Gangs roam, violence spikes in London

Gangs roam, violence spikes in London

Gangs roam, violence spikes in London

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:35 PM PDT

Tensions between police and marauding gangs continued into Tuesday in areas of Great Britain, after violence initially sparked by the shooting death of a 29-year-old man in London spread to other parts of the nation.

Analysis: Don't bank on China to reprise 2008 global savior role (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:38 PM PDT

Shoppers walk past and look at a board displaying food prices at a shopping mall in central Beijing August 9, 2011. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China is still nursing a hangover from its 2008 stimulus spending spree and may be reluctant to kick off another big round, leaving less potent options on the table should the global economy tilt toward a cliff.

London Riots Intensify and Spread

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:12 PM PDT

Police struggled to contain a third night of rioting and rampant looting that ricocheted from one neighborhood to another after a community protest over a police shooting exploded into Britain's worst outbreak of social unrest in at least a decade.


Asian markets slide on investor 'panic'

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:29 PM PDT

Fallout from US debt downgrade triggers 'market turbulence' across Asia, while driving gold to record highs.


Raised Rents and Easier Evictions: How Reform Could Rock Portugal's Housing Market (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Centuries-old rent-control deals and a lengthy eviction process have made the Portuguese wary of investing in housing. With major reforms looming tenants are worried they'll soon be kicked out of the homes in which they -- and their parents -- grew up


AP IMPACT: Japan ignored own radiation forecasts (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:05 PM PDT

AP - Japan's system to forecast radiation threats was working from the moment its nuclear crisis began. As officials planned a venting operation certain to release radioactivity into the air, the system predicted Karino Elementary School would be directly in the path of the plume emerging from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant.


Whatever Happened to the Civilian Surge in Afghanistan? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Recently departed U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry says he is proudest of his work with the civilian surge in Afghanistan. Observers ask, "What civilian surge?"


Whatever Happened to the Civilian Surge in Afghanistan? (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 09:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Recently departed U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry says he is proudest of his work with the civilian surge in Afghanistan. Observers ask, "What civilian surge?"


US urges citizens to be careful on visiting Haiti (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 08:55 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. State Department is strongly urging U.S. citizens to carefully consider before visiting Haiti.


Beijing Sees Surprise Price Increase

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:43 PM PDT

China's consumer-price index rose 6.5% in July from a year earlier, quicker than a 6.4% on-year rise in June, and more than economists had expected.


Strauss-Kahn Sued By New York Maid

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 09:01 PM PDT

The hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in a New York hotel filed a civil lawsuit alleging that the "violent and sadistic" attack had done her permanent damage.


China inflation rises to 37-month high in July (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 09:27 PM PDT

AP - China's inflation rose to a 37-month-high in July, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders to cool living costs while keeping economic growth on track as the U.S. and European outlook worsens.


Australian minister's lesbian partner is pregnant (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 08:45 PM PDT

AP - A senior government minister in Australia has announced that her lesbian partner is pregnant.


'Tortured' veterans to sue Rumsfeld

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 08:06 PM PDT

Two American men can go ahead with civil lawsuit over allegations they were tortured in Iraq at the hands of US forces.


Maid files civil suit against Strauss-Kahn

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 08:05 PM PDT

Hotel housekeeper charged former IMF chief with committing a "violent and sadistic" attack against her.


U.S. requests North Korea talks on war remains: report (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:51 PM PDT

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan (pictured) has left for Russia for talks focusing on North Korea and bilateral relations, according to a news report. During his four-day trip, Kim will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Monday and discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons programmes, among other topics, Yonhap news agency said.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)Reuters - The United States has requested talks with North Korea on ways to search for the remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, a South Korean media report said Tuesday, amid an easing of tensions on the peninsula.

Canada expels remaining Libyan diplomats (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:34 PM PDT

AP - Canada has ordered all remaining Libyan diplomats to leave the country within five days, officials say.


Nagasaki remembers bombing; US has representative (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:36 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. has sent its first representative to the annual memorial for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, as the Japanese city remembered the historic horrors of radiation amid the nation's unfolding nuclear crisis.


Unrest in Syria: Assad Sends Troops into Deir al-Zor (Time.com)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Unlike Hama, which the regime bloodied over the past week, Deir al-Zor is the home of heavily armed tribes. Can they resist the government's tanks?


Asian stocks fall after U.S. rout

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:24 PM PDT

Tokyo's Nikkei fell 4.4% in morning trading Tuesday, hours after the U.S. stock market suffered its biggest one-day drop in years.
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