BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia’s badly battered FARC rebels delivered three police officers and a soldier to the International Red Cross on Sunday in a mission marred by accusations of military interference. A Brazilian military helicopter, emblazoned with the Red Cross insignia, retrieved the four hostages from a guerrilla stronghold in …

BERLIN – Thieves stole works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and others from a Berlin gallery over the New Year’s holiday, police said Friday. More than 30 works — worth an estimated $250,000 — were stolen, apparently between Wednesday afternoon and lunchtime Thursday, police spokeswoman Claudia Schweiger said. The artwork …

BERLIN – A German court ruled Wednesday that an elderly former Nazi hit squad member is medically unfit to stand trial for the World War II reprisal killings of three Dutch civilians. Defense attorney Gordon Christiansen told The Associated Press that Heinrich Boere, 87, suffered a serious heart condition and …

After much delay the United States opened its new $700 million embassy in Iraq on Monday, inaugurating the largest — and most expensive — embassy ever built. The 104-acre compound, bigger than the Vatican and about the size of 80 football fields, boasts 21 buildings, a commissary, cinema, retail and …

WASHINGTON – Federal health officials opened a criminal investigation Friday into the Georgia peanut-processing plant at the center of the national salmonella outbreak. President Obama pledged stricter oversight of food safety to prevent breakdowns in inspections. The investigation into Peanut Corp. of America follows reports of shoddy sanitation practices and …

LAS VEGAS – LG Electronics Inc, hoping to tide through a global economic downturn and emerge stronger, wants to keep up spending and unveil new products to boost its North American presence. From a watchphone reminiscent of James Bond gadgets to a dozen new high-definition TVs, the South Korean tech …

A 9-year-old girl playing baseball with friends on city land was rescued by her playmates Wednesday after being suddenly sucked into the ground by a large sink hole, Fox12 reported. The girl’s grandmother said it was a miracle that her granddaughter, Page Wiklund, survived the incident in which she fell …

SEOUL, South Korea – Japan and South Korea say North Korea has informed them it will close some air routes during its planned satellite launch next month. The North sent notification to the International Civil Aviation Organization on Saturday, South Korea’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority said. The authority says two …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” February 27, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Is Obama spreading panic? That’s the title of Dick Morris’s new column. In it, Dick criticizes President Obama …

That satellite collision 500 miles above the Earth last month? All a Yankee plot, says a Russian general. Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Leonid Shershnev, identified as the former chief of Russia’s military space intelligence, tells the Kremlin-run RIA Novosti press agency that the cosmic crack-up may have been a test of …