Monthly Archive: October 2000

October 27, 2000

Download Audio CIVIL UNIONS DIVIDE VOTE IN VERMONT Vermont is experiencing one of the most contentious election seasons in its history. The state is deeply divided over the issue of civil unions. A law...

October 20, 2000

Download Audio MIDDLE EAST CEASE-FIRE CRUMBLES Any positive effects of the cease-fire brokered by Israeli and Palestinian negotiators at Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt earlier this week may soon be erased by a resurgence of violence....

October 13, 2000

Download Audio REPRISAL AND ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST Tension in Israel and the Occupied Territories reached a new level on Thursday as Israeli military helicopters attacked the offices of the Palestinian Authority in...

October 6, 2000

Download Audio PEOPLE POWER IN BELGRADE In Belgrade, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanding the ouster of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic overwhelmed riot police and took over the city’s most important sites. Protesters stormed...