Free Internet Press Newsletter - Thursday July 19 2007 - (813)

Thursday July 19 2007 edition
Free Internet Press is operated on your donations. Donate Today
U.S. West Under Highest Wildfire Alert 2007-07-19 01:32:28 International wildfire crews could be called to help fight blazes in the bone-dry West as U.S. officials on Wednesday boosted the nation's wildfire alert to its highest level. "It's driven by a couple of things: The number of large fires we have, and also the fires are occurring in several states and in several geographic areas," Randy Eardley, a spokesman for the National Interagency Fire Center here, told the Associated Press. "The resources we have are being stretched thin." The wildfire preparedness level was raised to five as dry lightning blasted and sparked dozens of new blazes in Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah, where firefighters have been stretched thin by nearly 70 fires bigger than 100 acres burning in 12 states. National Guard units also could be mobilized under new level. Since Monday, there have been more than 1,000 new fires reported across the West, said Eardley. Read The Full Story Bush Government To Poor Voters: We Don't Want You To Vote 2007-07-19 01:32:01 The Justice Department is pressuring 10 states to purge their voter rolls, while states are ignoring laws to help low-income Americans register to vote. State welfare offices across the country are not offering millions of low-income Americans the opportunity to register to vote when applying for public assistance despite a federal law requiring them to do so, according to an analysis of a recent federal voting registration report and experts who say the Department of Justice and states are to blame. "It's huge. It's another area where the administration is failing us," said Donna Brazile, chair of the Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights Institute, speaking of the Department of Justice's oversight of the nation's voter registration laws. "They are not pushing states to recognize their voter registration responsibilities." At the same time, the Justice Department's Voting Section, which enforces voting rights and supervises elections in some states, is pressuring 10 states to do more to purge voter rolls - or remove ineligible voters - before the 2008 presidential election, according to letters sent to state election officials this spring. Read The Full Story Bush Rejects Republican Appeals To Compromise On Health Bill 2007-07-18 19:39:15 President Bush Wednesday rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats to renew the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program. The president objects on philosophical grounds to a bipartisan proposal to expand the program, known as SCHIP, by $35 billion over five years, saying that would expand it beyond its target population of low-income children and enlarge the role of the federal government. He has proposed $5 billion in increased funding and has threatened to veto the Senate compromise and a more costly expansion of the program being contemplated in the House. "I support the initial intent of the program," the president said in an interview with the Washington Post following a factory tour and discussion on health care with small-business owners in Landover. "My concern is that when you expand eligibility ... you're really beginning to open up an avenue for people to switch from private insurance to the government." The 10-year-old program, which is set to expire Sept. 30, costs the federal government $5 billion a year and helps provide health coverage to 6.6 million low-income children whose families do not qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford insurance on their own. About 3.3 million additional children would be covered under the Senate Finance Committee proposal developed by committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Montana) and Republican Sens. Charles E. Grassley (Iowa) and Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), among others. Read The Full Story Japanese Nuclear Plant May Be On Earthquake Fault Line 2007-07-18 19:38:27 The world's biggest nuclear power station faces an uncertain future after it emerged Wednesday that it may lie directly above the fault line that triggered Monday's earthquake in which nine people died and more than 1,000 were injured. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant - the biggest in the world in terms of output capacity - shook violently when a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Niigata prefecture in northern Japan on Monday morning. The plant was not designed to resist shaking caused by earthquakes of greater than magnitude 6.5. On another day of embarrassment for Japan's nuclear power industry, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which operates the plant, said the amount of radioactivity in water that leaked into the sea during the earthquake was 50% higher than it had originally said. The firm blamed a calculation error and said the levels were still well within safety standards. Late Wednesday it also said that 400 drums - not 100 as first reported - of low-level radioactive waste had toppled over during the quake. About 40 lost their lids, spilling their contents on to the ground as they fell. The spillage was one of more than 50 malfunctions the plant experienced in the immediate aftermath of the quake. Read The Full Story Public's Anger Grows Over Brazil Plane Crash 2007-07-18 19:37:54 The Brazilian government came under fierce attack Wednesday after the worst air disaster in Brazilian history claimed an estimated 200 lives. The accident happened on Tuesday evening as a crowded Airbus-320 passenger plane belonging to the Brazilian company TAM landed at Sao Paulo's domestic airport, Congonhas. Witnesses said the plane appeared to run out of control after touching down, shooting off the runway and over a busy road before smashing into a warehouse and exploding. Television images showed people desperately jumping from the warehouse's windows to avoid the flames. "The smoke began to rise and all I could see were the bodies falling, people throwing themselves off," an airport employee, Elias Rodrigues de Jesus, 33, told the Diario de Sao Paulo newspaper. Read The Full Story Report: Oxygen-depleted 'Dead Zone' Growing In Gulf Of Mexico Off Louisiana Coast 2007-07-18 14:10:08 Researchers predict that the recurring oxygen-depleted "dead zone" off the Louisiana coast will grow this summer to 8,543 square miles - its largest in at least 22 years. The forecast, released Monday by the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, is based on a federal estimate of nitrogen from the Mississippi River watershed to the Gulf of Mexico. It discounts the effect storms might have. The "dead zone" in the northern Gulf, at the end of the Mississippi River system, is one of the largest areas of oxygen-depleted coastal waters in the world. Low oxygen, or hypoxia, can be caused by pollution from farm fertilizer, soil erosion and discharge from sewage treatment plants, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The pollution is carried downstream by the Mississippi and comes from throughout the United States. Read The Full Story British Police Arrest Man In Plot To Murder Berezovsky 2007-07-18 14:00:45 A man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in connection with an alleged attempt to assassinate the Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, Scotland Yard confirmed Wednesday. The man, thought to be a Russian, was arrested in central London on June 21. He was handed over to immigration officials two days later, having been released without charge. It is understood that he has since been deported. The Home Office refused to comment, saying it was a "security matter". Berezovsky, 61, had claimed earlier that Scotland Yard warned him three weeks ago that a Russian assassin had been sent to murder him at the Hilton hotel on London's Park Lane. The disruption of the alleged plot came before the U.K.'s decision to expel four Russian diplomats, which was announced on Monday, and comes at a time of diplomatic crisis between the two countries. Read The Full Story Oil Industry Offers Sobering Supply Outlook 2007-07-18 13:59:50 It started with a simple question by Samuel W. Bodman, the energy secretary: “What does the future hold for oil and natural gas supply?” The query was made in October 2005 in a one-page letter sent to Lee Raymond, the former chairman of Exxon Mobil and head of the National Petroleum Council, a federal advisory group representing the oil industry. After nearly two years, Raymond has finally delivered his answer. The result is a colossal 476-page study entitled “Facing the Hard Truths About Energy” that involved 350 participants, suggestions from over 1,000 people, submissions by 19 foreign governments from Australia to Saudi Arabia, and dozens of subcommittees. The report, which was made public in Washington Wednesday, was billed as one of the most comprehensive analyses of the world’s energy challenge. In answering Bodman’s question, it also provides a sobering picture of the energy problem facing the United States and the world. Read The Full Story 17 Pakistani Soldiers Killed In Ambush Attack 2007-07-18 13:57:43 Seventeen soldiers were killed and 12 wounded in an ambush by militants in the restive North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday. “It was a classical guerrilla tactic”, said a senior government official. “The militants occupied heights, first triggered a roadside bomb to halt the military convoy and then opened fire on them”, the official said, requesting he not be named, because he was not authorized to speak on the subject. A military spokesman in Islamabad, Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad confirmed the incident but said that a number of militants were also killed by the soldiers’ return fire. “The militants took away the bodies of their comrades,” General Arshad said by telephone. Read The Full Story Analysis: Report Puts Bush Rationale For Iraq War On Shakier Ground 2007-07-18 01:22:12 The White House faced fresh political peril Tuesday in the form of a new intelligence assessment that raised sharp questions about the success of its counterterrorism strategy and judgment in making Iraq the focus of that effort. Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush has been able to deflect criticism of his counterterrorism policy by repeatedly noting the absence of any new domestic attacks and by citing the continuing threat that terrorists in Iraq pose to U.S. interests. But this line of defense seemed to unravel a bit yesterday with the release of a new National Intelligence Estimate that concludes that al-Qaeda "has protected or regenerated key elements of its Homeland attack capability" by reestablishing a haven in Pakistan and reconstituting its top leadership. The report also notes that al-Qaeda has been able "to recruit and indoctrinate operatives, including for Homeland attacks," by associating itself with an Iraqi subsidiary. These disclosures triggered a new round of criticism from Democrats and others who say that the administration took its eye off the ball by invading Iraq without first destroying Osama bin Laden's organization in Afghanistan. Read The Full Story White House Had Drug Officials Appear With Vulnerable Republican Candidates 2007-07-18 01:21:43 White House officials arranged for top officials at the Office of National Drug Control Policy to help as many as 18 vulnerable Republican congressmen by making appearances and sometimes announcing new federal grants in the lawmakers' districts in the months leading up to the November 2006 elections, a Democratic lawmaker said Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Henry A. Waxman (California), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee,  said documents obtained by his panel suggest that the appearances by the drug control officials were part of a larger White House effort to politicize the work of federal agencies that "may be more widespread than previously known." Waxman cited a memo written by former White House political director Sara M. Taylor showing that John P. Walters, director of the drug control office, and his deputies traveled at taxpayer expense to about 20 events with vulnerable GOP members of Congress in the three months leading up to the elections. In a letter to Taylor, Waxman also pointed to an e-mail by an official in the drug policy office describing President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, as being pleased that the office, along with the Commerce, Transportation and Agriculture departments, went "above and beyond" the call of duty in arranging appearances by Cabinet members at campaign events. Read The Full Story Dow Board Reaches Tentative Deal To Sell Wall Street Journal To Murdoch 2007-07-18 01:21:17 It’s now down to the Bancrofts. After months of back-and-forth negotiations, the board of Dow Jones voted Tuesday night in favor of recommending a tentative deal to sell the publisher of the Wall Street Journal for $5 billion to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. The final decision will be made by Dow Jones’s fractious controlling family, the Bancrofts, which could still seek to scuttle the sale, people who have spoken with family members said. That point was underscored by the fact that two of the four Bancroft family members on the board did not take part in the vote. Read The Full Story Japan Mayor Orders Shutdown Of Nuclear Plant Damaged By Earthquake 2007-07-18 00:20:27 The mayor ordered that a nuclear power plant hit by a strong earthquake be shut down Wednesday until its safety could be confirmed after a long list of problems - including radiation leaks, burst pipes and fires - came to light. The malfunctions and a delay in reporting the problems at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant fueled concerns about the safety of Japan's 55 nuclear reactors, which have suffered a string of accidents and cover-ups. "They raised the alert too late. I have sent stern instructions that such alerts must be raised seriously and swiftly," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters in Tokyo. "Those involved should reflect on their actions." The facility is the world's largest nuclear plant in power output capacity. Japan's nuclear plants supply about 30 percent of the country's electricity, but its dependence on nuclear power is coupled with deep misgivings over safety. The power plant suffered broken pipes, water leaks and spills of radioactive waste when it was hit by the eathquake Monday, said the plant's operator. Read The Full Story Iranian Militants Demad Return Of British Diplomatic Compound In Tehran 2007-07-18 00:19:51 Britain's tense relations with Iran are likely to be further strained next week by an officially linked campaign demanding the handover of the British embassy residence compound in Tehran. Hardliners will stage a conference demanding the return to Iran of Gholhak gardens, a 200,000 square-meter  (50-acre) compound providing accommodation for British diplomats and their families. The compound, in north Tehran's up-market Shemiran district, was presented to Britain at the height of its imperial might by the Qajar monarchy in the 19th century. It is separate from the sprawling British embassy complex several miles further south. Read The Full Story	U.S. Military: Insurgent Leader Is Not Real 2007-07-19 01:32:15 In March, he was declared captured. In May, he was declared killed, and his purported corpse was displayed on Iraq's state-run TV, but Wednesday, Omar al-Baghdadi, the supposed leader of an al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Iraq, was declared nonexistent by U.S. military officials, who say he is a fictional character created to give an Iraqi face to a foreign-run terror group. In reality, an Iraqi actor has been used to read statements attributed to al-Baghdadi, who since October has been identified as the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner. Bergner said the information came from a man whom U.S. forces captured July 4 and who was described as the highest-ranking Iraqi within the Islamic State of Iraq. The detainee, identified as Khalid Abdul Fatah Daud Mahmoud Mashadani, has served as a propaganda chief in the organization, a Sunni Muslim insurgent group that claims allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda. According to Bergner, Mashadani helped create Islamic State of Iraq as a "virtual organization" that is essentially a pseudonym for al-Qaeda in Iraq, another group that claims ties to al-Qaeda. The front organization was aimed at making Iraqis believe that al-Qaeda in Iraq is a nationalistic group, even though it is led by an Egyptian and has few Iraqis among its leaders, Bergner told a news conference. Read The Full Story Huge Steam Pipe Blast Kills 1 In New York City 2007-07-19 01:31:38 An underground steam pipe explosion tore through a Manhattan street near Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, swallowing a tow truck and killing one person as hundreds of others ran for cover amid a towering geyser of steam and flying rubble. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the explosion was not terrorism, though the blast caused a brief panic about a possible attack. "There is no reason to believe whatsoever that this is anything other than a failure of our infrastructure," he said of the 24-inch steam pipe installed in 1924. One person was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital from an apparent heart attack, said Bloomberg. About 30 people were injured, at least four seriously. Authorities could not immediately account for how the most seriously wounded victims were injured. The explosion caused widespread chaos as residents and commuters heard a huge blast - and feared for the worst. Thousands of commuters evacuated the train terminal, some at a run, after workers yelled for people to get out of the building. Read The Full Story Sunni Insurgent Groups Form Political Front To Plan For U.S. Pullout 2007-07-18 19:39:01 Seven of the most important Sunni-led insurgent organisations fighting the U.S. occupation in Iraq have agreed to form a public political alliance with the aim of preparing for negotiations in advance of an American withdrawal, their leaders have told Britain's Guardian newspaper. In their first interview with the western media since the U.S.-British invasion of 2003, leaders of three of the insurgent groups - responsible for thousands of attacks against U.S. and Iraqi armed forces and police - made clear that they would continue their armed resistance until all foreign troops were withdrawn from Iraq, and denounced al-Qaeda for sectarian killings and suicide bombings against civilians. Speaking in Damascus, the spokesmen for the three groups - the 1920 Revolution Brigades, Ansar al-Sunna and Iraqi Hamas - said they planned to hold a congress to launch a united front within the next few weeks and appealed to Arab governments, other governments and the United Nations to help them establish a permanent political presence outside Iraq. Read The Full Story Iraqi Base Shortages Herald Big Problems 2007-07-18 19:38:06 A shortage of electricity and fuel at an Iraqi military base has led to deteriorating equipment, difficulties with medical care and spoiled food that sent Iraqi troops to the hospital, says a U.S. report. The assessment, delivered by Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, said the Al Rasheed Brigade facility was not receiving enough electrical power from the city grid and was relying on generators. But contractors were not supplying enough fuel to keep the five generators going, leading to failures in the wastewater processing and refrigeration systems. In the most significant incident, the report said 300 Iraqis were hospitalized with intestinal illnesses after eating bad food. The report added that "emergency medical care is severely affected by insufficient power." Read The Full Story Steam Pipe Explosion Causes Scare In New York City 2007-07-18 19:37:36 Fire and emergency crews responded to the scene of a suspected steam pipe explosion near Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan on Wednesday during the evening rush hour, said officials. The New York Police Department said a steam pipe exploded, and had no immediate detail on possible injuries. The NYPD said it does not appear to be terrorism-related. Steam shot into the air from a gaping hole in the street near the train station and the Chrysler Building, and the air near the site was filled with debris. Read The Full Story Earthquake Forces Toyota, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors To Halt Production 2007-07-18 14:00:58 Japanese automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp., called production halts Wednesday at factories in Japan because of quake damage at a major parts supplier. The temporary closure of auto parts maker Riken Corp.'s plant at Kashiwazaki city, near the epicenter of Monday's magnitude 6.8 quake, has forced Toyota, Nissan Motor Co., Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Fuji Heavy Industries to scale back production. Toyota, Japan's No. 1 automaker, will stop production lines at a dozen factories centered in central Aichi prefecture Thursday afternoon and all day Friday, said Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco. The company will assess the situation at Riken, supplier of key transmission and engine parts to Toyota, before deciding whether to resume production on Monday, he said. Read The Full Story U.S.: Top Al-Qaeda In Iraq Leader Caught 2007-07-18 14:00:29 The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership wields considerable influence over the Iraqi chapter. Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, also known as Abu Shahid, was captured in Mosul on July 4, said Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a military spokesman. "Al-Mashhadani is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the al-Qaeda in Iraq network," said Bergner. He said al-Mashhadani was a close associate of Abu Ayub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born head of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Bergner said al-Mashhadani served as an intermediary between al-Masri and Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri. Read The Full Story Inflation Still A Top Concern For Federal Reserve Chief 2007-07-18 13:58:14 Consumer prices rose at a tepid pace last month, although Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday that inflation remains a primary concern, particularly given the risk of surging energy and commodity costs. Separately, there was more glum news for the housing industry. Although housing starts increased in June, the number of new housing permits - closely watched as a barometer of the industry's health - dropped by around 7.5 percent, more than analysts expected and a signal that builders remain pessimistic. In his latest update to Congress, Bernanke said the economy was poised to expand "at a moderate pace" over the rest of the year, although growth would be slower than the Fed initially expected. Inflation, he said, remains the central bank's "predominant" concern, but the weak state of the housing market - and the risk that it could weaken the overall economy - remained a risk as well. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday that prices rose 0.2 percent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, as a break in energy and clothing costs helped offset a continued steady rise in food prices. It was the slowest monthly showing for the Consumer Price Index in five months and a somewhat reassuring sign for Federal Reserve policymakers. Read The Full Story U.N. Warns Of Gaza Economic Collapse 2007-07-18 13:57:26 United Nations officials issued new warnings Wednesday about the dire collapse of Gaza's economy and called on the international community to open crossing points for trade. At least 68,000 Palestinians have lost their jobs in the past month since Israel closed the crossings out of the narrow, highly-populated strip of land, according to the latest Palestinian figures. The closures came after the Islamist movement Hamas seized full security control of Gaza in mid-June after months of near civil war with its rival, Fatah. Around 85% of Gaza's private sector employees were now out of work, said Nasser el-Helou, a prominent business leader. Thousands of factories have closed as imports and exports have halted. Read The Full Story Editorial: The Politics Of Fear 2007-07-18 01:21:57 Intellpuke: The following editorial appears in the New York Times' edition for Wednesday, July 18, 2007. It had to happen. President Bush’s bungling of the war in Iraq has been the talk of the summer. On Capitol Hill, some of the more reliable Republicans are writing proposals to force Mr. Bush to change course. A showdown vote is looming in the Senate. Enter, stage right, the fear of terrorism. Yesterday, the director of national intelligence released a report with the politically helpful title of “The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland,” and Fran Townsend, the president’s homeland security adviser, held a news conference to trumpet its findings. The message, as always: Be very afraid. And don’t question the president. Certainly, the report’s conclusions are disturbing. Nearly six years after 9/11, terrorism remains a huge threat.  Al-Qaeda has replaced leaders killed or captured by the United States, regrouped in its former home base in the tribal lands on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and is trying to use affiliated terrorists in Iraq “to raise resources and to recruit and indoctrinate operatives.” If the report is given an honest reading, it is a powerful rebuke to Mr. Bush’s approach to the war on terror. It vindicates those who say that the Iraq war is a distraction from the real fight against terrorism - a fight that is not going at all well. Read The Full Story R. James Nicholson, Head Of Veterans Administration, Resigns 2007-07-18 01:21:31 R. James Nicholson, the secretary of veterans affairs, resigned yesterday and said he would leave his post by Oct. 1, ending a tenure marked by the largest data breach in the federal government's history and sharp criticism of the care given to injured veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. In an interview, Nicholson said he first considered leaving his position at the government's second-largest department in February and recently made the decision final, in part because he will turn 70 next year and wants to get back into the private sector. He does not have a job lined up, he said. "My yearn to get back into the business world is strong," said Nicholson, adding that he was not asked to step down. "It is a good time - if there ever is a good time - to leave the V.A. There were no frustrations causing me to think about resigning. ... This job is so big and our mission is so multifaceted that there are always frustrations, so that was not a factor." Read The Full Story Bush Middle East Plan Starts To Unravel 2007-07-18 00:20:38 George Bush Tuesday encountered the weakest of welcomes for his call for an international peace conference on the Middle East. A day after he unveiled his plan for a conference of Israelis, Palestinians and Arab governments in the autumn, there were few signs of optimism that such a gathering could produce a final resolution to the conflict. The White House moved to douse expectations. "I think a lot of people are inclined to try to treat this as a big peace conference. It's not," Tony Snow, the White House's press secretary, told reporters. He added the conference would not address final status issues, such as borders, further lowering expectations. Israel had put Washington on notice earlier Tuesday that it was not prepared to discuss such issues as borders at the conference. Read The Full Story 200 Feared Dead In Plane Crash At Sao Paulo, Brazil 2007-07-18 00:20:13 At least 200 people were believed dead Tuesday night after a passenger plane crashed in the heart of South America's largest city, Sao Paulo. The accident, apparently the biggest in Brazilian history, happened at 6:45 p.m. local time when an Airbus-320 belonging to the Brazilian company TAM reportedly skidded on the runway while landing at Sao Paulo's domestic airport Congonhas. The plane, which was carrying 176 people, then slid over one of the city's busiest roads during rush hour before crashing into a warehouse located next door to a gasoline station and exploding. Television images showed flames and thick black smoke bellowing out from the warehouse and emergency services surging towards the scene. Sixteen deaths had been officially confirmed last night. Read The Full Story Europeans Lukewarm As Britain Seeks Support In Diplomatic Spat With Russia Over Litvinenko Murder 2007-07-18 00:19:33 The furious diplomatic row between Britain and Russia spilled into Europe yesterday as Britain looked for solidarity from its European Union partners and Russia warned them not to get involved. Britain failed to win the immediate, concerted response it was seeking. The Foreign Office had wanted a quick statement from the Portuguese, who hold the E.U. presidency, that would express a united European position denouncing Moscow for its lack of cooperation over the Litvinenko murder inquiry. But late Tuesday the Portuguese prime minister, Jose Socrates, had been unable to find a consensus among his fellow leaders. A statement may come Wednesday, but the delay may have weakened its impact. Read The Full Story
Original materials on this site © Free Internet Press. Any mirrored or quoted materials © their respective authors, publications, or outlets, as shown on their publication, indicated by the link in the news story. Original Free Internet Press materials may be copied and/or republished without modification, provided a link to http://FreeInternetPress.com is given in the story, or proper credit is given. Newsletter options may be changed in your preferences on http://freeinternetpress.com Please email editor@freeinternetpress.com there are any questions. XML/RSS/RDF Newsfeed Syndication: http://freeinternetpress.com/rss.php