Cyclone Rusty is getting stronger off of the Pilbara Coast, and authorities have issued an emergency relocation notice for people in eastern and western parts of Port Hedland in Western Australia, because the storm surge is expected to be big.  Let’s be extra careful out there!  
Meanwhile, here’s some fresh stuff from the outside world:

Voters in Italy have delivered an angry rebuff to the policies of austerity.  They just can’t decide who will be Prime Minister.  Election results show a three way tie between populist blogger Beppe Grillo, the center-left coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani, and right-wing former prime minister and convicted tax cheat Silvio Berlusconi, who is also facing charges of having sex with an underage prostitute.  The Eurozone’s favorite Mario Monti was a distant fourth.  Another election, perhaps within months, will be necessary to break the gridlock.

Myanmar’s President Thein Sein will visit Europe next month, the first leader from that country to do so in more than four decades.  He’s expected to seek closer ties and increased trade.  Most nations have loosened economic sanctions against Myanmar now that Myanmar has loosened its grip on Democratic reforms and human rights issues.

India says it has arrested a man suspected of passing military secrets off to archrival Pakistan.  It comes after weeks of tension over the disputed Kashmir region.

Iran will resume nuclear talks with the “P5+1” group in Kazakhstan.  The U.S., Britain, China, France, and Russia are joined by Germany in attempting to get Iran to obey the United Nations Security Council resolutions ordering it to suspend its nuclear program and allow international inspectors in to make sure Iran is not building an atomic weapon.

Syrian opposition leaders now say they will attend peace talks in Rome this week.  They had threatened to boycott over Russia’s close relationship with and arms sales to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The United Nations is calling for an independent investigation into the death of a Palestinian man in Israeli custody.  Palestinians say 31-year old Arafat Jaradat could have been tortured to death, and the autopsy showed six broken bones in his neck, spine, arms and legs, as well as bruising.  Israel says the injuries might have occurred during resuscitation after suffering a heart attack.  He was arrested for hurling rocks at cars and was dead within days.  The death is reigniting the usual angry tensions.  Two Palestinian teens were hurt by Israeli gunfire in the protests.

DC Comics is going to kill off Robin the Boy Wonder again.  The next edition of “Batman Incorporated” has the latest Robin Damian Wayne, who is the son of original Batman Bruce Wayne, buying the farm after a battle with a clone.  However, the character Robin has been killed before and resurrected and killed and replaced and we can rest assured that one day, Batman will again cavort around Gotham City in the middle of the night with a teenage boy wearing tights.