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U.S. stock index futures advanced on Monday following confirmation that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by a U.S.-led operation in Pakistan.

The operation that led to the killing of the world's most-wanted terrorist Osama Bin-Laden was almost nine-month old but surprised many all over the world with its sudden but successful outcome.

The dollar rose from three-year lows, oil fell and world stocks put in gains on Monday after news Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces swept across thinly-traded financial markets.

Crowds in the Libyan capital of Tripoli set fire to the empty British embassy and vandalized the Italian embassy on Sunday, a day after NATO bombed Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound in a suburb of the city.

Central bankers around the world are at different stages when it comes to combating price pressures, but all of them are keeping a close watch on wages for early warning signs of future inflation.

How the 1981 royal wedding was covered by the media

Savitri Devi is largely an unknown (or forgotten) figure from 20th century history; but she is well worth remembering because she lived one of the strangest, most incomprehensible lives that one could imagine.

Ire is mounting the world over after Sony belatedly revealed its online gaming network suffered one of the largest data breaches in history, and has yet to issue a full statement regarding the mater.

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, walk together in Buckingham Palace, following their wedding on Friday, in central London April 30, 2011.

Sony Corp's No.2 Kazuo Hirai will brief media on Sunday about a huge security breach of its PlayStation Network, the first time an executive of the Japanese electronics giant will publicly address the case, which could prompt global legal actions.

Files leaked from the U.S. military recently suggest that Osama Bin Laden escaped dramatically from the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan in 2001 because the NATO forces on his trail were not fully equipped.

Prince William and Catherine Middleton continued the 88 year tradition of the British monarchy to use wedding ring made of rare Welsh gold. Ironically, it was May 1999 when Gordon Brown sold half of Britain's gold reserves at rock bottom prices, squandering many billions of the national wealth.

The Royal Wedding ended but people around the world especially England is still in a festival mode. The Royal Wedding was almost all smiles on Friday, but for one very unhappy bridesmaid. Grace van Cutsem - just three years old - seemed unhappy camper. There are some funny and cute moment pictures of bridesmaids and pageboys.

This is Clarence House, which will serve as a ‘starter home’ for the royal newlyweds Prince William and Kate.

A dissident IRA group, called “Oglaigh na hEireann” or “Real IRA” has warned that the Queen is not welcome on Irish soil and is branding her a “war criminal.”

Stock index futures pointed to a flat to lower open for Wall Street on Friday, reversing gains from the previous session on the last trading session of the month.

The prime minister's gift to the couple is a collection of photographs of Anglesey so that wherever they end up they can remember their time there fondly.

Queen Elizabeth of England has conferred a new title to her grandson at the occasion of his wedding on Friday.

Silver and gold were within sight of historic highs on Friday and could resume an uptrend as the U.S. dollar held near three-year lows against a basket of currencies on hopes U.S. monetary policy would stay ultra-loose, keeping inflationary price pressures high.

Gold Investing prices extended last night's strong gains on Thursday, hitting fresh all-time highs at $1534 per ounce as new US data showed inflation accelerating sharply.

The Syrian ambassador to Britain has had his invitation to tomorrow’s Royal Wedding withdrawn after his potential presence sparked outrage among some quarters.