Amid Tweeted Frustration, Japan May Take Control of TEPCO (Time.com)

Amid Tweeted Frustration, Japan May Take Control of TEPCO (Time.com)


Amid Tweeted Frustration, Japan May Take Control of TEPCO (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:15 PM PDT

Time.com - Few are happy about the way TEPCO has handled the Fukushima crisis but there has been very little public rancor -- except on Twitter


Frustrated Eastern European doctors head west (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:57 PM PDT

Doctors and nurses are seen here marched through central Warsaw, adding their voices to nationwide protests in Poland to demand pay hikes and more public spending on health services. More and more eastern European doctors are heading west as government economic austerity measures eat into their pay and conditions deteriorate, leaving behind understaffed health systems in crisis.(AFP/File/Janek Skarzynski)AFP - More and more eastern European doctors are heading west as government economic austerity measures eat into their pay and conditions deteriorate, leaving behind understaffed health systems in crisis.



Malaysia clerics ban 'poco-poco' dance for Muslims (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:30 PM PDT

AP - Islamic clerics in a Malaysian state want Muslims to avoid a popular dance they claim has Christian influences.


VIDEO: Migrants to be moved from Lampedusa

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:26 PM PDT

The unrest in North Africa has seen thousands of migrants from Libya and Tunisia flee to Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean.


VIDEO: Japan's evacuees wait for all-clear

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:34 PM PDT

Japan has said it has no plans to widen the evacuation zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant, despite the IAEA urging the government to assess the situation.


Jay-Z And Beyonce To Buy EMI?

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:33 PM PDT

According to sources close to the matter, Shawn ?Jay-Z? Carter and Beyonce Knowles have


Fake Apple Gang Nabbed in Shanghai

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:56 PM PDT

A gang of six Chinese were arrested for making fake Apple iPads and iPhones. The Chinese government


Ivory Coast: Gbagbo's Last Stand as General Mangou Defects (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:15 PM PDT

Time.com - A dramatic late-night defection by the army chief may sound the death knell of Laurent Gbagbo's campaign to retain the presidency in Ivory Coast


Snapshot: Japan's nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:49 PM PDT

Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers walk in a line after finding the body of a boy in the tsunami rubble in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi prefecture.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)Reuters - Following are main developments after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, raising the risk of an uncontrolled radiation leak.



Security Guard Arrested Near London 2012 Olympic Stadium (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Time.com - With the countdown to the next Olympic Games well underway, a disturbing reminder of the "new normal" has come with a guard being arrested on the suspicion of possessing explosives


Japan nuclear evacuation will be 'long term'

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:23 PM PDT

Officials under pressure to extend evacuation zone around Fukushima atomic plant as radiation leaks continue.


Losing Sleep Over Owing The IRS?

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:15 PM PDT

Every year as April 15 approaches, I hear from people who are losing sleep knowing they will not ha


Japan crisis drags, France wants global nuclear reform (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:37 PM PDT

A train car swept by a tsunami lies in a heavily damaged cemetery in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan in this picture taken by Kyodo News on March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo/FilesReuters - Japan's nuclear and humanitarian crisis stretched to three weeks Friday with radiation still leaking from a crippled nuclear power plant, thousands of homeless people struggling to rebuild their lives, and little hope of a quick resolution to either.



Mexican brothers face death penalty in Malaysia drugs charge (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Three Mexican brothers will be hanged in Malaysia if convicted on a drugs trafficking charge, a Malaysian government lawyer said on Friday.


Mexican brothers face death penalty in Malaysia drugs charge

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:32 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Three Mexican brothers will be hanged in Malaysia if convicted on a drugs trafficking charge, a Malaysian government lawyer said on Friday.


Rebels cheer cracks in Gaddafi rule (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:52 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Robert Gates,, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2011, to testify before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on military operations in Libya.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Reuters - Rebels cheered the defection of a Libyan minister as a sign that Muammar Gaddafi's rule was crumbling, but U.S. officials warned he was far from beaten and made clear they feared entanglement in another painful war.



Japan PM: stricken nuclear plant to be scrapped (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:20 PM PDT

Japanese villagers search for a missing relative in the tsunami-devastated Ohmagari district on March 31, 2011. Japan has said its crisis-hit nuclear plant must be scrapped, but currently had no plans to evacuate more people, despite calls for a larger exclusion zone around the crippled facility.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - Japan has said its crisis-hit nuclear plant must be scrapped, but currently had no plans to evacuate more people, despite calls for a larger exclusion zone around the crippled facility.



Brazil Fails to Save Dollar; Likely to Give up Trying

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:27 PM PDT

The Brazilian government has tried numerous times to keep their local currency, the real, from stren


U.S. Carbon Emissions Plunge

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:54 PM PDT

New data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration today showing that U.S. greenhouse g


Google's China Troubles Growing

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:50 PM PDT

Google (GOOG) just can't seem to get a break in China. It almost seems that the Chinese government i