http://middle-east.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Middle East en Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:37:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/442867 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:37:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/442867Normanoklahomanewspapermediatranscriptcon-un-drumnuclear warMiddle EastiranIsrael http://web2announcer.com/go/153871 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:12:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/153871??rcategorynamedescriptionbubblesauthorhingedatebubblesoundsthemespageMoviesdownloadsSoundlogoncustomWindowslogoffbackgroundswindows backgroundmapsreferenceblogsnewshistorymilitaryMiddle Eastuntil now i have just dicoveredwar http://web2announcer.com/go/120570 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:34:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/120570ehaqqjob seekersjob seekerreferraljob searchreferralsJobcompanyjobslovebuddyBossjob-seekerinside scoopsleevepersonal joblast jobemployerreferral exchangeNetworkpersonal referralfront pagestorieshugo chavezVenezuelapresidentaround the worldpollasia-pacificEuropeMiddle Eastcallal jazeera englishin picturesi don't knowre-electedchinaamericasnpr relatedemailedimportant http://web2announcer.com/go/7667 unknown@Netscape.com Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has said he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he has realised it would lead to war. Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:51:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7667NewsHassan NasrallahHezbollahNasrallahLebanonMiddle East http://web2announcer.com/go/7245 unknown@Netscape.com We are walking with open eyes into our next war." The pessimism of a senior Israeli official who made that comment on Aug. 13 was striking because he had just finished telling a group of security analysts brought to Israel by the American Jewish Committee that the United Nations-brokered cease-fire had achieved many of Israel's goals. Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:20:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7245NewsIsraelsyriaMiddle EastiranLebanon http://web2announcer.com/go/7170 unknown@Netscape.com Now that the guns have fallen silent and the carnage has stopped, our writhing, aching hearts for the dead, the dying and the injured of Lebanon can rest. Now that the destruction and mayhem have ceased, we can look around and begin to assess the damage, weigh the facts, analyze the causes and deduct conclusions. It is a strange war, a war like no Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:53:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7170PoliticsLebanonIsraelHezbollahMiddle EastterrorismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7105 unknown@Netscape.com Lebanon is entitled to compensation for the devastation Israel has wrought. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:46:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7105PoliticsMiddle EastIsraelLebanonwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7060 unknown@Netscape.com They were struggling in a boy band, working the West Bank wedding circuit and dreaming of stardom. Now the five singers who make up the Northern Band have come a little closer to their goal, with help from an unwitting ally - Hezbollah guerrilla chief Hassan Nasrallah. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:45:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7060NewsHezbollahNasrallahMiddle EastWest BankIsrael http://web2announcer.com/go/7048 unknown@Netscape.com 'I can't go to Iraq. I can't kill those children' - Suicide soldier's dying words to his mother Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:37:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7048PoliticsiraqterrorismMiddle EastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6949 unknown@Netscape.com Israelis may be trying to censor and limit the spread of this successful boy band - but they CAN NOT STOP THE ROCK! Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:22:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6949Do No EvilIsraelLebanonWest BankMiddle EastMusicNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6737 unknown@Netscape.com There is increasing evidence that Israel instigated a disastrous war on Lebanon largely at the behest of the United States. The administration of President George W Bush was set on crippling Hezbollah, the radical Shi'ite political movement that maintains a sizable block of seats in the Lebanese parliament. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:39:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6737PoliticswarIsraelLebanonUnited StatesMiddle EastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6097 unknown@Netscape.com Who wants to stand for peace when you can boogie? A couple weeks ago, Allie Silverman and friends danced three hours straight for peace at her Bat Mitzvah celebration at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Belmont. Allie alone raised as much as $1,200 for Seeds of Peace, an organization that facilitates friendship between children of Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:47:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6097Religionjudaismbar mitzvahbat mitvahseeds of peaceMiddle EastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5888 unknown@Netscape.com TONY BLAIR has won the agreement of President Bush for another push to revive the Middle East peace process, despite widespread dismay at America’s reluctance to follow through past initiatives. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:53:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5888PoliticsbushBlairMiddle EastpeaceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5257 unknown@Netscape.com Why would Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad decide to post an online diary? And why is it such a hit? Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:32:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5257NewsiranMahmoud AhmadinejadMiddle Eastblog http://web2announcer.com/go/5189 unknown@Netscape.com The breeze blew fine dust across graves where 29 people killed in an Israeli airstrike — half of them children — were buried, as the ground was opened for funerals in south Lebanon on Friday, the Muslim holy day. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:38:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5189NewsLebanonMiddle East http://web2announcer.com/go/4450 unknown@Netscape.com There is a beach in Lebanon called Ramlet el-Beida, which is Arabic for "the white sands". Sadly, the 1.5km sandy beach is today covered with black oil, killing and polluting everything it touches. Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:49:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4450NewsenvironmentLebanonMiddle Eastpollutionecosystem http://web2announcer.com/go/4409 unknown@Netscape.com There is strong evidence that as the Bush administration is mulling over plans to bomb Iran, the simmering conflict between high-ranking military professionals and militaristic civilian leaders is bursting into the open. Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:51:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4409PoliticsiranbushUSAMiddle EastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4406 unknown@Netscape.com Some Web sites have labeled him the "Green Helmet," and accused him of being a member of the Hezbollah guerrilla group, and of showing off bodies as propaganda. Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:35:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4406Newsgren helmet manMiddle EastLebanonIsraelinterview http://web2announcer.com/go/4095 unknown@Netscape.com Highlighting the fragility of the peace, Hezbollah guerrillas fired at least 10 Katyusha rockets that landed in southern Lebanon early Tuesday. Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:18:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4095PoliticswarRocketsLebanonMiddle EastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3764 unknown@Netscape.com A friend of mine recently visited the ruins of a Christian/Muslim/Palestinian village near the Lebanese border that had been bombed to oblivion by the Israeli army 60 years ago. And 60 years later, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. For the Israeli army, blowing up villages is still the preferred activity of choice. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:29:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3764NewsMiddle EastLebanonIsraeli violencevillages http://web2announcer.com/go/3748 unknown@Netscape.com The Lebanese cabinet has put off talks about disarming Hezbollah after Israel had agreed earlier to a UN proposed ceasefire due to go into effect at 5:00AM GMT. Postponement of these talks shows the area may not find a much needed respite from fighting. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:25:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3748NewsIsraelLebanonHezbollahMiddle Eastceasefire http://web2announcer.com/go/3753 unknown@Netscape.com Iranian authorities are stepping up arrests and pressure on popular bloggers as part of a wider Internet clampdown launched after hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became president last year, ending years of freewheeling Web access that once made Iran among the most vibrant online locales in the Middle East. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:04:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3753TechnologyBloggersiranCensorshipMiddle EastInternetNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3708 unknown@Netscape.com U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that a cease-fire in the Hezbollah-Israel fighting will take effect at 8 a.m. Lebanese time (1 a.m. EDT) Monday. Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:21:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3708NewsIsraelcease-firemondayLebanonMiddle East http://web2announcer.com/go/3183 unknown@Netscape.com The UN Security council has yet to reach an agreement after yesterday's talks, but will resume discussions today, Friday, August 11th. Russia worries a solution will take too long and is drafting a three day ceasefire plan for humanitarian reasons. Fighting continued in the south and areas just south of Beirut were bombed earlier today. Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:27:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3183NewsIsraelLebanonHezbollahMiddle Eastceasefire http://web2announcer.com/go/3127 unknown@Netscape.com The author takes a closer look at the conflict and its true cause - America's foreign policy, not hatred for our freedom or for us being "infidels." Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:24:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3127PoliticsamericaReligionMiddle EastwarIsraelNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2981 unknown@Netscape.com What is the change, and how is it being brought about? Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:14:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2981PoliticsIsraelMiddle EastwarLebanonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2964 unknown@Netscape.com The "new Middle East" being born out of the warfare in Lebanon may be one where Islamic extremists are even stronger and reformists are isolated amid widespread skepticism over U.S. promises of democracy, activists in the Arab world warn. Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:58:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2964PoliticsMiddle EastextremistsislamNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2662 unknown@Netscape.com As the latest round of violence in the Middle East continues to flare between Israel and Hezbollah, two disparate religious groups - Mormons and Muslims - have pooled their resources to aid the casualties of the conflict. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:31:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2662ReligionMiddle EastMuslimsmormonsIsraelHezbollahNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2310 unknown@Netscape.com Fighting continued on both sides overnight in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Lebanon's decision to send 15,000 troops to the south of the country met with some criticism from Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Olmert noted that Hezbollah would have to be disarmed for the plan to be useful. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:06:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2310NewsIsraelLebanonHezbollahMiddle EastOlmert http://web2announcer.com/go/2168 unknown@Netscape.com What was intended as a sharp surgical Israeli strike at Hizbullah lasting a fortnight at best is turning into an increasingly intensive and bitter struggle that risks dragging in both Syria and Iran and fanning what the Syria's foreign minister, Walid Muallem, says could be a "regional conflict". And for the first time, Israel's main supporters Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:49:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2168PoliticsIsraelMiddle EastLebanonUnited Statesunited kingdomNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2019 unknown@Netscape.com Lebanon's prime minister said Monday an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Houla has left 40 people dead. "An hour ago, there was a horrific massacre in the village of Houla in which more than 40 martyrs were victims of deliberate bombing," Fuad Saniora told Arab foreign ministers in Beirut. Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:20:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2019NewsIsraelLebanonMiddle East http://web2announcer.com/go/1600 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. soldiers sent to beef up security in Baghdad were seen for the first time on the streets of the capital Saturday as Iraqi police used loudspeakers to reassure people that the Americans were there to protect them. Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:51:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1600NewsMiddle EastbaghdadiraqMasked http://web2announcer.com/go/1253 unknown@Netscape.com Kurdistan, a cultural region in the Middle East occupying part of Iraq, has launched a tourism campaign that some have poked fun at, particularly The Daily Show. Click the middle video entitled 'The Other Iraq' to see what everyone is talking about. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:38:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1253Popular Videosthe other iraqtourismMiddle EastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1233 unknown@Netscape.com MAALOT-TARSHIHA, Israel The Lebanese militia Hezbollah killed 12 Israelis - 8 civilians and 4 soldiers - on Thursday, making it Israel’s deadliest day in more than three weeks of conflict. As Israeli troops tried to create a narrow buffer zone inside Lebanon and bombed southern Beirut, Hezbollah’s leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, warned Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:28:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1233NewsHezbollahbeirutLebanonIsraelwarMiddle East http://web2announcer.com/go/1058 unknown@Netscape.com Iran TV Discussion on the Myth of the Gas Chambers and the Truth of Protocols of the Elders of Zion; ‘The Only Solution for This Cancerous Tumor [Israel] is Surgery’ Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:22:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1058NewsiraniseraelMiddle East http://web2announcer.com/go/1003 unknown@Netscape.com This useful service aggregates news from various Israeli, US, and Palestinian news sources, which is of particular interest given the current situation. If you look closely, you'll see the news is aggregated via AJAX calls to a new (but currently private service) called Dapper, that makes it easy to use content from any website. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:25:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1003NewsIsraelLebanonMiddle Eastpalestineweb 2.0 http://web2announcer.com/go/936 unknown@Netscape.com After a pause of a few days in air strikes, Israel has started up air attacks on Beirut once again. Yesterday, Wednesday, marked the highest number of rocket attacks from Hezbollah on Israel. The US, the UK and France are set to discuss plans for peace later today at the UN Security Council. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:19:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/936NewsIsraelHezbollahbeirutceasefireMiddle East http://web2announcer.com/go/787 unknown@Netscape.com Israel pressed the first full day of a massive new ground attack, sending 8,000 troops into southern Lebanon on Wednesday and seizing five people it said were Hezbollah fighters in a dramatic airborne raid on a northeastern town. Hezbollah retaliated with its deepest strikes yet into Israel, firing a record number of more than 210 rockets. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:27:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/787NewsIsraelLebanonMiddle Eastwar http://web2announcer.com/go/712 unknown@Netscape.com During an interview with Vali Nasr on Tuesday, Jon Stewart grew frustrated with the increasing violence in the Middle East, and offered his own plan for peace in the region. Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:03:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/712Popular Videosjon stewartdaily showMiddle EastpeacewarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/353 unknown@Netscape.com Will Lebanon's memories of what it once was and could be again be enough to withstand the radicalizing efforts of Hezbollah? Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:16:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/353NewsMiddle EastLebanonIsraelHezbollah http://web2announcer.com/go/377 unknown@Netscape.com Something radically new is emerging in the Middle East: the century-old Arab-Israeli dispute has been transmuted from a nationalist to a religious war. And as a result, the Arab-Israeli wars are now merging into the global conflict between radical Islam and the West. Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:17:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/377NewsArabIsraelMiddle EastHezbollahHamas