NewsCloud.com Us News http://www.newscloud.com/section/us Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:51:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight - International Herald Tribune http://www.newscloud.com/read/US_to_rely_on_Russia_for_manned_spaceflight_International_Herald_Tribune STAR CITY, Russia: This place was once no place, a secret military base northeast of Moscow that did not show up on maps. The Soviet Union trained its astronauts here to fight on the highest battlefield of the Cold War: space.

Yet these days, Star City is the place for America's hard-won orbital partnership with Russia, where astronauts train to fly aboard Soyuz spacecraft. And in two years, according to the Bush administration's plans, Star City will be the only place for sending astronauts from any nation to the International Space Station.

]]> European standoff over search engine data - International Herald Tribune http://www.newscloud.com/read/European_standoff_over_search_engine_data_International_Herald_Tribune BERLIN: For more than a year, European data privacy officials have been battling with U.S. Internet search engines, trying to get them to conform to European restrictions on the storage of personal information gleaned from the Web.

Now, as the U.S. titans Google, Microsoft and Yahoo continue to retain personal data beyond the six-month time limit established this year by the European Commission, regulators say their patience is running thin.

]]> US - the end of superpower status? http://www.newscloud.com/read/US_the_end_of_superpower_status The financial crisis signals the end of the US as a superpower

]]> tehran times : Pakistan army ordered to hit back at U.S. forces http://www.newscloud.com/read/tehran_times__Pakistan_army_ordered_to_hit_back_at_US_forces TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based U.S. troops inside the country.

Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.

]]> US economy: bad signs ahead http://www.newscloud.com/read/US_economy_bad_signs_ahead More signs from the Department of Commerce that the US economy is tanking with inflation up to a 17 year high

]]> US, Europe denounce Russian support for Georgian provinces' independence http://www.newscloud.com/read/US_Europe_denounce_Russian_support_for_Georgian_provinces_independence The US and Western European powers have issued vitriolic denunciations of Russia's decision to recognize the independence of the two breakaway provinces of Georgia-South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Russian President Dimitry Medvedev signed a decree Tuesday backing independence for the provinces, just one day after both houses of the Russian parliament voted unanimously to call on Medvedev to take the action.

]]> US recession reality check http://www.newscloud.com/read/US_recession_reality_check US jobless figures show that the US is now deep in recession

]]> Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mich_ruling_allows_K9_units_to_sniff_without_warrant GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.

A recent court ruling said police don't need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs there.

]]> "Good" economic news: glass empty or half-full? http://www.newscloud.com/read/Good_economic_news_glass_empty_or_halffull Don't believe the "good" economic news coming out of the US. It's a mirage

]]> US economy: more bad signs ahead http://www.newscloud.com/read/US_economy_more_bad_signs_ahead More bad signs for the US economy with warnings that the US will enter its worst recession in 30 years

]]> Fewer big corporations getting tax audits http://www.newscloud.com/read/Fewer_big_corporations_getting_tax_audits Fewer big corporations in the US are getting their taxes audited. Instead, the Internal Revenue Service is focusing on smaller companies.

]]> NOAA Launches Final Two Buoys to Complete U.S. Tsunami Warning System http://www.newscloud.com/read/NOAA_Launches_Final_Two_Buoys_to_Complete_US_Tsunami_Warning_System NOAA deployed the final two tsunami detection buoys in the South Pacific this week, completing the buoy network and bolstering the U.S. tsunami warning system. This vast network of 39 stations provides coastal communities in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico with faster and more accurate tsunami warnings.

]]> US business in the dark on climate change http://www.newscloud.com/read/US_business_in_the_dark_on_climate_change Terrorism 2.0 http://www.newscloud.com/read/Terrorism_20 Russian state TV suggests USA involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan - RAWA News http://www.newscloud.com/read/Russian_state_TV_suggests_USA_involved_in_drugtrafficking_from_Afghanistan__RAWA_News