Reuters - The U.S. Senate late on Wednesday approved legislation extending billions of dollars in tax credits for the solar, wind and biodiesel industries as part of a $700 billion rescue plan for Wall Street.

AP - Key provisions of the $700 billion financial industry bailout and sweeteners added by the Senate to attract votes from constituencies.

AP - The Senate on Wednesday voted to overturn a three-decade ban on atomic trade with India, giving final congressional approval to a landmark U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord and handing President Bush a rare foreign policy victory in his final months in office.

AFP - The US Senate has endorsed a landmark US-India nuclear agreement, removing the final legislative hurdle for resumption of civilian nuclear trade between the two countries after three decades.

AFP - The US Senate has resoundingly passed a sweetened 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout, spurring hopes the House of Representatives would follow suit after killing an earlier bid to avert a world financial meltdown.

AP - Now for the big do-over.

AP - Federal prosecutors claim Sen. Ted Stevens knew he was wrong when he didn't report more than $250,000 in gifts from an oil pipeline firm, and they say they have incriminating audiotapes to prove it.

AP - Bit by bit, lawmaker by lawmaker, forces in favor of the massive financial rescue plan rejected just days ago are turning around the tide of opinion in Congress.

AFP - The US Senate passed a new version of a 700-billion-dollar bailout of the debt-stricken financial system, but the measure failed to lift global market gloom on Thursday.

Reuters - The Senate agreed to vote on Wednesday night on a $700 billion financial rescue package that will include a sharp increase in the amount of bank deposits insured by the FDIC, but also includes a package of tax breaks the House of Representatives has rejected.

AFP - The US Senate votes Wednesday on a revised 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout after the House of Representatives rejected the original package, sending shockwaves through global markets.

Reuters - The White House expressed hope on Wednesday the Senate would pass a revised $700 billion financial rescue package in the evening, after the House of Representatives voted down a bailout measure earlier this week.