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Iran released ten American Navy Sailors after holding them for 16 hours, and the US thanked Tehran.  Their Riverine patrol boats drifted into Iranian territory, which the Iranian Revolutionary Guard acknowledged it was "unintentional".  Although the situation was resolved quickly and peacefully, there are a couple of minor controversies:  Iran said the sailors were released after they apologized; US Vice President Joe Biden says there was no official apology, and none was required.  Iran also released images of the sailors being arrested, held at gunpoint on their knees with their hands on their heads, which the Pentagon didn't really appreciate.  Butt-hurt republican presidential candidates are criticizing the way the Obama handled this - with diplomacy instead of nuclear weapons, I guess - but the undeniable fact is that the quick resolution shows a maturing of US-Iranian relations.

Four former senior Australian military officials are working for the Saudi-led coalition that's waging war upon Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen.  The ABC reports that the most prominent is retired Australian Defense Force Major General Mike Hindmarsh, who is commanding the United Arab Emirates presidential guard and reporting directly to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.  The role of Australians in the proxy war between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran is troubling to some, because of the growing toll of civilian casualties. "The Saudi-led coalition is behaving in a way that's reckless at best, at best," said University of Sydney international security expert Dr Sarah Phillips to the ABC.  "They have bombed an extraordinary number of hospitals, schools - all manner of civilian institutions and infrastructure.

Denmark's parliament is considering a plan to seize cash and assets of asylum seekers.  Most things worth more than US$1,500 would be forcibly taken, ostensibly to help pay for their housing, healthcare and some education.  "It beggars belief that somebody would want to strip them away from the little they have managed to salvage from their lives," said United Nations High Commission for Refugees spokesman William Spindler.  "Refugees need and deserve compassion, understanding, respect and solidarity," he added, noting that these people have already lost their homes and most personal possessions.  Some critics are likening the plan to the nazis' treatment of Jews during the holocaust.

An avalanche at a French ski resort killed two French school children and a Ukrainian tourist.  Everyone's been accounted for at the scene in a closed area of Les Deux Alpes area, but three more people including two children are in hospital with serious injuries.  Four more tourists have been killed in other avalanches in the area since the first of the year.

China's economic slowdown is starting to hurt Africa, where  exports to China have dropped 38 percent from 2014 to 2015.  This includes metal, minerals, and oil, whose prices have declined as Chinese demand fizzled out.  But Africa's appetite for Chinese goods is rising - In 2015, China sent US$102 Billion in goods to the continent, which is an increase of 3.6 percent over the previous year.

Three Venezuelan legislators agreed to stand down rather than have the entire assembly declared null and void.  The three conservatives took their seats even though their elections are being contested, and the Supreme Court ruled declared all the actions of the assembly moot until they stood down.  Without the three, the conservatives don't have the super-majority to reverse the Socialist policies of the Maduro government.

Everyone loves sushi.  Japanese macaques in Miyazaki Prefecture learned to catch fish.