News Headlines - 05 September 2011

▽Major websites hijacked by Turkish hackers - The Guardian
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8741597/Major-websites-hijacked-by-Turkish-hackers.html
Several major websites were hijacked by Turkish hackers on Sunday evening, with some visitors diverted to a page declaring it was “World Hackers Day”.

▽Blair was 'godfather to Murdoch's daughter' - AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iVi0M6N3nsnyoZ3eGA2kWU8iwb6A?docId=CNG.f1b9a4954d063407d172f8ee97430559.6d1
Former prime minister Tony Blair is godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's young children, sources said on Monday, raising fresh questions about British political links to the media mogul's empire.

▽Libya conflict: Gaddafi sons 'left Bani Walid' - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14784962
Two sons of fugitive Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi were holed up in the town of Bani Walid until Saturday but have now left, the head of the interim government has told the BBC.

▽U.N.: 750,000 people in Somalia face 'imminent starvation' - CNN International
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/05/somalia.famine.report/
A record 4 million people in Somalia need humanitarian aid and 750,000 people are in danger of "imminent starvation," the United Nations said on Monday.

▽Japanese Search for Missing After Deadly Typhoon - Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Japanese-Search-for-Missing-After-Deadly-Typhoon-129250048.html
Japanese rescue workers dug through mud and wreckage Monday in search of dozens of people who remain missing after Typhoon Talas hammered the nation's western coast.