Harry Potter Fans Salivate Over J.K. Rowling's New Site, 'Pottermore' (Time.com)

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• Harry Potter Fans Salivate Over J.K. Rowling's New Site, 'Pottermore' (Time.com)
• Tepco to request loans from Japanese life insurers: paper (Reuters)
• VIDEO: Angelina Jolie meets Syrian refugees
• Japan suspends waste water nuclear operation (AFP)
• VIDEO: Forty years of the US 'war on drugs'
• VIDEO: Angelina Jolie meets Syrian refugees
• Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba dies (AP)
• Myanmar blames Kachin rebels for fighting (AP)
• Radiation spike halts Fukushima clean-up
• "The Economy" Not Acceptable Answer to Your Request for a Raise
• S Korea troops fire at passenger plane
• Apple's iCloud and the Dilemma of the Walled Garden
• France and Germany agree on aid for Greece
• South Korean troops shoot at civilian airliner by mistake (Reuters)
• Australia PM slides in polls (AFP)
• South Korean troops shoot at civilian airliner by mistake
• Welcome to Dante's Soma
• Man in the news - Lewis Hamilton (AFP)
• Gunfight kills 2 in Mexico border city (AP)
• Obama overrides lawyers in Libya war debate: report (AFP)

Harry Potter Fans Salivate Over J.K. Rowling's New Site, 'Pottermore' (Time.com) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:05 PM PDT Time.com - Just when you thought it was safe to read other books

Tepco to request loans from Japanese life insurers: paper (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 11:08 PM PDT Reuters - Tokyo Electric Power Co (9501.T) will ask major life insurers, including Nippon Life and Dai-ichi Life (8750.T), for hundreds of billions of yen in additional loans as it faces big bills in restoring control over a crippled nuclear plant and paying for fuel costs for thermal plants, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported on Saturday.

VIDEO: Angelina Jolie meets Syrian refugees Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:52 PM PDT Actress and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie has visited camps along Turkey's border with Syria, where she met refugees who have fled the country since the beginning of the unrest.

Japan suspends waste water nuclear operation (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:31 PM PDT AFP - Tokyo Electric Power Co. halted an operation to clean highly contaminated waste water at a crippled Japanese nuclear plant due to higher-than-expected radiation levels.

VIDEO: Forty years of the US 'war on drugs' Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT Forty years on, America's 'war on drugs' has cost the country $1tn, seen huge numbers jailed, and is now prompting renewed questions.

VIDEO: Angelina Jolie meets Syrian refugees Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:52 PM PDT Actress and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie has visited camps along Turkey's border with Syria, where she met refugees who have fled the country since the beginning of the unrest.

Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba dies (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:56 PM PDT AP - State television says Zambia's first democratically elected president, Frederick Chiluba, who became increasingly autocratic during his 10 years in office, has died. He was 65.

Myanmar blames Kachin rebels for fighting (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:15 PM PDT AP - Myanmar's government has blamed ethnic Kachin rebels for starting a week of fighting along the country's northeastern border with China.

Radiation spike halts Fukushima clean-up Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:53 PM PDT Operator of Japan's stricken nuclear power unable to remove pools of radioactive water at risk of spilling into the sea.

"The Economy" Not Acceptable Answer to Your Request for a Raise Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:36 PM PDT

S Korea troops fire at passenger plane Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:45 PM PDT Troops shoot at jet flying from China with 119 people on board after mistaking it for a N Korean aircraft.

Apple's iCloud and the Dilemma of the Walled Garden Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:18 PM PDT "The Cloud" is certainly the buzz-phrase du jour as the behemoth IT companies rush to offer remote s

France and Germany agree on aid for Greece Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:08 PM PDT Leaders of European powers say they are united behind new bailout package for Greece.

South Korean troops shoot at civilian airliner by mistake (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:32 PM PDT Reuters - South Korean marine Corps troops fired at a commercial aircraft flying near the tense sea border with North Korea, misidentifying it as one of the communist North's jet fighters, but no damage occurred, military sources said on Saturday.

Australia PM slides in polls (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:32 PM PDT AFP - Australian leader Julia Gillard took another slide in the polls, with voters deserting her party in unprecedented numbers and strongly preferring Kevin Rudd, the man she deposed 12 months ago.

South Korean troops shoot at civilian airliner by mistake Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:32 PM PDT SEOUL, Jun (Reuters) - South Korean marine Corps troops fired at a commercial aircraft flying near the tense sea border with North Korea, misidentifying it as one of the communist North's jet fighters, but no damage occurred, military sources said on Saturday.

Welcome to Dante's Soma Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:26 PM PDT Why Dante's Soma when this is a tech column? Simple. This is a tech column about how technology chan

Man in the news - Lewis Hamilton (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:45 PM PDT AFP - Love him or loathe him, there is nothing that stops Lewis Hamilton seizing Formula One's headlines.

Gunfight kills 2 in Mexico border city (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:07 PM PDT AP - A gunbattle between soldiers and suspected cartel gunmen left two suspects dead Friday in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, authorities said.

Obama overrides lawyers in Libya war debate: report (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:13 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama overruled two senior government lawyers in deciding that he had the authority to continue US military operations in Libya without Congressional approval, The New York Times reported.

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Merkel Shifts on Greek Aid

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• Merkel Shifts on Greek Aid
• Deadline to End Afghan Surge
• Agencies See Decade of High Food Prices
• G-20 Ministers to Seek Ways to Avoid Food Crisis
• Saudi Women Defy Driving Ban
• Turkish Ship Pulls Out of Gaza Flotilla
• Bin Laden's No. 2 to Lead al Qaeda
• U.S. Formally Drops Charges Against bin Laden
• Gadhafi Offer to Hold Vote Rejected
• Italy Signs Immigrant Accord With Libya Rebels
• Chinese Floods Force Evacuations
• Japan Plant Starts Treating Radioactive Water
• Beijing Stages Drills in South China Sea
• Pakistan Forces Kill 12 Militants
• Greenpeace Again Scales Oil Rig
• Vancouver Tallies Damage After Hockey-Fan Rioting
• U.K. Attacks EU on Banking Rules
• Medvedev Pledges Economic Reforms
• Turkish Premier to Drop Lawsuits
• Report Sees Danger in Afghan Allies

Merkel Shifts on Greek Aid Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:25 PM PDT German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled a more-flexible stance on how to involve bondholders in an aid package for Greece, a move that could help to break Europe's deadlock over how to prop up the country.

Deadline to End Afghan Surge Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:36 AM PDT The military is asking Obama to hold off on ending the Afghanistan troop surge until the fall of 2012, in a proposal that would keep a large portion of the 33,000 extra forces in the country through the next two warm-weather fighting seasons.

Agencies See Decade of High Food Prices Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:27 AM PDT Food prices will be up to 30% higher on average over the next decade as slowing grains production fails to keep pace with rising demand, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said.

G-20 Ministers to Seek Ways to Avoid Food Crisis Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:29 AM PDT Agriculture ministers of the Group of 20 countries are hoping to unveil ambitious projects next week to stabilize and sustain world food supplies, France's agricultural minister said.

Saudi Women Defy Driving Ban Posted: 17 Jun 2011 11:33 AM PDT Several Saudi women, inspired by revolutions in the Middle East, got behind the wheel Friday to challenge restrictions against female drivers in the ultra-conservative kingdom.

Turkish Ship Pulls Out of Gaza Flotilla Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:39 AM PDT The Mavi Marmara, the Turkish ship at the center of a diplomatic storm last year when Israeli soldiers boarded to stop it reaching Gaza and killed nine passengers, has pulled out of a repeat aid flotilla on June 25, the Turkish charity that owns the ship said.

Bin Laden's No. 2 to Lead al Qaeda Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:38 AM PDT Al Qaeda has named a new leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, an Egyptian who managed the group during a period of deadly innovation but is said to lack the charisma of his predecessor, Osama bin Laden.

U.S. Formally Drops Charges Against bin Laden Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:35 AM PDT Federal prosecutors formally dropped criminal charges against Osama bin Laden following his death last month in a raid by U.S. forces.

Gadhafi Offer to Hold Vote Rejected Posted: 16 Jun 2011 08:12 PM PDT Col. Moammar Gadhafi's son said the strongman was willing to hold free elections and step aside if he loses, while Russia and China urged the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to "meticulously adhere" to United Nations' resolutions authorizing force in the war-torn country.

Italy Signs Immigrant Accord With Libya Rebels Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:34 AM PDT Italy signed an agreement with Libyan rebels meant to stem a stream of migrants fleeing unrest, prompting concerns at the United Nations refugee agency that people seeking asylum won't have proper protection.

Chinese Floods Force Evacuations Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:48 AM PDT A flooded river in eastern China is at its highest level in more than 50 years, as thousands of train passengers were stranded after landslides buried parts of a railway line in the southwest.

Japan Plant Starts Treating Radioactive Water Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:31 AM PDT A system for decontaminating highly radioactive water incorporating U.S. and French technology began full operations at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

Beijing Stages Drills in South China Sea Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:39 AM PDT China said it had staged maritime defense exercises in the South China Sea, just after Vietnam conducted live-fire drills in the same disputed waters, adding to tensions in the region

Pakistan Forces Kill 12 Militants Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:34 AM PDT Pakistani security forces backed by artillery killed 12 Islamist militants in a northwestern tribal region where insurgents have been mounting cross-border attacks from Afghanistan, a government administrator said.

Greenpeace Again Scales Oil Rig Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:39 AM PDT The head of Greenpeace has scaled an oil rig off Greenland, defying a court order aimed at stopping activists from disrupting a controversial Arctic drilling campaign.

Vancouver Tallies Damage After Hockey-Fan Rioting Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:07 PM PDT Officials were left reeling after a spasm of violence and rioting following a loss by the local hockey in the Stanley Cup final game left more than 100 injured, at least one critically, and a smoldering, looted city center.

U.K. Attacks EU on Banking Rules Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:30 AM PDT British officials are waging an increasingly aggressive fight to impose banking regulations as they see fit -- even if they go further than rules elsewhere in the EU.

Medvedev Pledges Economic Reforms Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:53 AM PDT Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised Friday to implement more and bolder economic reforms and liberalization in the country.

Turkish Premier to Drop Lawsuits Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:46 AM PDT Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will drop all lawsuits he has lodged against private individuals, politicians and journalists for insulting him, a spokesman said.

Report Sees Danger in Afghan Allies Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:21 PM PDT The killings of American soldiers by Afghan troops are turning into a "rapidly growing systemic threat" that could undermine the entire war effort, according to a classified military study.

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