Eight dead as Typhoon Talas slams Japan

Eight dead as Typhoon Talas slams Japan
Crime and Punishment in Libya: Inside Gaddafi's Surveillance System (Time.com)
Angolan youths arrested for staging rally
VIDEO: US charity aid arrives in N Korea
VIDEO: Israeli protest over living costs
VIDEO: Bodies from Chile air crash found
Typhoon Talas dumps heavy rain on Japan; 6 dead (AP)
Libyan papers 'show CIA and MI6 links'
VIDEO: US charity aid arrives in N Korea
VIDEO: Israeli protest over living costs
VIDEO: Bodies from Chile air crash found
Harvard's a Bargain -- If You're From the UK (Time.com)
Documents show ties between Libyan spy head, CIA (AP)
Brazil denies terrorists operate within borders (AP)
Malaysia mourns TV journalist killed in Somalia (AP)
Post-Gaddafi Tripoli: How Libya's Civil Servants Are Holding It Together (Time.com)
Japan new PM Noda enjoys strong voter support (Reuters)
Narrow Tech Pay Gap, Wide Gender Divide and Sexual Harassment
Japan new PM Noda enjoys strong voter support
VIDEO: Post-Gaddafi Libyan football win

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Slow-moving rains lead to heavy flooding and landslides, with more than 30 people still missing.

Crime and Punishment in Libya: Inside Gaddafi's Surveillance System (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Time.com - As rebels sift through the archives of Gaddafi's internal security apparatus, Libyans are finding confirmation that they had every reason to be paranoid about the regime.

Angolan youths arrested for staging rally

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:10 PM PDT

At least 24 protesters calling for president's resignation picked up in crackdown that left several people injured.

VIDEO: US charity aid arrives in N Korea

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:33 PM PDT

A flight carrying 90 tonnes of US aid has arrived in North Korea, which has been struggling to cope with flood damage after several heavy storms.

VIDEO: Israeli protest over living costs

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:36 PM PDT

The rising cost of living has brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets to protest in cities across Israel.

VIDEO: Bodies from Chile air crash found

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:34 PM PDT

Rescuers in Chile have recovered four bodies from the ocean following the plane crash on Friday in which 21 people are thought to have died.

Typhoon Talas dumps heavy rain on Japan; 6 dead (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:53 PM PDT

AP - Powerful Typhoon Talas left a trail of heavy rainfall and mudslides as it moved northward past Japan on Sunday. At least six people have died and 20 others are missing, local media said.

Libyan papers 'show CIA and MI6 links'

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Documents in abandoned Tripoli office show Gaddafi's intelligence chief had ties with US and British spy agencies.

VIDEO: US charity aid arrives in N Korea

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:33 PM PDT

A flight carrying 90 tonnes of US aid has arrived in North Korea, which has been struggling to cope with flood damage after several heavy storms.

VIDEO: Israeli protest over living costs

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:36 PM PDT

The rising cost of living has brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets to protest in cities across Israel.

VIDEO: Bodies from Chile air crash found

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:34 PM PDT

Rescuers in Chile have recovered four bodies from the ocean following the plane crash on Friday in which 21 people are thought to have died.

Harvard's a Bargain -- If You're From the UK (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Time.com - How America's top colleges are luring British students to the U.S.

Documents show ties between Libyan spy head, CIA (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:25 PM PDT

AP - The CIA and other Western intelligence agencies worked closely with the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi, sharing tips and cooperating in handing over terror suspects for interrogation to a regime known to use torture, according to a trove of security documents discovered after the fall of Tripoli.

Brazil denies terrorists operate within borders (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:01 PM PDT

AP - Khaled Hussein Ali lives in Sao Paulo and allegedly works for al-Qaida. But this does not mean he is a terrorist.

Malaysia mourns TV journalist killed in Somalia (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:13 PM PDT

AP - A Malaysian TV journalist fatally shot in Somalia received a hero's funeral Sunday attended by Malaysia's prime minister and hundreds of mourners.

Post-Gaddafi Tripoli: How Libya's Civil Servants Are Holding It Together (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Time.com - The interim government is still trying to get its act together but in the meantime the old civil service continues to function, even without pay

Japan new PM Noda enjoys strong voter support (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:44 PM PDT

Reuters - Two-thirds of Japanese voters back new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as his call for unity within the ruling party and conciliatory stance toward the opposition raised hopes for speedy policy implementation, newspaper polls showed Sunday.

Narrow Tech Pay Gap, Wide Gender Divide and Sexual Harassment

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:40 PM PDT

Ready for some good gender-gap salary news? ??Women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) make 86 cents on the male dollar. That?s way better than the gap in the law which was 77 cents on the male dollar just one year ago. STEM needs far more women in it ranks. Only one out of ...

Japan new PM Noda enjoys strong voter support

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:44 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two-thirds of Japanese voters back new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as his call for unity within the ruling party and conciliatory stance toward the opposition raised hopes for speedy policy implementation, newspaper polls showed Sunday.