SR - Honestly, do expect to be stopped at 10.6, thats the way they did it for me when I was there in December, and thats the way they did it for the OASC last week while I was there doing my stage 2 medical!
As for world affairs, what I personally found to be hugely helpful was The Economist Online, you did have to pay a small fee to get access to everything, but it was great for foreign affairs, and the huge library gave the ability to follow stories from the very beginning, even if that was years ago.