http://world-news.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for World News en Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2678047 unknown@Digg.com Philip DeFranco talks about Viacom and Fireworks..... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:10:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2678047World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2677955 unknown@Digg.com Al Qaeda has successfully established a network for recruiting boys as young as 12 from across central Asia as it seeks new volunteers to enlarge its team of prospective suicide bombers and militants fighters, senior security officials from the Middle East have revealed to CBS News. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:47:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2677955World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2677687 unknown@Digg.com Canadian researchers are the first in the world to use high-resolution, 3-D imaging to create dramatic new footage of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease as it moves through the bloodstream of a living host. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:10:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2677687World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2677531 unknown@Digg.com US airline Continental and five people will stand trial over the 2000 Concorde crash near Paris which killed 113 people, French judicial officials say. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:50:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2677531World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2677481 unknown@Digg.com Any strike against Iran's nuclear facilities would be regarded as the beginning of war, a senior Iranian military official says. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:40:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2677481World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2677041 unknown@Digg.com Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, who was in Israel over the weekend, issued a strong warning today about the dangers of a military attack on Iran. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:20:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2677041World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2676711 unknown@Digg.com When President Bush announced his economic stimulus in January, he bragged that his package was the ?right size? and would ?boost? the economy. It sure has led to ?higher consumer spending,? but not where Bush had probably hoped. The adult pornography industry reports that has seen a huge uptick in business thanks to Bush?s package. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:30:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2676711World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2676039 unknown@Digg.com * Betancourt, 3 Americans, 11 other hostages rescued * Military infiltrated, tricked guerrillas * U.S. ex-hostages land in United States By Hugh Bronstein BOGOTA, July 2 (Reuters) - Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. hostages held... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:30:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2676039World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2675893 unknown@Digg.com Seventeen-year-old Heather Trujillo was given an 18-year suspended sentence in the death of 7-year-old Zoe Garcia. However, she must spend six years in the youth offender program. If she does not violate the terms of her plea deal, she will not have to spend any time in prison. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675893World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2675136 unknown@Digg.com UNITED NATIONS --Story developing Iran's senior diplomat said Tuesday that Tehran was seriously considering a new offer from six world powers to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program, and he praised the package as `constructive.'' The unusually positive remarks by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to a small group of reporters raised hope. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:10:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2675136World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2674727 unknown@Digg.com Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman were caught passing stolen Pentagon documents to Israeli "diplomats" in Washington. To prove their guilt, the prosecution has to prove 3 impossible to prove assumptions, thanks to judge T.S. Ellis III, one of them being 'that they knew it was unlawful to disclose the information'. Absurd... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:20:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2674727World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2674674 unknown@Digg.com What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. Christopher Hitchens undergoes the controversial drowning technique, at the hands of men who once trained American soldiers to resist?not inflict?it. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:30:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2674674World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2674584 unknown@Digg.com How's this for a coincidence? Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born in the same year, on the same day: Feb. 12, 1809. As historical facts go, it amounts to little more than a footnote. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:50:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2674584World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2674187 unknown@Digg.com Why the rise in gas prices is a good thing for Americans. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:20:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2674187World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2673502 unknown@Digg.com Almost half of flights to and from Heathrow are delayed by 15 minutes or more making it the worst performing airport in Europe, new figures reveal. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:41:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2673502World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2672929 unknown@Digg.com A 22 year veteran of the CIA and undercover operative in the Middle East was told on 5 separate occasions to falsify his reports or not file them at all, because his reports proved that Iraq had no WMD prior to invasion and that Iran canceled its nuclear weapons program in 2003. After repeatedly refusing his superiors fired him. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:00:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2672929World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2672827 unknown@Digg.com European countries, including other Nordic nations Denmark and Iceland, occupy most of the top 10 spots. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:22:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2672827World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2671314 unknown@Digg.com Al Qaeda's growing north Africa network plans to attack U.S. interests seeking control of the region's energy riches, its Algerian-based leader said in remarks published on Tuesday. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:50:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671314World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2671264 unknown@Digg.com A surveillance shows a woman dying on the floor of a emergency room while people nearby ignore her. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:01:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671264World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2671266 unknown@Digg.com Fancy a gentle paddle down the Thames? Or a splash about in the Norfolk Broads? Or maybe something a bit more bracing? Like a 120ft vertical drop, straight down the front of a churning, thundering, pounding waterfall into a jagged mess of rocks, froth and vegetation, with just a fibreglass kayak and a jaunty coloured helmet for protection? Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:58:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671266World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2671226 unknown@Digg.com Soaring fuel prices have forced one police force in the US to increase fines for offending motorists. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:48:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2671226World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2670764 unknown@Digg.com The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves. Suicides accounted for 55 percent of the nation's nearly 31,000 firearm deaths in 2005... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:19:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670764World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2670581 unknown@Digg.com With enough signatures, Californians could be voting to legalize marijuana in the upcoming November election. They need 694,354 signatures by September, 5, 2008. It's totally do-able. Its been over a decade since Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, was passed with over 5 million votes in favor. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:20:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670581World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2670465 unknown@Digg.com Nutraloaf is terrible but could it be so bad that it's unconstitutional? The question comes up more often than you might think. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:48:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670465World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2670069 unknown@Digg.com World marketed energy consumption is projected to increase by 50 percent from 2005 to 2030, according to a new report from the United States Energy Information Agency. Total energy demand in non-OECD countries is projected to increase by 95 percent, while OECD countries are expected to increase consumption by 24 percent. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:20:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670069World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2669739 unknown@Digg.com The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves. Suicides accounted for 55% of the nation's nearly 31,000 firearm deaths in 2005, the most recent year. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:00:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2669739World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2669152 unknown@Digg.com Six people were killed and another was critically injured when two choppers collided near Flagstaff Medical Center. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:50:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2669152World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2668925 unknown@Digg.com A baby boy had both legs broken by supporters of President Robert Mugabe to punish his father for being an opposition councillor in Zimbabwe.Blessing Mabhena, aged 11 months, was seized from a bed and flung down with force as his mother, Agnes, hid from the thugs, convinced that they were about to murder her. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:00:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668925World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2668783 unknown@Digg.com Iran is to dig 320,000 graves in border districts to allow for the burial of enemy soldiers in the event of any attack on its territory. General Mir-Faisal Bagherzadeh said, "We have plans to dig 15,000 to 20,000 graves in each of the border provinces or a total of 320,000, some of them mass graves if necessary." Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:42:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668783World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2668028 unknown@Digg.com Cyber-bullying used to involve sending threatening texts or e-mails, but the class of 2008 are finding social networks to be a fertile, and occasionally dangerous breeding ground, as Ian Hardy found out. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:25:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668028World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2667792 unknown@Digg.com Until January, a career diplomat appeared to be readying for retirement in Miami. Now the U.S. ambassador to Paraguay is the country's most unusual singing sensation. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:36:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667792World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2667458 unknown@Digg.com "Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran" Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:30:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667458World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2667302 unknown@Digg.com As many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:49:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667302World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2667206 unknown@Digg.com By proceeding with his one-candidate election on Friday, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has thumbed his nose at the international community. So what is the international community going to do to ensure compliance with democratic norms by the leader of a landlocked country whose economy is in free fall... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:11:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667206World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2667170 unknown@Digg.com Channel 4 paid a £150,000 ransom to secure the release of a documentary film maker who was held hostage for three months after trying to make contact with Al-Qaeda?s second in command. Sean Langan, 43, was held by criminals linked to the Taliban at a terrorist training camp in a lawless border region of Pakistan. His kidnappers threatened to sh Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:48:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667170World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2667083 unknown@Digg.com SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve gave gold the fuel it needed to restart its engine and the precious metal has already driven through the trading range barrier it's been stuck in for the past month. 'Buy gold! Buy silver! Buy them because they're the only defense against what's happening in all the other markets!!' Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:08:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2667083World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2666973 unknown@Digg.com American authorities will be able to obtain greater access to private information such as credit card transactions, internet browsing habits and travel histories of people in Britain under a deal being finalised by European Union officials. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:47:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666973World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2666496 unknown@Digg.com I'm not sure how we missed this one... but as of 2 days ago, the United States is now in Martial Law... don't believe me? Straight from the Whitehouse's own website, and GWB's own pen. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:20:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666496World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2666364 unknown@Digg.com Economic slowdown shaping attitudes as unemployment, higher energy costs hit entire continent. Americans express even more fear about the double threat of job losses and high gas prices. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:30:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666364World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2666337 unknown@Digg.com Isikoff told MSNBC, ?The Homeland Security Department is talking about expanding the program to use military satellites really, for domestic purposes. They say the primary driver is natural disasters ? like the recent flooding in the midwest ? to pinpoint areas that are most hard hit and to help with responses, first responses. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:00:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666337World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2666311 unknown@Digg.com Authorities told the NBC affiliate's Web site, 11Alive.com that around 2:30 p.m. that the boy was decapitated when he was struck by the Batman ride, a coaster at the amusement park that can travel as fast as 50 miles per hour. The park is just west of Atlanta. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:40:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2666311World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2665903 unknown@Digg.com News of a cluster of at least 17 pregnant teenagers at a small Massachusetts high school recently made headlines around the world, but it came at a time when teen pregnancies and abortions in the United States actually are at their lowest points in 30 years. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:00:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2665903World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2665624 unknown@Digg.com A powerful gun lobby group in the United States has filed legal challenges to handgun bans in San Francisco and Chicago. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:20:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2665624World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2664925 unknown@Digg.com Intelligent armed vehicles that use GPS, laser and heat-recognition technology are close to being deployed in hotspots Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:04:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664925World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2662515 unknown@Digg.com Brothel operated from a $250,000 bus and offered riders who paid a $40 cover charge lap dances and assorted sex acts.The bus and its six inhabitants were sidelined early Sunday morning after three undercover cops boarded the mobile brothel and observed women brazenly offering sex and lap dances (oral sex, cops said, cost patrons $100). Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:10:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662515World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2661772 unknown@Digg.com Armed forces recruits from the "Facebook generation" do not take data security seriously enough, a Ministry of Defence security probe has found. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:54:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661772World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2660682 unknown@Digg.com An Australian teenager who wore a T-shirt by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth that reads 'Jesus is a c**t' has been charged with offensive behaviour. Above the offensive slogan a nun is depicted masturbating. A 16-year-old was arrested on Monday for wearing the shirt and was charged with offensive behaviour. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:30:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2660682World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2660141 unknown@Digg.com Oxfam says so-called green policies in developed countries are contributing to the world's soaring food prices, which hit the poor hardest. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:31:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2660141World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2660027 unknown@Digg.com Bush Administration Weighs Striking Iran's Nuclear Complex, Which Could Trigger 3rd War In Region Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:40:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2660027World News http://web2announcer.com/go/2659750 unknown@Digg.com Jun. 23 - Saudi Arabia promised to boost oil output, but prices moved higher with analysts saying the era of cheap oil is over.The White House welcomed Saudi's output increase, but sought to dampen any expectations that it would do much Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:41:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2659750World News