Karachi and its citizens have begun holding funerals for the 45 people killed in the car bomb explosion that ripped through the area outside of a mosque in that city. Besides the 45 killed, another 150 were injured.
After admitting to, and pleading guilty, in the rape and robbery of a Okinawa woman last year, two U.S. sailors were sentenced in an Okinawa court on Friday.
The United States Senator from Nebraska, Chuck Hagel is now Secretary Hagel as he was sworn in today to become the 24th Secretary of Defense.
As the fight to drive out or capture the islamic militants from Mali continues, France reports fierce fighting in the mountainous region of northern Mali.