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The U.S. special forces rescued two hostages in Somalia yesterday. According to Aljazeera, the special forces killed nine Somalian pirates in the operation.

The two U.S. citizens rescued are aid workers and were abducted in Galmudug. The president of Galmudug thanked the U.S. and denounced the pirates as mafia and spoilers of peace and ethics. Pirate gangs have turned to kidnappings because new ships with better defenses have made commandeering more difficult.

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As Research in Motion plummets after a shake up in head office, Apple is soaring. The maker of iPods had a whopping last quarter with a one hundred and eighteen percent increase in profits. It also sold more iPads, iPhones and Mac computers than ever before. 

The record revenue of nearly 47 billion puts Apple as one of the world’s top companies. But Apple has not yet cracked the business market.

A solar storm will be raining radiation until Wednesday.

According to the BBC the sun started spewing magnetic energy Sunday threatening to disrupt satellites and aviation navigation over the Polar Regions on Earth.

Solar storms can also enhance the visibility of the Northern Lights. Sightings in the U.K. were reported by Al Jazeera over the weekend.

A resident of Quebec City named Léon Mugesera has been accused of genocide and deported back to Rwanda.

According to CBC, Mugesera gave an anti-Tutsi speech in 1992 that was used as propaganda in the Rwandan genocide.

Rwanda’s prosecutor general Martin Ngoga told CBC that even though there’s substantial evidence against him, Mugesera will be given a fair trial.

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Montreal’s Egyptian community organized a rally on Saturday.

The Gazette reports it was to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian uprising. 

The group also gathered to protest the actions of Egypt’s army. It has been in control of the country since the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak. 

The demonstration took place near Concordia in Downtown Montreal. It came a few hours after the Muslim Brotherhood’s big win in Egypt’s parliamentary elections.

Mitt Romney, succumbing to the media pressure, declared he will release his recent tax returns tomorrow, according to the BBC.

Just before the South Carolina election, Romney was refusing to divulge his records. He then lost to Newt Gingrich, the one who challenged him to release the taxes, in this election.

Romney assured Fox News viewers his tax reports are clean and that he pays full fair taxes.

The Engineering and Computer Science program has just become more challenging.

As of Fall 2012, students will have to obtain at least a C- average in their courses before moving on to the next level.

The C- rule applies to all 200-level courses that are pre-requisites to other courses. If students do not obtain the minimum grade, they will need to repeat the class before taking the higher-level class that follows it.

Rick Perry announced Thursday that he was quitting the race to replace Barack Obama as president of the United States. 

According to Al Jazeera and agencies, Perry said he thought there was no viable path for him in this election and decided to withdraw.

He also said that he would endorse Newt Gingrich for president.

Gingrich is the main conservative rival to front runner Mitt Romney.