flooding for more than two weeks, after tropical downpours covered an area the size of France and Germany combined. Entire towns have been swamped, more than 200,000 people affected and the coal industry and farming have virtually shut down.

Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff,63,was sworn in as Brazil's first female President Saturday, January,1,2011, taking over from Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who had served the biggest South American country for eight years.She's the country's 36th President.