Japan battles food contamination fears

Japan battles food contamination fears

Japan battles food contamination fears

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:54 PM PDT

Authorities order farms near quake-stricken nuclear plant to stop shipments as the US restricts food imports.


China: Tainted Pork Renews Food Safety Fears (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Pork produced by the country's largest meat processor was found to contain an illegal chemical called Clenbuterol, raising fresh doubts about the government's ability to enforce food safety laws


Indian policeman shoots self to win bravery award (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:28 PM PDT

An Indian policeman is seen here patrolling at a railway station in Mumbai. A policeman in India was recovering in hospital after he shot himself in a misguided attempt to win a bravery award, media reports said.(AFP/File/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - A policeman in India was recovering in hospital after he shot himself in a misguided attempt to win a bravery award, media reports said.

Can Lloyd Blankfein Help The Government's Insider Trading Case?

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:42 PM PDT

The Goldman Sachs CEO may be asked about his firm's role in the financial crisis.


Should Startup Founders Keep Their Day Job?

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:46 PM PDT

Many entrepreneurs I know feel guilty about not quitting their day job when initiating their startup


Setback for Anwar in Malaysia sodomy trial

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:24 PM PDT

High Court decides to admit key DNA evidence against opposition leader, reversing earlier ruling.


Book of kids' drawings chronicles Mexico drug war (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:50 PM PDT

AP - Children in a western Mexico state besieged by drug violence have helped produce a book that is full of images of shootouts, kidnappings, robberies and grenade attacks that kids are increasingly being exposed to.


Japanese police say disaster death toll tops 9,400 (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:06 PM PDT

AP - Japan's police agency says more than 9,400 people are dead after an earthquake and tsunami. More than 14,700 are missing.


Go East, Young Man: US Execs to Invest Even More in China in 2011

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:51 PM PDT

Over 80% of US companies in China said they will increase investment there this year, according to a


Nepal Christians protest to demand burial grounds (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:46 PM PDT

AP - Hundreds of Christians have protested in Nepal's capital, demanding the government provide designated burial grounds.


Activist says China cracks down on ethnic Uighurs (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:40 PM PDT

AP - An exiled Chinese activist says China has responded to popular uprisings against governments in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya by cracking down on its Uighur ethnic minority.


Questions over next steps strain a coalition barely formed

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 03:57 PM PDT

With the no-fly zone now in place in the skies over parts of Libya, the hastily-assembled coalition of nations enforcing it is straining under decisions about next steps, and who should be in the lead.

Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks (March 23)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:21 PM PDT

Investors and traders in China's main financial district are talking about the following before the


April 1 Deadline Looms For IRA Holders

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:35 PM PDT

IRA owners face different first-time distribution rules this year.


Japan estimates quake damage at up to $300 billion: report (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:31 PM PDT

Fisherman Ryusuke Isogai, 75, walks in front of his ship, which was washed onto shore and damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at the Kawajiri port in Hitachi, Ibaraki prefecture, March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - The Japanese government estimates material damage from a deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck the country's northeast this month at 15-25 trillion yen ($185-308 billion), making it the costliest ever natural disaster, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Kadhafi defiant, says Libya 'ready for battle' (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:41 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel watches government troops several kilometres from the key city of Ajdabiya. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi defiantly claimed in TV comments aired on the fourth day of UN-backed military strikes on Libya that his country is AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi defiantly claimed in TV comments aired on the fourth day of UN-backed military strikes on Libya that his country is "ready for battle," while Western leaders Wednesday planned their next steps.

Malaysia's Anwar loses bid to exclude DNA evidence (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:57 PM PDT

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (L) arrives at a police station to file a complaint over allegations he was the man in a sex tape shown to the media in Kuala Lumpur on March 22, 2011.(AFP/Kamarul Akhir)AFP - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim suffered a setback in his sodomy trial Wednesday as a court decided to accept DNA evidence that it had earlier rejected as inadmissible.

Radiation Would Have Spurred U.S. Evacuation

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:59 PM PDT

Radiation levels in certain areas within 25 miles from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant would have exceeded levels at which U.S. officials would order evacuations to protect public health.


Buddhism Helps Us Understand the Mind

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:53 PM PDT

There's some surprising overlap between Buddhist philosophy of mind and the findings of neuroscience


Japan nuclear food scare spreads to US, Europe (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Shoppers walk past spinach and other vegetables at a supermarket in Tokyo after the government ordered a halt to shipments of certain foods after abnormal radiation levels were found in products near the Fukushima nuclear plant.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Japan's radiation food scare rippled around the world Wednesday as the United States blocked imports of dairy and other produce from areas near a disaster-hit nuclear power plant.
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