Week of February 15, 2007
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes a surprise visit to Baghdad and
urges Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish politicians to use a lull in violence resulting from
a new security plan to reach long-delayed agreement on issues.
Senate Republicans block a Democratic effort to pass a resolution opposing
President Bush’s troop buildup in Iraq.
A U.S. Military helicopter crashes before dawn in southern Afghanistan, killing
eight American service members.
President Bush warns that fighting in Afghanistan was likely to flare this spring
and he called for a renewed commitment from NATO allies for additional troops
commitments to battle Taliban insurgents.
Iraq - Sunni Arab insurgents attack a new U.S. military outpost north of
Baghdad, killing tow American troops.
Some best-selling books -
Dust - Martha Grimes
You Suck: A Love Story - Christopher
Moore
The Castle in the forest - Norman Mailer
For One More Day - Mitch Albom
The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron
The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
The Proper Care and Feeding of
Marriage - Laura Schlessinger
Technology -
A federal judge rules that MySpace is not
liable for alleged sexual assault on a girl.
This after a female lied about her age
and met a guy via MySpace and was
allegedly sexually assaulted by him in
Texas.
Sports
LeBron James - Cleveland’s All-Star
forward teams with Microsoft’s MSN to launch lebron.msn.com - a story-book-
style website about his life designed for kids and teens.
