Syria's Emergency Law Set for Repeal, Says Assad Adviser (Time.com)

Syria's Emergency Law Set for Repeal, Says Assad Adviser (Time.com)

Syria's Emergency Law Set for Repeal, Says Assad Adviser (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:10 PM PDT

Time.com - The regime's dramatic announcement that it would soon repeal its stringent emergency law may not lead to too much change on the ground for protesters


Obama faces challenge of defining Libya strategy (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:10 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama faces the challenge on Monday of convincing Americans he has clear military aims and a U.S. exit strategy in the Libya conflict as he seeks to counter growing congressional criticism.


Vietnam zoo owner jailed for selling dead tigers (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:54 PM PDT

AP - A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced a zoo owner to three years in prison for selling the carcasses of five endangered tigers.


China: Nuclear-Power Projects Move Ahead Amid Safety Fears (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:10 PM PDT

Time.com - China's nuclear building spree may be complicated by the crisis unfolding at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant


Syria deploys troops after clashes

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:41 PM PDT

Security forces patrol city of Latakia following the deaths of 12 people in a wave of protest violence and unrest.


Increased Computerization Means Increased Vulnerability

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:50 PM PDT

As we use computers in more parts of our daily lives, we're more vulnerable to security threats.


Japan says high radiation due to partial meltdown after quake (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:26 PM PDT

Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, performs at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts' Reuters - The high level of radiation in water flooding the basement of a reactor at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is likely due to a partial melting of fuel rods after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the government said on Monday.

Humala has narrow lead in Peru race: polls (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:47 PM PDT

Reuters - Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala has gained a narrow lead in Peru's presidential race two weeks before voting but he would struggle to win a runoff, according to two polls published on Sunday.


Libyan rebel spokesman says Gaddafi town seized (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:42 PM PDT

Reuters - A Libyan rebel spokesman said Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte had been captured by the rebels on Monday, but no independent verification of the statement was immediately available.


Communications Meltdown at Fukushima Operator Tepco

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:44 PM PDT

Over the past weeks, we have all gotten to know Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which operates


Survivors take lead as volunteers in Japan's disaster zone

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:21 PM PDT

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Two weeks after a tsunami submerged his home in northeast Japan, Naoki Ishimori is busy not only restoring his own life but helping others do the same.

Jensen Sees Strength In Small Portfolios

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:00 PM PDT

Curtis Jensen, CIO of Third Avenue Funds stays true to Marty Whitman's investing philosophy.


Ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief appeals sentence (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:42 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, center, who ran the notorious Toul Sleng, a top secret detention center for the worst 'enemies' of the state, looks on during his appealing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, March 28, 2011. The man who admitted overseeing the killing of 16,000 people as the Khmer Rouge's chief prison warden returns to the courtroom to appeal his 19-year prison sentence on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (AP Photo/ Mark Peters, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)AP - The man who admitted to overseeing the torture and killing of 16,000 people as the Khmer Rouge's chief prison warden returned to the courtroom Monday in Cambodia to appeal his 19-year prison sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

US reducing naval firepower aimed at Gadhafi (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:34 PM PDT

In this March, 26, 2011 photo released by NBC News, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates discuss the latest developments in the Middle East during a pre-taped segment of NBC's 'Meet the Press' in Washington. Gates said he doesn't think Libya is 'a vital interest' for the United States, but that the North African nation is part of a region that is of vital American interest. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman) NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.AP - In a sign of U.S. confidence that the weeklong assault on Libya has tamed Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses, the Pentagon has reduced the amount of naval firepower arrayed against him, officials said Sunday.

As Japan shutdowns drag on, auto crisis worsens (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:05 PM PDT

FILE - This 2003 aerial file photo shows General Motors Corp.'s Shreveport assembly plant and the surrounding area. The auto industry disruptions triggered by Japan's earthquake and tsunami are about to get worse. When General Motors briefly shut the pickup plant in Shreveport, La., due to a lack of parts, it caused the partial closing of a New York factory that supplies engines for those trucks. (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, file) NO SALES, NO MAGS, MANDATORY CREDIT: SHREVEPORTTIMES.COMAP - The auto industry disruptions triggered by Japan's earthquake and tsunami are about to get worse.

Does Libya's Oil Industry Reflect its Fate? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Energy exports are currently stalled, but with the industry split between rebel and loyalist territory, an infrastructure of partition is already being created


Humala has narrow lead in Peru race: polls

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:47 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala has gained a narrow lead in Peru's presidential race two weeks before voting but he would struggle to win a runoff, according to two polls published on Sunday.

Foreign Shocks Temper America's Export-Led Rebound

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 09:02 PM PDT

The U.S. climb out of recession has been led by selling crops, natural resources and goods to the rest of the world. Now that important engine for U.S. growth—the rest of the world—is damping the improving outlook.


Quakes Echo World-Wide

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:55 PM PDT

Geophysicists have long known that major earthquakes unleash bursts of energy that travel around the globe, but a new study provides the first compelling evidence that a major temblor can't trigger another big one thousands of miles away.


Nuclear Regulator Tied to Industry

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:19 PM PDT

Japan's nuclear regulator has amassed power while growing closer to the industry it regulates, according to former regulators and industry critics who blame the trend for lapses that may have contributed to the Fukushima Daiichi accident.


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