http://9us.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for us en Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:38:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038861 unknown@Netscape.com The US and Israeli air forces have began a week-long joint military exercise in southern parts of the occupied Palestinian territories. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:38:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038861IsraelusmilitarymiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2039218 unknown@Netscape.com WASHINGTON: General Peter Pace will step down as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in September, and the US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, will recommend that Admiral Michael Mullen, of the navy, replace him as the President's top military adviser. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:50:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2039218PoliticsusForcesCommanderNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2037684 unknown@Netscape.com It is no secret that American drivers are fond of their gas guzzlers. But it may prove tougher than anyone thought to persuade them to switch to greener vehicles. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:55:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037684globalwarmingClimatechangedeniersautomobilesandCO2usNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035714 unknown@Netscape.com When the Iranians established a religion-based gov't, the U.S. considered them enemies. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:27:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035714iranusenemiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036573 unknown@Netscape.com When the Iranians established a religion-based gov't, the U.S. considered them enemies. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:27:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036573iranusenemiesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035112 unknown@Netscape.com The Antarctic base occupied by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole on foot early last century has been included on a list of the world's 100 most endangered sites. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:05:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035112globalwarmingClimatechangeantarcticauspolicyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031830 unknown@Netscape.com President Putin need not worry about the US missile defense system as it does not work, according to a group of US scientists. The Union of Concerned Scientists made this statement even President Bush prepares to meet with his Russian counterpart tomorrow in Germany. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:49:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031830PutinusmissiledefensesystemrussiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2024736 unknown@Netscape.com The first study to rank nations and regions according to their peacefulness has put China at No 60 and the United States at 96. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:18:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024736chinauspeacerankNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2024523 unknown@Netscape.com As U.S. jets roared overhead, Mahdi Army militiamen on Sunday battled with Iraqi troops and local police searching for two militia leaders in the southern city of Diwaniyah. At least three people were killed and 24 wounded, official Iraqi sources reported. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:41:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024523MahdiMilitiairaqiTroopsusBattlesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2025180 unknown@Netscape.com So far we have not received any report of death resulting from using the toothpaste. The U.S. handling (of this case) is neither scientific nor responsible," China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement posted on its Web site over the weekend. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:25:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025180chinacontaminatedtoothpasteFDAusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2022819 unknown@Netscape.com More than four years after the fall of Baghdad, the United Nations is spending millions of dollars in Iraqi oil money to continue the hunt for Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:11:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022819UNwmdHusseinusbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2021965 unknown@Netscape.com Our Founding Fathers would surely be confounded today by the way the democratic system upon which they founded this country is running out of steam. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:35:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2021965demsVsrepubsdemocracyinPerilusPoliticsstateofThenationDemocraticRepublicNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2019813 unknown@Netscape.com One of the candidates put forward by Boozman is former Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Betty C. Dickey. Dickey has longstanding ties to Griffin Thu, 31 May 2007 17:16:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2019813RoveGriffinusattorneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2018305 unknown@Netscape.com Wednesday the Department of Justice informed the House and Senate Judiciary Committees that it was expanding an internal investigation into the bungled firings of eight U.S. attorneys. Thu, 31 May 2007 01:19:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2018305usattorneysGonzalesattorneyFiringsjusticeDepartmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2017716 unknown@Netscape.com Exact Quote: ROSIE: I'm saying that if you were in Iraq and another country, the United States, the richest country in the world invaded your country and killed 655,000 of your citizens, what would you call us? Wed, 30 May 2007 19:34:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2017716rosieodonnellcallsusterroristsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2017233 unknown@Netscape.com Videos from servicemen telling why they proudly serve in the United States Military. Wed, 30 May 2007 18:53:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2017233ServicemenandwomenmilitaryservinginTheusarmedForcesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2015731 unknown@Netscape.com "Your failure to meet our demands ... means that you and your people will, Allah willing, experience things which will make you forget about the horrors of September 11, Afghanistan and Iraq, and Virginia Tech," said the bearded Gadahn, addressing his comments to President George W. Bush. Wed, 30 May 2007 03:17:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2015731aoQaedaislamuswarterrorismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013348 unknown@Netscape.com Much of the western U.S. may be headed into a prolonged dry spell "perfect drought," scientists say, that could persist for generations. Mon, 28 May 2007 15:10:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013348droughtusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013834 unknown@Netscape.com Last June, U.S. immigration officials were presented a plan that supporters said could help slash waiting times for green cards from nearly three years to three months and save 1 million applicants more than a third of the 45 hours they could expect to spend in government lines. It would also save about $350 million. The response? No thanks. Mon, 28 May 2007 08:21:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013834usImmigrationofficialsgreenCardscostsavingsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2011611 unknown@Netscape.com Gonzales, the president's lawyer and Texas buddy, is twisting slowly in the wind, facing a vote of no confidence from the Senate. Sun, 27 May 2007 16:26:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011611usattorneysGonzalesattorneygeneralbushcongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2010409 unknown@Netscape.com The US appears to have rejected draft proposals by Germany for G8 members to agree tough measures in greenhouse gas emissions, leaked documents have shown. Sat, 26 May 2007 07:33:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2010409greenhousegasesglobalwarmingClimatechangeG8usNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2009172 unknown@Netscape.com NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said his voluntary plan to cut greenhouse gases is on track, citing a 2006 dip in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, but environmentalists say the change is a temporary blip that goes against an overall trend. Fri, 25 May 2007 17:26:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009172cutofgreenhousegasesontrackbushuscarondioxideemissionsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2006686 unknown@Netscape.com Both Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and his former chief of staff Kyle Sampson approved a plan to bypass the Senate and install Karl Rove-protege Tim Griffin as U.S. attorney in Arkansas. Thu, 24 May 2007 02:20:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2006686whitehouseusattorneyGonzalesbushsampsonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1957510 unknown@Netscape.com Even as he came under renewed political pressure this week, Alberto Gonzales faced sharp criticism from many of his own US attorneys at a private meeting in San Antonio. Over a dozen US attorneys spoke during the morning session, most of them expressing concern about the scandal's impact on their own offices and the overall image of the department. Sat, 19 May 2007 08:51:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1957510AlbertoGonzalesjusticeDepartmentusattorneysbushcongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1955653 unknown@Netscape.com Rep. Artur Davis, a Democrat from Mobile, said Friday he is pushing for a "no confidence" vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Davis and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., both former federal prosecutors, said they would introduce the symbolic resolution urging Gonzales' resignation on Monday. Two Democratic senators, Chuck Schumer of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California, said earlier this week they would offer a similar resolution stating that Gonzales was too weakened to remain on the job. Sat, 19 May 2007 03:27:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1955653GonzalesAlbertoattorneygeneralusattorneysNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1893268 unknown@Netscape.com If the House Judiciary Committee session Thursday starring Alberto Gonzales produced few revelations about the suspicious dismissal of eight (or nine or more) U.S. attorneys, the hearing did clarify a critical political reality. No matter how discredited he is, this attorney general will not resign. Tue, 15 May 2007 02:36:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1893268AlbertoGonzaleslawbushusattorneysNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1883533 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD - An al-Qaida front group that claims it has captured American soldiers warned the United States on Monday to stop searching for them and suggested it attacked the U.S. convoy as revenge for the rape and murder of a local teenager last year. Mon, 14 May 2007 19:12:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1883533iraqAlAaidabaghdadkidnappedussoldiersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1875450 unknown@Netscape.com The evidence from the Senate investigation of the unprecedented firing of 8 U.S. attorneys shows an attorney general whose misjudgments are profound, and who is complicit in the greatest politicization of the U.S. Department of Justice since the Nixon administration. Here are some of the particulars of why Alberto Gonzales should go. Sun, 13 May 2007 22:10:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1875450AlbertoGonzalesDepartementofjusticeusattorneysinvestigationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1873924 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. said Sunday it is willing to talk to Iran if discussions deal only with Iraq, where the Bush administration says Tehran is undermining the Baghdad government and exporting deadly roadside bombs. Sun, 13 May 2007 20:08:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1873924iraniraqusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1866003 unknown@Netscape.com By many tangible measures, the U.S. health care system isn't much to brag about. For example, the World Health Organization reported that in 2000 the U.S. ranked 24th in the world in "healthy life expectancy." "Basically, you die earlier and spend more time disabled if you're an American rather than a member of most other advance Sun, 13 May 2007 00:27:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1866003freemarketfundamentalismiskillingusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1857183 unknown@Netscape.com The sleepy town of Geraldton in Western Australia is best known for its busy fishing port that also exports natural resources to Asia. Sat, 12 May 2007 07:21:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1857183usspyFacilityAustraliaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1841783 unknown@Netscape.com Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) replied to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' suggestion that Congress focus on issues other than the firing of US Attorneys by stating that he'd continue to investigate the matter. "My hope is that the members will focus their questions today on the US Attorneys and related matters," the Chairman of the House Fri, 11 May 2007 13:05:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1841783conyersToGonzalesnoletsKeepTalkingAboutTheusattorneysNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1836750 unknown@Netscape.com The top U.S. commander in Iraq reminded troops Thursday they must fight by the rules after a Pentagon survey found many of them support torture in certain cases and would not report a comrade for killing or wounding civilians. Fri, 11 May 2007 00:05:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1836750PetrausmoralityethicsusTroopsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1833676 unknown@Netscape.com I thought I knew who I was--until I tried to establish my "identity" with the U.S. Passport Center. Thu, 10 May 2007 23:09:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1833676uspassportsidentitygovernmentBureaucracyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1828186 unknown@Netscape.com For a man with much to be modest about, Alberto R. Gonzales sure seems to be feeling his oats these days. On Wednesday, in prepared remarks he intends to deliver to the House Judiciary Committee when he testifies again on Capitol Hill today, the Attorney General told the lawmakers to move their pretty little minds past the U.S. Attorney scandal so Thu, 10 May 2007 19:29:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1828186GonzalesSenatejudiciarycommitteeusattorneyscandalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1799345 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon said on Tuesday it told another 35,000 U.S. soldiers they were in line to go to Iraq, a move that gives commanders enough forces to maintain a security crackdown there through at least the end of the year. Tue, 08 May 2007 18:11:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1799345iraqussoldiersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1800283 unknown@Netscape.com The author is an Iraqi women who recently left Baghdad to study in the United States. Out of concern for the safety of our Iraqi contributors and their families and friends, Electronic Iraq does not reveal an Iraqi author's full identity unless the author gives us permission to do so. Tue, 08 May 2007 08:50:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1800283iraqiwomanstudyusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1768682 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD - A roadside explosion outside the Iraqi capital on Sunday killed six American soldiers and a civilian journalist, the military said, among 12 U.S. troop deaths reported on a day when two car bombs killed at least 44 Iraqis at a Baghdad market and a police headquarters. Sun, 06 May 2007 22:22:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1768682iraqwarbaghdadamericansoldiersusTroopsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1765840 unknown@Netscape.com It seems more likely than ever that the firings were part of an attempt to turn the Justice Department into a partisan political operation. There is, to start, the very strong appearance that United States attorneys were fired because they were investigating powerful Republicans or refused to bring baseless charges against Democrats. Sun, 06 May 2007 08:34:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1765840bushGonzalesusattorneyFiringsscandalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1757509 unknown@Netscape.com Five years ago, as he was preparing to invade Iraq, President Bush told tales of how Saddam Hussein was inches away from nuclear weapons, and how the Iraqi regime had vague but threatening ties with Al-Qaida, and how his strategies were all about responding to 9/11. It was as terrifying as any ghost story, and the fact that his evidence was as insu Sat, 05 May 2007 12:12:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1757509bushstilltellingusstoriesAboutiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1749894 unknown@Netscape.com Only 40 percent of Marines and 55 percent of U.S. Army soldiers deployed in Iraq say they would report a fellow serviceman for killing or injuring an innocent Iraqi, a Pentagon report released on Friday shows. Fri, 04 May 2007 22:51:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1749894iraqwarMarinesarmyussoldiersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1719728 unknown@Netscape.com As I sat in the student center at my university yesterday, I got a chilling reminder of the shootings at Virginia Tech earlier this week. I looked around at the faces of people I didn't know and thought about their families and my own family and how awful it would be if something like that were to happen here. How would we recover? What some are Thu, 03 May 2007 11:41:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1719728TheusdenialandcultureofviolenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1676162 unknown@Netscape.com Us magazine offers "No comment." Janet Gabriel knows this story was false. Why? Because she was there on stage with Paris when she declined. Not because she can't sing, but because she didn't know the song. No shame in that is there? Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:01:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1676162princeParishiltonJanetgabrielusMagazineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1673698 unknown@Netscape.com Four U.S. soldiers were killed in Baghdad over the weekend, the military said on Monday, taking the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq this month to more than 100. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:15:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1673698ussoldiersiraqbaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1674905 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. efforts to rebuild Iraq are so beset with daily violence, corruption and poor maintenance that Iraqis will not be capable of managing reconstruction anytime soon, investigators say. Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:57:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1674905auditproblemsforusrebuildinginiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1660438 unknown@Netscape.com Iran made attempts to reach a "grand bargain" between the U.S. and Iran, before Bush administration hard-liners killed the effort in 2003. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:12:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1660438iranusrapprochementbushadministrationforeignpolicyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1652912 unknown@Netscape.com Friday's document dump reveals that Monica Goodling, who was recently granted immunity after pleading the fifth, instructed DOJ officials to delete documents relevant to the US Attorney Firings, ahead of congressional subpoenas. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:04:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1652912usattorneyFiringsmonicaGoodlingscandalDOJObstructionofjusticeGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1657405 unknown@Netscape.com Most assumed the story was true, as Us Magazine is a fairly credible celebrity news source. Well according to this rather descriptive comment left on Glosslip.com, the Prince/Paris singing dis story is a complete fabrication. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:14:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1657405princeParishiltonusMagazineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1655285 unknown@Netscape.com The United States has lost its global standing during George W. Bush's presidency and needs a Democratic commander in chief to restore America's place in the world, Democrats running for the White House said Saturday. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:27:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/16552852008presidentialraceHillaryClintonbushglobalstandingofusNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1644586 unknown@Netscape.com Congressional sources who have seen unedited internal documents say the Bush administration considered firing at least a dozen U.S. attorneys before paring down its list to eight late last year. The four who escaped dismissal came from states considered political battlegrounds in the last presidential election: Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:24:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1644586usattorneysbushelectionNews