Philippines steps up typhoon relief efforts

Philippines steps up typhoon relief efforts

Philippines steps up typhoon relief efforts

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:32 PM PDT

Aid delivered to thousands still stranded on rooftops by floodwaters, but at least 15 villages still inaccessible.


Analysis: Europe's leaders weakened when bold action needed (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:02 PM PDT

Reuters - Just when Europe needs strong leadership to overcome its sovereign debt crisis, its pivotal leaders, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, have both been weakened at home.


Amazon: Time To Get Bullish, Stifel Analyst Says

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:58 PM PDT

It?s time to buy Amazon.com shares. At least, that?s what Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan says. In a report issued late Sunday, he raised his rating on the stock to Buy from Hold, setting a price target of $280. The stock closed last week at $216.23. ?Our upgrade of AMZN shares is based on the ...


US defence chief says Israel 'isolated'

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:54 PM PDT

Leon Panetta says US is committed to maintaining Israel's military edge in Middle East ahead of first visit to region.


Malaysian leader launches security law overhaul (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:22 PM PDT

AP - Malaysia's prime minister has begun moves in Parliament to revoke strict security laws as part of his new pledge to protect civil liberties.


Asian markets down on Greek debt fears

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:54 PM PDT

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index falls to lowest level in two-and-a-half years amid fears of new global recession.


Gunmen free American woman in southern Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Muslim gunmen have freed a Philippine-born American woman after nearly three months in captivity on a remote southern island in the Philippines where al Qaeda-linked militants are active, but her son was not released, police said on Monday.


Amanda Knox's appeals verdict expected in Italy (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:43 PM PDT

Amanda Knox is escorted into the Perugia court for an appeal hearing, in Perugia central Italy, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. Knox, an American student, was convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering Meredith Kercher, her British roommate in Perugia, and sentenced to 26 years in prison. Knox's boyfriend at the time of the 2007 murder, Raffaele Sollecito of Italy, was convicted of the same charges and sentenced to 25 years. Both deny wrongdoing and have appealed the December 2009 verdict. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - After four years in prison and convicted of murder, Amanda Knox has a chance at freedom Monday when an appeals court decides if she killed her British roommate — a case that made Knox an unwilling celebrity and placed Italy's justice system under scrutiny.

Panetta: Al-Qaida deaths hurt plans for attacks (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:13 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta answers questions aboard an Air Force plane over the Atlantic Ocean Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011. Panetta is traveling to the Middle East to meet with leaders on various issues related to the region. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)AP - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that the deaths of several top al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan and Yemen in recent months will make it much more difficult for the terror group and its affiliates to plan and launch large-scale attacks abroad, including against the United States.

Tiny nation Tuvalu declares fresh water emergency (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:01 PM PDT

AP - The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has declared a state of emergency due to a severe shortage of fresh water.


ADP Moves Beyond Payroll; Integrated HR In The Cloud

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:31 PM PDT

Automatic Data Processing wants to be more than just a provider of payroll services. Indeed, it irritates ADP execs that the company isn?t even in the conversation when investors think about ways to play the outsourcing and cloud computing trends. ADP has been providing outsourced payroll to companies large and small for decades, long before ...


Tech For Sale! HP? Yahoo? Netflix? Which Icon Sells Next?

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:30 PM PDT

The tech sector has entered an amazing period of corporate turmoil ? one which potentially could result in a numb er of iconic brands changing hands. Not all of the companies now potentially in play will actually change hands, but some of the might. Here are some names to keep an eye on in the ...


Gunmen free American woman in southern Philippines

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:55 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - Muslim gunmen have freed a Philippine-born American woman after nearly three months in captivity on a remote southern island in the Philippines where al Qaeda-linked militants are active, but her son was not released, police said on Monday.

Floods kill 11 in Vietnam's Mekong Delta (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:16 PM PDT

AP - The government says the worst seasonal flooding in more than a decade has killed 11 people, including five children, over the past week in Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta.


IMF Sees Higher Risks to Global Growth

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:03 PM PDT

IMF Deputy Managing Director Zhu Min said the downside risks to the fund's predictions for global growth of about 4% this year and next, down from 5% in 2010, have increased.


With Arizona help, fabled Arab antelope lives anew (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:00 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated file photo made available by the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency in 2007, an Arabian Oryx walks in the desert after having been released into the area. The antelope made famous in Arabian poetry and by its associations with the unicorn legend had been hunted to near-extinction by 1972. But over the past three decades, it has staged a remarkable comeback through a program that got its start in the Arizona desert and has flourished under the united efforts of several Arabian Gulf countries. (AP Photo/Abu Dhabi Environment Agency, File)AP - Growing up in the Middle East, Myyas Ahmed al-Quarqaz only knew the Arabian oryx from postage stamps.

4 dead, 6 missing as ship runs aground off Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:01 PM PDT

AP - Four crew members died Monday and six went missing after a Panama-registered cargo vessel ran aground in heavy seas off the northern Taiwanese coast, the coast guard said.


VIDEO: Daredevil balances over cliff edge

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:48 PM PDT

An extreme balancing artist has put on a breath-taking performance on a mountain edge in eastern China.


VIDEO: Haqqani leader denies acting for Pakistan

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:44 PM PDT

The man believed to be the leader of the Haqqani Network has answered a series of questions put to him by the BBC's Pashto service.


The Weekly E-Book Reading List - 10/2/2011

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:44 PM PDT

This week, Alex Knapp checks out the Big Bang, adventuring in the 12th Century, and the cases for and against religion.


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No place for Ferdinand in squad

No place for Ferdinand in squad

No place for Ferdinand in squad

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Rio Ferdinand and Jermain Defoe are left out of England's squad for the Euro 2012 qualifier with Montenegro on Friday, with Spurs defender Kyle Walker and Fulham striker Bobby Zamora included.


N.Y.P.D.’s ‘White Shirts’ Take On Enforcer Role

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:53 PM PDT

New York police commanders have been observed grabbing protesters or initiating arrests at Wall Street protests.

Israel Supports Proposal to Restart Mideast Talks

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Any immediate resumption of peace negotiations with the Palestinians appeared unlikely as the Israelis and Palestinians differed sharply over the plan's terms.

After Curfew: Choosing a Pronoun: He, She or Other: After Curfew

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 08:57 PM PDT

A growing number of high school and college students are questioning the gender roles society assigns individuals simply because they have been born male or female.

In Yemen, One Islamist Dead, Many More in Arms

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:56 PM PDT

Despite the death of Anwar al-Awlaki, the infamous Yemeni-American cleric and propagandist for aspiring jihadists, Yemen's battle against Al Qaeda is far from complete.

Yemeni Jet Mistakenly Bombs Army Post

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:38 AM PDT

A government warplane mistakenly bombed an army position in southern Yemen, killing at least 30 soldiers and wounding many more, military and medical officials said.


Gunmen kill 19 in Nigeria village

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:41 PM PDT

At least 19 people are shot or hacked to death in a village in north-west Nigeria, police say.


Two face prisoner murder charges

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:08 PM PDT

Two fellow inmates are charged with the murder of a child rapist at HM Prison Frankland, County Durham.


McClaren resigns as Forest boss

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Manager Steve McClaren and chairman Nigel Doughty both resign from their roles at Championship strugglers Nottingham Forest.


Most French believe Sarkozy will lose election: poll

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:42 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Two thirds of French voters believe President Nicolas Sarkozy will lose next year's elections if he runs -- including more than half of his own party's supporters, a survey showed Sunday.

Greek cabinet okays retrenchment plan

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:46 AM PDT

About 30,000 state workers to lose jobs after being put on reserve as indebted country battles to stave off bankruptcy.


Afghanistan says Rabbani's killer was Pakistani

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:19 AM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan said on Sunday that the suicide bomber who assassinated Afghan peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani was a Pakistani national.

Gunmen kill 18 in northwest Nigerian village

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:56 AM PDT

KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and hacked to death 18 people in a village in northwest Nigeria on Sunday, police said.

Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:59 AM PDT

Kyle Walker scores the winner as Tottenham beat Arsenal in an entertaining north London derby.


City Room: Police Gave Warnings at Bridge, Videos Show

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Two videos show the police warning protesters that they would be arrested if they crossed the Brooklyn Bridge's roadway.

Activists on trial for insulting UAE president

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:56 AM PDT

The trial of five Emirati activists charged with publicly insulting the UAE president and other top officials resumed Sunday without the defendants, but with the courtroom open to media and representatives from human rights groups for the first time in the trial's five sessions, which began on June 14. A police officer told the Federal Supreme Court judge that the defendants refused to come to court as the state prosecution presented its case.

Assad opponents unite, ask world for help

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:46 AM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's main opposition groups joined together on Sunday to call on the international community to take action to protect Syrian people facing a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

‘American Horror Story’ to Begin on FX

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 12:07 PM PDT

The creators of the hit series are looking for further success with their new show, "American Horror Story."

Italy's Perugia fights sex-and-drugs image from Knox case

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:40 AM PDT

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - As American student Amanda Knox's court appeal ends, exasperated residents of Perugia wish for a return to the days when the Italian town was known for chocolate, art and history rather a sex and drugs scene made notorious by the murder case.

Arctic ozone loss at record level

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Ozone loss over the Arctic this year was so severe that for the first time it could be called an "ozone hole" like the Antarctic one, scientists report.


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