WORLD
* Sweden"s King Carl XVI Gustaf handed out Noble prizes in chemistry, physics, medicine, literature and economics during a ceremony in Stockholm on Thursday
* Philippine gunmen abducted on Thursday 75 civilians in the southern province of Agusan del Sur, authorities said
* The Ariana cargo ship with 24 Ukrainian crewmembers on board has been freed from Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Ukrainian president said
* U.S. President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Norway on Thursday, but acknowledged the controversy over the award, as his country continues to fight two wars
* The Turkish ambassador to the United States has resigned soon after an official visit to Washington by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, national media said
* At least four people were killed in Pakistan"s troubled tribal belt in an airstrike on a suspected militant base by a U.S. drone, Pakistan"s Geo TV said on Thursday citing local authorities