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The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Atrinsic, Millicom International Cellular, Zions Bancorp, Pacer International, and Internet Initiative Japan. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Identive Group, Logitech International, Lincare Holdings, Vodafone Group, and Inspire Pharmaceuticals.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Steel Dynamics, SMART Modular Technologies, Silicom, Zions Bancorp, and Synthesis Energy Systems. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: China XD Plastics Company, Identive Group, NetEase.com, Netlist, and A-Power Energy Generation Systems.

Spot Gold jumped to a new all-time high of $1489 per ounce in Asian trade Monday, edging lower as the Dollar rose on the currency market and global equities began the Easter-shortened week with a 0.5% drop.

As of April 10th, here's how the world's best golfers rank.

Members of NATO are deeply divided over how much they want to participate in the military campaign in Libya. In fact, out of the 28 nations in the alliance, only five are actually conducting air strikes on the North African country, while 13 members (almost half) are offering no support to the mission at all.

Faced with its worst financial situation in over 30 years, Portugal avoided default on Friday by paying off maturing 2005 bonds.

Hosni Mubarak, the former president of Egypt, could face execution if he is convicted of charges that he ordered his security forces to kill anti-government protesters during the unrest earlier this year that eventually toppled his regime.

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has advocated that NATO uphold unity in its resolve to pressure Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi into stepping down.

The French government has officially started enforcing a ban on the wearing of veils. The new law has enraged some Muslim groups who claim they are being “stigmatized,” while supporters of the ban say it is needed to better integrate foreign immigrants into the broader society.

The end of an anti-alcohol campaign contributed to a plunge in mortality rates during its short life in the Gorbachev era, researchers said.

NATO foreign ministers will review the Libyan situation on Thursday, more than two weeks after the western military bloc took command of air strikes on pro-Gaddafi military bastions in strife-torn Libya.

The international “contact group” that is meeting in Qatar to discuss the crisis in Libya has agreed to establish a temporary “trust fund” that will be used to move financial assistance to rebel groups seeking to topple Moammar Gaddafi.

Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak is in intensive care in a hospital after reportedly suffering a heart attack, according to state-run media.

April 12, 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's journey into outer space which revolutionized the history of space research and of the human race as a whole.

Tutankhamun fascinates people. His gold mask is one of the best-known images on the planet, deeply embedded in the collective consciousness of billions of people. His mysterious death, his legendary treasures and the ubiquitously mentioned curse of the pharaohs fires our imagination. This is what makes Tutankhamun a superstar, a magnet that will always attract hundreds of thousands of people everywhere in the world.

Google mystifies with decision to halt Street View photography in Germany for no obvious reasons despite a recent legal victory.

It's the first time China appeared in the top three slot, followed by France, which had 78.95 million arrivals, and the United States, which had 60.88 million.

U.S. stocks fell modestly Friday as investors exercised caution ahead of the potential shutdown of the federal government and the start of U.S. companies' first-quarter earnings reports.

The US dollar has fallen precipitously in 2011. The Dollar Index – which tracks the dollar’s value against a basket of currencies that includes the euro, yen, pound, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc – has fallen to 75.07.

International law firm Dechert LLP is serving as co-counsel to NORMA Group AG, a German-headquartered global industrial manufacturer and portfolio company of global private equity house 3i Group plc, on its initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Xenoport, ZAGG, Bed Bath & Beyond, Immucor, Immunogen, and China Gerui Advanced Materials Group. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Qiao Xing Universal Resources, Travelzoo, Power-One, Advanced Energy Industries, and ASML Holding.