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With April 17 being the tax day deadline for 2012, several big companies and retail outlets are bombarding Facebook and social networking sites with special deals and freebies on everything from curly fries to beverages and much more.

US President Barack Obama Friday said that North Korea should be isolated more from the international community to stop the reclusive country from going ahead with its objectionable nuclear and missile programs.

The extreme fatwa on Islamic adult breastfeeding is back again, with the Kuwaiti clerics examining and defining it in the context of husband and wife relations.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Myanmar's democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi Friday said that sanctions on Myanmar should be suspended, not lifted, to continue the reform process.

A Mexican mockumentary video that is made by children depicting the political, social and cultural degradation of the country has gone viral in the internet, gathering more than three million hits in three days.

Barely minutes after takeoff, North Korea's rocket exploded scattering debris over the Yellow Sea, triggering an international search as the US and other countries believe that the debris could be a mine of information to assess the reclusive country's nuclear and missile capabilities.

The Chinese government has shut down 42 websites and arrested 1065 suspects for fabricating or disseminating online rumors, according to state news agency Xinhua.

The western coast of Mexico was struck by a more powerful earthquake Thursday morning after a 6.5 magnitude trembler rocked the sparsely populated mountain region in Michoacan state Wednesday evening.

Paola Bosusco, one of the two Italian hostages who was held hostage by Maoists in India's Odisha state, was released late Wednesday night.

Malaysian government took a significant move towards reinforcing the human rights and political reforms in the country, by introducing a legislation that would end indefinite detainments without trial.The Security Offenses (Special Measures) Bill will repeal and replace the Internal Security Act of 1960, which gave the government power to arrest anyone suspected as national security threat and detain him without trial for an indefinite period.

Pakistan's foreign minister might lose her portfolio for contradicting Pakistani President Yusuf Raza Gilani's remarks on US-Pak ties. The speculation was sparked by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's statement at an interaction with the journalists in Lahore, in which he said that fresh team would carry forward diplomatic talks with India, to discuss bilateral issues including Kashmir.

Suicide bombers killed at least ten people and wounded 20 persons on Tuesday morning in Afghanistan's Herat province according to the Afghan authorities. The unidentified bombers blew up a car laden with explosives outside a district head quarters building.

North Korea is preparing to conduct a third nuclear test at the same site where it had carried out its two previous tests say reports from South Korean media. The news further complicated an already tense situation in the Korean peninsula, following the North's decision to go ahead with its controversial rocket launch plan.

The count down has begun for North Korea's controversial rocket launch, which is scheduled to take place between April 12 and 16, any time between 7 a.m. to noon local time. North Korea has made it clear that it would not budge to the international pressure to halt the launch.

International Pillow Fight Day was observed on April 7 and massive pillow fights were conducted in cities all around the world. The day is popularized by the Urban Playground Movement.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in India on Sunday with a 40 member entourage for a private visit. The entourage includes 14 of his family members and senior Pakistani diplomats.Zardari will have one-to-one meeting with India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh behind closed doors, in which both the leaders are expected to discuss bilateral issues on trade and current happenings.However, all eyes are on Bilawal Bhutto- 24-year-old son of Zardari, who is accompanying his father....

North Korea has warned that any country that shoots down the rocket it has planned to launch will have to face retaliation and merciless punishment.

Easter is celebrated all around the world by Christians as a day of Christ's resurrection after his crucifixion on Good Friday and by many other cultures as day to honor Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring.The moveable feast of Easter is the first Sunday after the full moon which happens on or after March 21, following the northern hemisphere's Spring Equinox.The celebrations all over the world normally include attending church, coloring Easter eggs, Easter bunnies, chocolate...

Captain Amadou Sanogo, who led the coup in Mali and a junior officer in the military, has agreed to handover power to a civilian government, state local television reports. The move came after intense pressure from the international community, which outrightly denounced the coup in March. They also rejected the declaration of independence announced by the Tuareg rebel leaders.

An avalanche early on Saturday morning buried more than one hundred Pakistani soldiers at a military camp, several Pakistani television channels said. No deaths have been reported, but casualties are expected.

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Tuesday urged the US and the European Union to lift sanctions on Myanmar, following a historic by-election in the country which saw pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and her party registering a landslide win.

A fire at a market warehouse on Moscow's outskirts killed 17 migrant workers Tuesday. The victims were workers from Tajikistan and other former Soviet Union states in central Asia.

Colombian rebel group FARC has released 10 non-civilian hostages, after keeping them in captivity for a period of 14 years. The 10 victims, four soldiers and six policemen, were released on Monday in a unilateral gesture of peace by FARC, which until recently had resorted to kidnapping and drug trafficking to fund their revolt against the Colombian government.

Colombia's largest rebel group released its final 10 military hostages, ending the 14-year-long nightmare for the victims and their families on Monday. The last 10 of the non-civilian hostages, four soldiers and six policemen, held captive for 14 years, were picked up in a helicopter, provided by the Brazilian government, by the Red Cross rescue team from an unspecified site.

Australia is looking at recruiting American workforce to solve the acute shortage of skilled labor in the country's civil engineering sector. Australia has been facing severe workforce crunch, but the relatively good economic growth has further increased the demand for the workers.

Hungarian President Pal Schmitt resigned after being stripped of his doctorate degree over plagiarism allegations.

At least 31 people were killed when a plane carrying 43 people, including children, crashed soon after takeoff in Siberia on Monday. The ATR-72 twin-engine airliner was flying from the western Siberian city of Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut. The accident has once again raised concerns over the substandard flight and safety conditions in Russia.

At least 32 people were killed when a plane carrying 43 people, including children, crashed soon after takeoff in Siberia on Monday. The ATR-72 twin-engine airliner was flying from the western Siberian city of Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut.

Cuba's communist government has accepted Pope Benedict XVI's request and declared this year's Good Friday a holiday.