Aug 30 Report: Japan's High Suicide Rates Linked to Unemployment Photo by Flickr user Patrik Ragnarsson. The Aokigahara Forest is a vast, tranquil and densely wooded area at the base of Mt. Fuji known as the "sea of trees." But in the last two decades the woods have earned… Continue reading
Aug 30 Brazil's Shifting Views of Church, Abortion and Lifestyle By Fred de Sam Lazaro Family in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Nicole See. Brazil's plummeting birth rate would seem like a triumph for the country's women's movement, which has long fought for information about, and access to, contraception. Today, in what remains the… Continue reading
Aug 30 Vermont Copes With Severe Flooding, Death Toll Rises Post-Irene Chris Baker surveys his Pompton Lakes, N.J., neighborhood, where rains and the cresting of nearby waters caused flooding. Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images. Two days after Hurricane Irene blew through the East Coast, Vermont is coping with severe… Continue reading
Aug 30 Libyan Rebels Issue Saturday Deadline for Gadhafi Loyalists to Surrender By News Desk Rebel fighters chat as they patrol the road between Misrata and Sirte on Tuesday. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images. As Libyan rebels moved toward Moammar Gadhafi's bastion of Sirte, where attempts at a negotiated end to fighting have thus far… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch Hurricane Irene's Cost May Hit $7B as Pricey East Coast Cleanup Begins Hurricane Irene's death toll reached at least 38 Monday as cleanup crews from North Carolina to New England continued to pick up after the storm amid ongoing flooding. Gwen Ifill discusses the storm's impact and the cost of the government's… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch As Life Gets Back to Normal, Tripoli's 'Heart Beginning to Beat Again' Gadhafi's Family Flees, but Hunt Remains for Libyan Leader… Continue watching
Aug 29 U.S. Drone Attacks on Suspected Terrorists Stir Controversy Drone photo by Wikipedia commons. The reported death of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader has brought new attention to America's reliance on unpiloted drone strike missiles as an effective way to go after terrorists, but also new animosity between… Continue reading
Aug 29 Irene Aftermath: How You Can Help View "Hurricane Irene Aftermath: How to Help" on Storify… Continue reading
Aug 29 Algeria: Gadhafi Family Members Crossed Border By News Desk 2 p.m. ET | The Algerian government said that Moammar Gadhafi's wife, three children and a handful of grandchildren have fled to Algeria, which borders Libya, but provided no information on the whereabouts of Gadhafi himself. His son Hannibal,… Continue reading
Aug 29 World Week Ahead: Search for Gadhafi; Mexico's Drug War By Larisa Epatko The hunt for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continues this week after rebels raided his palace in Tripoli and began to advance on his hometown of Sirte. Continue reading