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Somali pirates freed the U.K. woman they held hostage for more than six months on Wednesday. Somali gunmen had killed British publishing executive David Tebbutt and abducted his wife Judith Tebbutt in a raid at a luxury beach resort in neighboring Kenya last September.

All of Israel mourned as three little children and a Rabbi killed in the Toulouse shooting were laid to rest in Givat Shaul, Israel. The funeral ceremony that began 10 a.m. local time at Givat Shaul's Har Hamenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem was telecast live by the state television.

The U.S. and America would jointly deploy Aegis-equipped destroyers and land-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missiles in Japan's southern islands ahead of North Korea's planned rocket launch in April, NHK television reported Japanese defense officials as saying.

The Illinois Republican voter will be heading to polls Tuesday to decide on their nominee to fight President Obama in November elections.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be lending her high profile to the Amelia Earhart search expedition.

Spain is known for its spectacular fiestas. The Las Fallas fire festival of Valencia is the boldest, hottest, craziest and loudest festival celebrated anywhere in the world. A pyromaniac's delight, the Las Fallas fire festival literally jolts you out of your sleep and the mad euphoria is unlike what you may have felt anywhere else. The festival displays one of the best pyrotechniques in the world.

The Israeli officials have agreed with the U.S. assessment that Iran has not yet decided on the actual construction of a nuclear bomb, the Associated Press reported quoting senior Israeli government and defense figures.

Daughter of Crystal Cathedral founder Robert Schuller launched the Crystal Cathedral splinter church in a rented movie theatre in Orange County Sunday.

The race here has gained never before attention thanks to the current state of the GOP race where the front runners are trying to grab every single delegate that they can get to clinch the nomination battle in their favor.

A majority of Japanese favor phasing out of nuclear power plants, a poll published in the Japanese newspaper Tokyo Shimbun showed Sunday.

Green beer has become an integral part of St. Patrick's Day celebrations. People drink green beer throughout the night on the eve of St. Patrick's Day and get hangovers later. Here are some tips to handle the hangover.

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul is known for his loyal support base. According to the figures, he is started with $1.6 million in hand for the month of March and in this indeed is a sign of distress for his campaign.

The Indian police have linked the attack on the Israeli diplomat's wife in New Delhi last month to a failed bomb attack in Bangkok, allegedly by a group of Iranian men.

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum promises to vigorously enforce laws to ban hardcore pornography in internet if he becomes president.

A helicopter carrying Turkish soldiers crashed into a house on the outskirts of Kabul, killing 16 people on Friday, according to a senior Afghan police official quoted by Reuters.Twelve Turkish soldiers on board of the helicopter and two women and two children who were on the ground were killed in the accident.

North Korea plans to launch a satellite mounted on a long range rocket to mark, next month to mark the hundredth birthday of its late founder Kim II Sung, according the state media reports. The country will be celebrating the late former president's birth centenary on April 15, with huge celebrations across the country.

Global warming is going to affect several coastal states in the U.S., as the sea level is projected to rise up to 8 inches in the coming decades, according to a new study.

President Barack Obama's job approval ratings rose by 2 points to 50 percent in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. Obama's ratings have reached 50 percent for the first time since last July. The poll indicates that more number of Americans now believe that the President is doing his job well than those who think he is not.

Mississippi Republican race is a close battle with top three presidential contestants in statistical dead heat, according to the recent polls. GOP voters will choose their presidential candidate Tuesday. The state has 37 plus 3 delegates to offer in the primary.

Alabama Republican voters will elect their presidential nominee on Tuesday, March 13. The state has 47 delegates to offer who are non-bound by the primary results.

Taliban militants attacked the government delegation visiting the village where an American soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians. The delegation which included Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brothers and several top government officials was attacked from multiple directions when they reached the site in Panjwai in Kandahar province of Afghanistan, according to a BBC report.

Israel and Palestine militants agreed to a cease-fire ending four days of clashes that killed at least 24 Palestinians. There were no Israeli deaths, but the lives of 1 million residents of southern Israel were disrupted by warnings of rocket attacks from Gaza.

At least 30 people were killed and 130 others were missing after a ferry with more than 250 people on board sank in a river in Southern Bangladesh Tuesday.

A High Court judge allowed a locked-in syndrome victim in the UK to proceed with his right-to-die plea to end his life legally.

The at least 47 bodies of women and children were discovered from Homs, in Syria where the violent conflicts between the Syrian army and the armed rebels have killed hundreds of civilians in past months.

The Israel Air Force killed two Palestine terrorists and injured 35 others in an air strike in southern Gaza strip Monday morning.

Two teenagers from Texas are arrested for stealing money from a group of Girl Scouts, who were selling cookies outside a local Walmart store in Richmond, Texas, Saturday.

A U.S. soldier was detained at a NATO base in Afghanistan for shooting and killing Afghan civilians Sunday, said the provincial governor Tooryalai Wesa.

Ron Paul's Missouri campaign event Saturday drew a huge crowd and the libertarian Republican presidential candidate stressed the need for freedom and a small government based on the U.S. Constitution.