http://middle.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for middle en Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:37:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044835 unknown@Netscape.com Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah say they have agreed to the terms of a new truce to end days of fighting in Gaza that has left 80 people dead. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:37:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044835GazafatahHamasmiddleeastpalestineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2044501 unknown@Netscape.com A review of Noam Chomsky's new book, "Interventions," which is a collection of essays on American policy since 9-11. Chomsky's first essay is titled "9/11: Lessons Unlearned" in which he addresses the question: "Why do they hate us?" Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:27:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044501foreignpolicybushadministration911warmiddleeastNews 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/2038113 unknown@Netscape.com Are you a middle aged person who is tired of seeing the extra fat accumulated in his/her body? Here are some easy ways to reduce the weight at middle age. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:43:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038113weightlosshealthFitnessmiddleageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036109 unknown@Netscape.com In 1967, Israel deliberately attacked a US naval vessel, bombed it, napalmed it, torpedoed it, and even strafed life rafts full of sailors. The US whitewashed it. Here is the story. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:11:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036109IsraelwarmiddleeastPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036576 unknown@Netscape.com In 1967, Israel deliberately attacked a US naval vessel, bombed it, napalmed it, torpedoed it, and even strafed life rafts full of sailors. The US whitewashed it. Here is the story. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:11:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036576IsraelwarmiddleeastPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036608 unknown@Netscape.com In 1967, Israel deliberately attacked a US naval vessel, bombed it, napalmed it, torpedoed it, and even strafed life rafts full of sailors. The US whitewashed it. Here is the story. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:11:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036608IsraelwarmiddleeastPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036636 unknown@Netscape.com In 1967, Israel deliberately attacked a US naval vessel, bombed it, napalmed it, torpedoed it, and even strafed life rafts full of sailors. The US whitewashed it. Here is the story. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 06:11:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036636IsraelwarmiddleeastPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2011846 unknown@Netscape.com America's relentless drive to dominate the Middle East and its oil, blends well with Israel's insatiable appetite for water and unstoppable expansion. It is said that oil and water do not mix - but when they do, it becomes a lethal concoction with no easy solution. The fatal blend engulfing the Middle East today seems to have no end in sight othe Sun, 27 May 2007 19:20:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011846oilwaterwarmiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1961818 unknown@Netscape.com Former President Carter says President Bush's administration is "the worst in history" in international relations, taking aim at the White House's policy of pre-emptive war and its Middle East diplomacy. Sat, 19 May 2007 22:22:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1961818jimmycarterbushiraqwarmiddleeastpolicyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1926153 unknown@Netscape.com Gaza was on the brink of civil war last night as violent clashes between Palestinian factions spiralled out of control. Thu, 17 May 2007 17:01:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1926153GazaPalestiniancivilwarmiddleeastviolenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1843676 unknown@Netscape.com Two great books; required reading those who truly care about finding solutions to our problems in the Middle East! Fri, 11 May 2007 22:49:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1843676booksmiddleeastislamiraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1771785 unknown@Netscape.com As many as nine foreign peacekeepers, including up to eight French soldiers, were killed Sunday when a French plane attached to the Sinai's multinational peacekeeping force crashed in a remote, mountainous area of the desert, the force's spokesman said. Sun, 06 May 2007 12:22:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1771785crashdisastermiddleeastegyptsoldiersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1715017 unknown@Netscape.com In a society that is dependent on oil, it may just come down to survival of the fittest. Thu, 03 May 2007 05:50:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1715017oilbushrepublicansmiddleeastiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1704028 unknown@Netscape.com Iraq 's neighbors in the Middle East have "everything at stake" if Iraq fails, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said ahead of two international meetings that have become command performances for skeptical Arab states. Wed, 02 May 2007 10:20:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1704028ricemiddleeaststakeshighiraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1666126 unknown@Netscape.com Across the region, ordinary people want the Americans out. But from Israel to al-Qaida, political groups and states have other ideas Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:30:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1666126middleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1565367 unknown@Netscape.com BOSTON, Massachusetts - Emerson College sponsored an event last Tuesday to promote "America at a Crossroads" - the series of documentaries running this week on PBS analyzing the challenges the United States now encounters in the post-9/11 world. The audience - a paltry 50 or so Emerson College students, faculty and administration Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:07:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1565367middleeastamericaataCrossroadsdocumentariesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1548310 unknown@Netscape.com Somehow, though, I can't shake the idea that the Israel lobby, no matter how powerful, isn't all it is cracked up to be, particularly where it concerns the Bush administrations past and present. Indeed, when I think of pernicious foreign lobbies with disproportionate sway over American politics, I can't see past Saudi Arabia and its royal house, le Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:33:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1548310bushkingabdullahmiddleeastpolicysaudiarabiaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1464421 unknown@Netscape.com Majority Think Life Has Gotten More Difficult For Middle Class Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:33:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1464421middleclassrichpoortaxessqueezeMoneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1411263 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has come under heavy fire on a number of fronts over her trip to Damascus and her meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad -- an enemy of the United States, according to the Bush administration. But Syria insists it is no foe. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:32:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1411263syriamiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1355233 unknown@Netscape.com This systematic censorship of Middle East reality continues even in schools Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:48:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1355233freespeechschoolswarmiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1337919 unknown@Netscape.com Back home, conservatives and liberals alike criticized Pelosi's diplomatic freelancing as naive, sloppy and dangerous. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:24:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1337919pelosimiddleeastIgnorespresidentBushspolicymistakeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1329184 unknown@Netscape.com With her brief visit to Syria, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has provoked an outburst of flaming hysteria from the Bush administration, as well as from the neoconservatives who fashioned its ruinous war and failed foreign policies. Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:52:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1329184pelosineoconservatismsyriaOhlmertmiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1313623 unknown@Netscape.com Nuclear warheads aimed at the Middle East, war in Afghanistan and Iraq, huge naval demonstrations in the Persian Gulf, reports of terrorist incidents inside Iran - the long-standing claims by President Bush and others that Tehran "exports terror" is not exactly of the same magnitude as these. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:56:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1313623HalliburtonsanctionsmiddleeastwariranNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1280361 unknown@Netscape.com How do we stop the credit industry's predatory business model and get Americans out of debt when incomes aren't rising as fast as the costs of healthcare and housing? Last week, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board were forced to remind the nation's bankers to verify their customers' incomes -- adding that it might be a good idea to determine whe Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:11:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1280361TrillionsindebtcanThemiddleclasshangonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1243789 unknown@Netscape.com EU foreign ministers agreed Saturday to fully support a renewed Arab-led Middle East peace initiative and to work with the non-Hamas members of the new Palestinian government, an official said. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:10:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1243789HamaspalestineEUmiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1227789 unknown@Netscape.com As U.S.-British tensions with Iran escalate, many in the Middle East are discussing the possibility -- some say probability -- of a U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:35:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1227789middleeastiranwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1204773 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. steps up activity at the Iranian border - while another carrier strike group heads to the Persian Gulf. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:31:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1204773iranpersiangulfmiddleeastwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1176478 unknown@Netscape.com Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to meet every two weeks to discuss day-to-day issues, but also a "political horizon," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Tuesday after shuttling between the two sides for three days. Rice also said her envoy will try to set benchmarks for implementing a cease-fire. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:19:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1176478IsraelpalestinemiddleeastcondoleezzaricediplomacyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1173959 unknown@Netscape.com The confrontation with Iran has very little to do with nukes - and a lot with the agenda of empire. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:01:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1173959middleeastiraniraqEmpirewarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1152169 unknown@Netscape.com The visiting U.N. secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, said Sunday that the time is not ripe for meetings with Hamas officials in the new Palestinian government. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:03:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1152169UNHamasmiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/959622 unknown@Netscape.com Washington's escalation of threats against Iran is driven by a determination to secure control of the region's energy resources Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:21:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/959622chomskymiddleeastwariraniraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/886048 unknown@Netscape.com Israel has issued a worldwide security alert to its embassies in the wake of reports it may have kidnapped a top Iranian general in Turkey, a senior Israeli official tells ABC News. "This could be a reason for the Iranians to respond against us," said the official who said he had no information on the fate of the general. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:26:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/886048IsraelirankidnappingEmbassiesNewsmiddleeast http://web2announcer.com/go/825006 unknown@Netscape.com The Club de Monaco wrestles with the issues of the day: Should the United States stay in Iraq or withdraw? Should it talk to Iran or attack it? And, what should be done to revive the moribund Arab-Israeli peace process? Asks Patrick Seale. The Club de Monaco must be one of the most exclusive in the world because its members - all heavyweights of Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:03:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/825006clubdeMonacomiddleeastreadyresolutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/764974 unknown@Netscape.com Hundreds of thousands of American troops already occupy Afghanistan and Iraq, a number that is rising as the military surge moves forward. The justification, given endlessly since September 11th, is that both support terrorism and thus pose a risk to the United States. Yet when we step back and examine the region as a whole, it's obvious that thes Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:41:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/764974middleeastwariraqiranterrorismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/740050 unknown@Netscape.com Wow is pretty much all I can say. I know its pieced together but the guy in the chair has seriously went bonkers! He was getting pumped up and then SNAP! He's flipping out! lol You got to see this one. The music makes it even better. Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:33:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/740050VideofunnyhumormiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/654486 unknown@Netscape.com Dubai boasts the world's first indoor black-diamond ski run (despite the 40 degrees-plus outdoor heat), largest gold souk (with jewelry sold by weight), richest horse race, only seven-star hotel and more shopping malls per consumer than any other city in the world. Soon, it will add home of the tallest building in the world to that list. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:01:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/654486DubaimiddleeastguideactivitiestallestbuildingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/655384 unknown@Netscape.com Iran began its largest war games in almost a year Monday, just two days ahead of a U.N. Security Council deadline for Iran to halt uranium enrichment or face further economic sanctions. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:45:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/655384iranwargamesmiddleeastU.S.UraniumEnrichmentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/470405 unknown@Netscape.com On Jan. 31, President Bush headed to Wall Street and acknowledged for the first time that income inequality exists in America: "The fact is that income inequality is real. It has been rising for more than 25 years." But apparently, he's not quite ready to do anything about it. Bush's 2008 budget cuts crucial aid for America's middle class Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:59:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/470405PoliticsbushbudgetmiddleclassinequalityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/435012 unknown@Netscape.com The same neocon ideologues behind the Iraq war have been using the same tactics-alliances with shady exiles, dubious intelligence on W.M.D.-to push for the bombing of Iran. As President Bush ups the pressure on Tehran, is he planning to double his Middle East bet? Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:40:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/435012iraqiranwarmongeringneoconintelligencemiddleeastwmdNews http://web2announcer.com/go/400989 unknown@Netscape.com Given America's bitter experience in Iraq, one would think that President Bush could finally figure out that threats and brute force aren't a substitute for a reasoned strategy. But Mr. Bush is at it again, this time trying to bully Iran into stopping its meddling inside Iraq. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:18:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/400989iraniraqbushmiddleeaststrategyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/401852 unknown@Netscape.com Iraq's prime minister said Wednesday he's sure Iran is behind some attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and he won't allow his country to be a battleground for the two nations. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:26:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/401852AlMalikiiraqiranwarviolencemiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/358068 unknown@Netscape.com A Palestinian suicide bomber killed three people in a bakery in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, one of Israel's most popular holiday spots, in the first such attack in the Jewish state in nine months, police said. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:48:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/358068middleeastIsraelsuicidebombEilatNews http://web2announcer.com/go/340734 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration will inform Congress on Monday that Israel may have violated agreements with the United States when it fired American-supplied cluster munitions into southern Lebanon during its fight with Hezbollah last summer, the State Department said Saturday. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:28:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/340734IsraelclusterbombsLebanonmiddleeastU.S.News http://web2announcer.com/go/305818 unknown@Netscape.com It wasn't specific to Iraq? Oh no. It said the whole region! They could go into Greece or anywhere. I mean, is Central Asia in the region? I suppose! Sure as hell it was clear they meant the whole Middle East. It was anything they wanted. It was literally anything. No boundaries. No restrictions. Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:47:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/305818SenChuckHagelwarinmiddleeastPoliticsbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/272081 unknown@Netscape.com In the Arab world, why do woman-related stories dominate the headlines?This is a question that recurs whenever extraordinary stories are published or broadcast by our media outlets.An example is the Hijab debate in Egypt, which involved Culture Minister Faruq Husni, actor Hussein Fahmi and writer Iqbal Baraka. After that it was the Egyptian religio Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:53:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/272081ArabworldmiddleeastwomenissuesmediaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/247448 unknown@Netscape.com The vaccine for the bubonic plague, previously the biggest killer in Europe before bad dental hygiene, has finally been developed by scientists in the United Kingdom. However, despite the breakthrough experts fear that it may be too late to prevent the Black Death epidemic. Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:17:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/247448CorpsesfromThemiddleAgesArebeingInnoculatedAnywayNews http://web2announcer.com/go/240666 unknown@Netscape.com By Daniel Gross - What's hot for 2007 among the very rich? A $7.3 million diamond ring. Safari in Tanzania. Oh, and income inequality. Sure, some leftish, Democratic-leaning billionaires like George Soros have been railing against income inequality for years. But increasingly, centrist and right-wing billionaires are starting to fret about incom Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:46:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/240666superrichmiddleclassIncomeinequalityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/230403 unknown@Netscape.com A genocide is engulfing the people of Gaza while a silence engulfs its bystanders. "Some 1.4 million people, mostly children, are piled up in one of the most densely populated regions of the world, with no freedom of movement, no place to run and no space to hide," wrote the former senior UN relief official Jan Egeland and Jan Eliasson Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:22:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/230403GazapalestineIsraelmiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/208000 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she heard strong encouragement from Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their neighbors for quick progress toward a Middle East peace agreement. Before a session in which Rice was to update German leaders on her recent trip to the Middle East, Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Europe and others are eager to help." Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:13:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/208000iraqmiddleeastcondoleezzariceAngelamerkelpeaceNews