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None of India's 20 nuclear power plants were disturbed by the earthquake, officials said Monday. The nuclear facility closest to the quake's epicenter is the Narora Power Station, some 800 miles to the west. The quake hit Sunday night, and the death toll has reached 74 people.

While speculation in recent months has run in every direction about when Apple's iPhone 5 will be released and what new features and design the product will have a new report suggests the company will do what many did not expect -- releasing two new iPhone handsets.

Zambia's police chief deployed thousands of officers across the southern African country on Monday, the eve of a closely contested election between incumbent Rupiah Banda and nationalist opposition leader Michael Sata.

President Hugo Chavez's government formalized the nationalization of Venezuela's gold industry on Monday with a decree that prohibits exports of the metal and gives the state 55 percent of joint ventures.

There have been a number of high-profile earthquakes in the last month, including ones in India, Japan, Cuba, Indonesia and the United States. Here are the ten worst quakes over the past 100 years.

A group of short-sellers, who earlier this month accused miner Silvercorp Metals of fraud, outlined new allegations against the company on Monday.

China urged regional powers on Monday to restart moribund nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, with its foreign minister Yang Jiechi defending Beijing as an honest broker seeking to defuse confrontation with Pyongyang.

As the U.S. economy slouches toward another recession and confidence in policymakers erodes, investors are coming to grips with the notion that the country may already be several years into a Japan-style lost decade.

The death toll has risen to 53 people in Sikkim, India, where a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Sunday night. About ten of the deaths occurred in Nepal, primarily in the capital of Katmandu, where a series of building collapses trapped people under debris.

Rui Feng, the chief executive of embattled miner Silvercorp , has boosted his stake in the company further, according to regulatory filings that indicate his vote of confidence in his own firm.

Apple seems to have woken up to the need to tighten its security after it lost an iPhone prototype for the second time — this time it's about the upcoming iPhone 5.

Chinese media also reported that villagers blamed the factory’s pollution for causing at least 31 cases of cancer in the nearby village of Hongxiao.

India and China drove the second-quarter's robust demand for gold, the World Gold Council said in its analysis of industry trends during the three-month period.

Hackers gained access to the computers of the biggest defense contractor in Japan, the manufacturer of Patriot Advanced Capability 3 missiles, targeting the submarine, missile and nuclear power plant component factories.

President Barack Obama will unveil a plan to cut the U.S. deficit by about $3 trillion over the next decade with nearly half of the savings coming from tax increases.

China should refrain from boosting credit and fiscal spending again as stimulus measures to avoid fueling inflation and pushing up government debt, Wu Xiaoling, a former deputy central bank governor said in remarks published on Monday.

It could almost be scripted. A U.S. politician threatens to take China on if he makes the White House. The official Chinese press level a barrage of criticism laced with sarcasm. Beijing's Foreign Ministry steps in offering a milder diplomatic response.

Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd , China's largest construction machinery maker, could raise up to $3.33 billion in the second biggest stock offering this year in Hong Kong, braving volatile markets to raise funds for expansion of its factories.

Residents of a village in east China accused riot police of heavy-handed tactics after a three-day protest against a solar panel factory accused of dumping toxic waste was brought to an end on Sunday.

Protesters have camped outside an east China-based solar panel manufacturer accusing it of dumping toxic waste into a river, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

Sinohydro Group Ltd, the builder of the Three Gorges Dam, said on Monday it would launch a $2.7 billion initial public offering this week, confirming a Reuters report last week.