http://issues.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for issues en Tue, 29 May 2007 21:04:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2014988 unknown@Netscape.com More than two-thirds of Americans believe there are circumstances in which a patient should be allowed to die, but they are closely divided on whether it should be legal for a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their own lives by prescribing fatal drugs, a new AP-Ipsos poll finds. Tue, 29 May 2007 21:04:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2014988rightTodieissuesdivideAmericansNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1765204 unknown@Netscape.com Microsoft and Yahoo! have a problem. Online ads are booming, and they're not. Microsoft's money-losing online business posted sales growth of just 10.9% last quarter. Yahoo! does make money, but last quarter its sales rose a mere 9%, excluding traffic acquisition costs Sat, 05 May 2007 20:26:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1765204yahooMicrosoftFixissuesonlineadsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1545865 unknown@Netscape.com Rolling Stone magazine will release its entire printed history on DVD in the fall, coinciding with the celebration of its 40th anniversary. Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:42:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1545865rollingstoneDVDarchiveissuesMusicNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1469645 unknown@Netscape.com The Israeli and Palestinian leaders discussed the broad outlines of Palestinian statehood for the first time in six years in a Sunday meeting that both sides called a small step toward breaking the paralysis in peacemaking. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:26:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1469645OlmertAbbasDiscussbroadpeaceissuesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/871849 unknown@Netscape.com "The U.S., with its war, racism, sexual restlessness, religious confusion, and economic disparity, is a nest of festering conflicts. Politics is the set of stories we tell ourselves as a way of seeking resolution. The campaign already shows how the beginnings of those stories are usually happy and why their endings rarely are." Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:31:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/871849candidatesandissuesracismsexismpovertyPoliticsofwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/855600 unknown@Netscape.com Hope will not assure Obama the presidency; nor will his current promises of what he will do as president in very general terms-as Obama adds: "All of this cannot come to pass until we bring an end to this war in Iraq." Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:47:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/855600obamahopeVsSubstancePoliticalagendacampaignissuesiraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/373949 unknown@Netscape.com Two private advocacy groups say they have found evidence of political pressure on government climate scientists at seven federal agencies in efforts to downplay the threat of global warming . Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/373949congressbeginsTacklingClimateissuesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/265085 unknown@Netscape.com Looking to instill discipline among Democrats, a coalition of labor, trial lawyers and liberal groups is launching lobbying and campaign organizations this week to keep Democratic lawmakers from straying on populist issues. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:56:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/265085PoliticsnewcoalitiondemsincheckpopulistissuesNews 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/4865 unknown@Netscape.com In past elections "gay marriage was an issue that drove voters to the polls," said Alex Johnson, executive director of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee "But we've seen polling which indicates that the intensity for that issue is not there for this cycle." Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:39:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4865Gay & Lesbiangaygay marriageelectionsissuesrepublicansNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1929 unknown@Netscape.com Gay marriage isn't what it used to be, and Democrats may have found something -- stem cell research -- that trumps it. Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:58:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1929Politicsdemocratsissuesgay marriagestem cellswisconsinNews