Eight dead as Typhoon Talas slams Japan

Eight dead as Typhoon Talas slams Japan

Eight dead as Typhoon Talas slams Japan

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Slow-moving rains lead to heavy flooding and landslides, with more than 30 people still missing.


Crime and Punishment in Libya: Inside Gaddafi's Surveillance System (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Time.com - As rebels sift through the archives of Gaddafi's internal security apparatus, Libyans are finding confirmation that they had every reason to be paranoid about the regime.


Angolan youths arrested for staging rally

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:10 PM PDT

At least 24 protesters calling for president's resignation picked up in crackdown that left several people injured.


VIDEO: US charity aid arrives in N Korea

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:33 PM PDT

A flight carrying 90 tonnes of US aid has arrived in North Korea, which has been struggling to cope with flood damage after several heavy storms.


VIDEO: Israeli protest over living costs

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:36 PM PDT

The rising cost of living has brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets to protest in cities across Israel.


VIDEO: Bodies from Chile air crash found

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:34 PM PDT

Rescuers in Chile have recovered four bodies from the ocean following the plane crash on Friday in which 21 people are thought to have died.


Typhoon Talas dumps heavy rain on Japan; 6 dead (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:53 PM PDT

A local rescuer rows a rubber boat on floodwaters brought about by Typhoon Talas in Tanabe city, Wakayama prefecture, central Japan, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. Because of the slow moving, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned of heavy rain and strong winds centered in south-central Japan that could lead to flooding and landslides. (AP Photo/Kiiminpo via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREAAP - Powerful Typhoon Talas left a trail of heavy rainfall and mudslides as it moved northward past Japan on Sunday. At least six people have died and 20 others are missing, local media said.

Libyan papers 'show CIA and MI6 links'

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Documents in abandoned Tripoli office show Gaddafi's intelligence chief had ties with US and British spy agencies.


VIDEO: US charity aid arrives in N Korea

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:33 PM PDT

A flight carrying 90 tonnes of US aid has arrived in North Korea, which has been struggling to cope with flood damage after several heavy storms.


VIDEO: Israeli protest over living costs

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:36 PM PDT

The rising cost of living has brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets to protest in cities across Israel.


VIDEO: Bodies from Chile air crash found

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:34 PM PDT

Rescuers in Chile have recovered four bodies from the ocean following the plane crash on Friday in which 21 people are thought to have died.


Harvard's a Bargain -- If You're From the UK (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Time.com - How America's top colleges are luring British students to the U.S.


Documents show ties between Libyan spy head, CIA (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:25 PM PDT

This image provided by Human Rights Watch on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, shows a secret document dated April 15, 2004 discovered by Human Rights Watch in Tripoli, Libya, detailing a request for Libya to take custody of a terrorist suspect known as 'Shaykh Musa.' The CIA and other Western intelligence agencies worked closely with the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi, sharing tips and cooperating in handing over terror suspects for interrogation to a regime known to use torture, according to a trove of security documents discovered after the fall of Tripoli. The revelations provide new details on the West's efforts to turn Libya's mercurial leader from foe to ally and provide an embarrassing example of the U.S. administration's collaboration with authoritarian regimes in the war on terror. (AP Photo/Human Rights Watch)AP - The CIA and other Western intelligence agencies worked closely with the ousted regime of Moammar Gadhafi, sharing tips and cooperating in handing over terror suspects for interrogation to a regime known to use torture, according to a trove of security documents discovered after the fall of Tripoli.

Brazil denies terrorists operate within borders (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:01 PM PDT

AP - Khaled Hussein Ali lives in Sao Paulo and allegedly works for al-Qaida. But this does not mean he is a terrorist.


Malaysia mourns TV journalist killed in Somalia (AP)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:13 PM PDT

AP - A Malaysian TV journalist fatally shot in Somalia received a hero's funeral Sunday attended by Malaysia's prime minister and hundreds of mourners.


Post-Gaddafi Tripoli: How Libya's Civil Servants Are Holding It Together (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT

Time.com - The interim government is still trying to get its act together but in the meantime the old civil service continues to function, even without pay


Japan new PM Noda enjoys strong voter support (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:44 PM PDT

Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attends a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo September 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Two-thirds of Japanese voters back new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as his call for unity within the ruling party and conciliatory stance toward the opposition raised hopes for speedy policy implementation, newspaper polls showed Sunday.

Narrow Tech Pay Gap, Wide Gender Divide and Sexual Harassment

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:40 PM PDT

Ready for some good gender-gap salary news? ??Women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) make 86 cents on the male dollar. That?s way better than the gap in the law which was 77 cents on the male dollar just one year ago. STEM needs far more women in it ranks. Only one out of ...


Japan new PM Noda enjoys strong voter support

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:44 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Two-thirds of Japanese voters back new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as his call for unity within the ruling party and conciliatory stance toward the opposition raised hopes for speedy policy implementation, newspaper polls showed Sunday.

VIDEO: Post-Gaddafi Libyan football win

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:09 PM PDT

The Libyan football team has won an African Cup of Nations qualifying game, its first major fixture since anti-government forces seized Tripoli.


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Israelis step up economy protest

Israelis step up economy protest

Israelis step up economy protest

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis again take to the streets in mass protests in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa over the high cost of living.


Panama lawmakers push vote run-off bill forward

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 01:15 PM PDT

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panamanian lawmakers on Saturday passed a bill that would require a run-off in close presidential elections, but opposition to the proposal is deepening the split in the country's ruling coalition.

VIDEO: Has Venice's Golden Lion lost its shine?

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:30 PM PDT

The Venice Film Festival has long been a key event in the celebrity calendar, but with fresh competition from cities like Toronto, has the race for the Golden Lion lost some of its shine?


VIDEO: Israeli anger over cost of living

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:28 PM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken part in a mass protest in Tel Aviv to voice their anger at the high cost of living in the country.


Israelis holds 'march of a million' protest

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:23 PM PDT

Protests held in major cities across Israel, at what organisers hope will bring one million people into the streets.


DealBook: The Survivor Who Saw the Future for Cantor Fitzgerald

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:19 AM PDT

Howard Lutnick, one of the few at Cantor Fitzgerald to survive the Sept. 11 attacks, has rebuilt his company, and then some.

A Man Behind the Hunt for Al Qaeda

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:43 PM PDT

Michael Vickers's preoccupation — "my life," he says — is dismantling Al Qaeda.

Libya’s Interim Leaders Aim to Harness Rebel Fighters

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 12:01 PM PDT

The rebels have formed a Supreme Security Committee of civilian officials and militia leaders, which will take control of all security matters in Tripoli.

Pakistan kidnap 'to punish tribe'

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:49 AM PDT

The Pakistani Taliban say 25 boys they abducted were kidnapped as a punishment for pro-government tribesmen who have been fighting the militants.


VIDEO: Amateur footage of Syria street battles

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:38 AM PDT

Russia has condemned the EU's move to step up sanctions on Syria by banning imports of its oil, amid ongoing protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.


Neglect at Afghan Military Hospital

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:32 PM PDT

U.S. officers last year found injured soldiers lacking treatment and even starving at Afghanistan's Dawood military hospital, with corrupt personnel demanding bribes to feed and care for patients.


Turkey Expels Israeli Ambassador

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:15 AM PDT

Turkey said it was suspending all military agreements with Israel and would expel its ambassador from Ankara, blaming Israel for the collapse of a once-strategic alliance.


Tel Aviv Protest Is Planned

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:03 PM PDT

A mass demonstration touted as a "million man march" Saturday night in Tel Aviv will test the staying power of a seven-week protest movement that has rattled Netanyahu's government by tapping into middle-class frustration over the cost of living.


Iran's Alleged Nuclear Work Raises Alarm

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:03 PM PDT

The U.N.'s nuclear agency says it is "increasingly concerned" that Iran has conducted experimental work to develop nuclear weapons, in particular on warheads to deliver nuclear payloads.


EU Bans Syria Oil as Marchers Are Shot

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:07 PM PDT

The European Union banned all import of Syrian crude oil to protest Damascus's violent suppression of demonstrators, the most serious measure so far taken by the international community against the Syrian leader.


Union Sues Over Mexican-Truck Plan

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 09:52 AM PDT

The Teamsters filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration on Friday seeking to block the government's plan to allow Mexican trucks back into the U.S.


NATO Kills Afghan Militant Linked to al Qaeda

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 02:18 AM PDT

NATO and Afghan forces killed a former Guantanamo detainee who had become a key al Qaeda affiliate after returning to Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.


Chirac to Go on Trial

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:08 PM PDT

Former French President Jacques Chirac is due to stand trial starting Monday on embezzlement charges related to his stint as Paris mayor, the first time a former president of modern France is being forced to defend himself in court.


Talks Stall on Greek Aid

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:22 PM PDT

Talks over new bailout funds for Greece were suspended amid disagreements over how to fill a government-deficit gap that once again is veering off track.


Spain Is Closer to Controls on Budget

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:24 PM PDT

Spain's lower house of parliament approved a controversial amendment that will enshrine budgetary controls in the constitution, the country's latest effort to overhaul its finances.


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