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The senators voted to raise some taxes on the wealthy and to continue the tax cuts for others.

Kingfisher Airlines’ flying license is expiring Monday as the airline has failed to submit a satisfactory revival plan.

New Year celebrations in India have lost the verve following the nationwide grief over the death of a gang-rape victim.

Google has joined India in mourning the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim.

Congress, the ruling party of India has decided to propose stringent measures including chemical castration to check crimes against women in the country.

At least 20 people were killed and more than 20 were injured Sunday, when a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims, in southwest Pakistan.

The body of the Delhi gang-rape victim was cremated Sunday, in a private ceremony at the capital, amid tight security and an outpouring of grief and anger over her death, within hours of the body flown home from Singapore.

India mourned on Saturday the death of a 23-year-old woman who was brutally gang raped in a moving bus in New Delhi.

Cerebral edema and brain damage proved fatal for an Indian woman who was gang-raped in a moving bus in Delhi.

Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday signed a bill into a law that bans U.S. citizens from adopting Russian children.

The FBI has arrested a Bronx woman for allegedly trying to profit from the Sandy Hook elementary school killings, authorities said.

A gang-rape victim from India’s capital city of Delhi has suffered a significant brain injury and is surviving against the odds, according to a hospital in Singapore where she is undergoing treatment.

West Bengal lawmaker Abhijit Mukherjee, son of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, kicked off a political storm in India on Thursday with his apparently seemingly comments against women who are protesting the recent Delhi gang-rape incident. His remarks during an interview highlight to many the insensitivity and bias women face across the country.

The Delhi gang-rape victim was flown to Singapore for specialized treatment and her condition is reported to be critical.

The public rage over the Delhi gang-rape seems not to have deterred the rapists in the country.

The health of the Delhi gang-rape victim deteriorated Wednesday as she suffers from bradycardia and continues to remain in a critical stage. Faced with criticisms of a muted response to nationwide protests on increasing crimes against the women in the country, the Indian Government announced Wednesday that a commission would be set up to probe the Delhi rape case.

A major storm system swept across the southern U.S. with strong winds and tornadoes and killed at least three persons.

The police were trying to figure out the motive of a gunman who killed three people in rural Pennsylvania Friday.

Germany’s DVB Bank SE has sued India’s aviation regulator –- the Directorate General of Civil Aviation -- and cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines to get two of the planes financed by it deregistered.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Thursday were TFS Financial Corporation, Brightcove Inc, Pactera Technology International Ltd, United Bankshares Inc and Warren Resources Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Thursday were Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc, Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp, Celldex Therapeutics and NuPathe Inc.

The brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi Sunday has brought to fore the predominant inequality in the Indian society that has allowed the perpetrators of such grievous acts to walk scot-free.

Illumina, JP Morgan Chase, Gazit-globe, HomeAway, Diageo, BHP Billiton, Herbalife, Nokia Corporation, and Ericsson are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were Arris Group Inc, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, ArQule Inc, General Communication Inc and ViroPharma Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Wednesday were Amicus Therapeutics Inc, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc, Bed Bath & Beyond and NIC Inc.

The British government is expected announce a further withdrawal of U.K. troops from Afghanistan, effectively halving its forces in the country by the end of next summer.

Three more health workers were killed Wednesday in Pakistan when unidentified gunmen a attacked polio vaccine administration camp, in a fresh wave of violence against the U.N.-backed vaccination drive, taking total death toll to eight. The U.N. said it is cancelling a three-day vaccination drive following the bloodshed.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Tuesday were Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc, Canadian Solar Inc, Career Education Corporation Inc, Amicus Therapeutics Inc and KiOR Inc, while the top after-market losers were PLX Technology, Symmetricom, Maxwell Technologies Inc, and Neutral Tandem Inc.

The Reserve Bank of India in an unexpected move decided to keep the key interest rates and cash reserve ratio unchanged in a monetary policy review, citing the fragile global economic situation but said the policy focus was shifting towards growth, indicating monetary easing in the next quarter review.

Newtown, Conn. will resume funeral services Wed. for those killed in Friday's school attack; prayer vigils/calling hours also will be held Tues.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Monday were Amicus Therapeutics Inc, NuPathe Inc, Affymax Inc, GT Advanced Technologies Inc and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, while the top after-market losers were Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc, G-III Apparel Group Inc, Gentiva Health Services, and Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc.