French France’s Constitutional Council strikes down the government’s plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy.
Senator US Senate passes H.R. 5949, FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act, which extends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 five more years until December 31, 2017. The US House of Representatives also voted for the extension earlier this month.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher leaves hospital after undergoing surgery to remove a tumour.
India A 23-year-old Indian woman who was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi on December 16 dies of her injuries at a hospital in Singapore.
Tupolev Tu-204 A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner with eight people on board crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
Pakistani Taliban Fighters of the Pakistani Taliban kill 21 kidnapped security personnel near Peshawar.
Central African Republic Rebels in the Central African Republic have made fresh gains and are now in control of a key central city.
LCC The LCC report that up to 400 people have been killed across Syria on Saturday, including about 200 reported executed by the Syrian Army in the Deir Ballba neighborhood of Homs.