While you were sleeping…

Good morning! While you were sleeping… this happened around the world

French newsagents saw a sell-out of the first edition of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo since last week’s massacre by Islamic jihadists. The extremists that hacked into the U.S. military’s twitter account were in Obama’s sights as he proposed new laws to toughen cybersecurity.

In Sri Lanka, the Pope swerved church rules and skipped a usually-mandatory miracle linked to a 17th century missionary in order to make him a saint. Somewhat miraculously, jailed legislator Joseph O Morrissey appeared to have won his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates by a majority, despite being behind bars for sexual misdemeanors.

Obama hatched plans against hackers

Days after Islamic jihadist sympathizers hacked into the Pentagon’s Twitter and YouTube accounts, the President has put a bill to Congress that would enhance online security. Under his plans, government bodies would be given extra powers to strengthen privacy for the government, businesses and regular Joes like us, though privacy campaigners are fearful of the potential consequences for privacy.

The latest edition Charlie Hebdo sold out

Despite a huge print run of 3 million, it seemed like almost everyone in France wanted a copy of the “survivors edition” of Charlie Hebdo. People got up early to queue outside newsstands and newsagents and most shelves across the country were cleared of stock within minutes.

A jailed Virginia legislator was re-elected

Lawmakers in Virginia were scratching their head over what to do after it looked like a legislator was about to be re-elected to his seat in the state’s House of Delegates, despite being in prison. Joseph O Morrissey beat both Democrat and Republican candidates with a majority of 42.3 percent even though he’s serving a six-month sentence for indecent behavior with a 17-year-old girl. Today local legislators are getting together to work out how to deal with the quandry. This comes a week since former Virginia governor Robert was jailed for corruption.

The Pope created a new saint

Pope Francis rode his glass-fronted popemobile through a crowd of half a million people before giving mass and creating a new saint on his trip to Sri Lanka. Strictly-speaking he needed a second miracle to be linked to 17th century missionary Joseph Vaz before he was canonized and made a saint, but he bent the rules as the marketing opportunity for the Catholic church was too good to miss. The pragmatic Pope is on tour in Asia in a drive to spread the word and attract new worshippers to the church.

READ MORE: Pope gives Sri Lanka its new saint

A former Mexican mayor was charged with student kidnappings

The former mayor of the city of Iguala, along with 44 other accomplices, was charged with last year’s kidnapping of 43 students. The students have never been found and are presumed dead. The mayor was already facing other charges of murder, kidnapping and links to organized crime.