Monthly Archive: June 2001

June 29, 2001

Download MP3   MILOSEVIC FACES WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL Liliana Smilovic reports from Belgrade on former Yugoslav President Solobodan Milosevic, who spent the night behind bars in the walled compound of the Hague under international...

June 28, 2001

Download Audio ALLEGATION OF ISRAELI NERVE GAS USE AGAINST PALESTINIANS Correspondent Rafael Krafft files a special investigative report about a new type of gas used by the Israeli army against Palestinian demonstrators. Doctors who...

June 27, 2001

Download MP3 CAMPAIGN TO END BILINGUAL EDUCATION HEADS TO COLORADO Nell Geiser reports from Colorado, where there’s an effort to eliminate bilingual education in the state’s public schools.  The campaign is led by Silicon Valley...

June 26, 2001

Download MP3 WESTERN STATES WRANGLE WITH ENERGY COMPANIES OVER OVERCHARGES Kata Mester reports from Sacramento on settlement talks between dozens of energy producers and western states to determine whether states were overcharged for power...

June 25, 2001

Download MP3 UN AIDS SUMMIT Susan Wood reports from the United Nations on the first ever UN Summit on AIDS where Kofi Annan is seeking to raise $7-10 billion a year to fight the...

June 22, 2001

Download Audio HOUSE BLOCKS FLORIDA OFFSHORE DRILLING Mitch Perry reports from Tampa on the U.S. House of Representatives vote to block drilling for oil and natural gas off the coast of Florida.  (4:00)   CIVIL...

June 21, 2001

Download Audio   PERUVIAN COURT SENTENCES BERENSON TO 20 YEARS Tatiana Harrison reports on the case of Lori Berenson, who was convicted of terrorism by a Peruvian civilian court and condemned to more than...

June 20, 2001

Download Audio OPPOSING THE DEATH PENALTY AFTER MCVEIGH & GARZA Renny McKay reports from Terre Haute, Indiana, where Timothy McVeigh and Juan Raul Garza were put to death within eight days after thirty-eight years...

June 19, 2001

Download MP3 IN THE HEADLINES Phil Ittner reports from Moscow on President Putin announces a new Russian military build-up. Shannon Novak reports from Vieques on the second day of Navy bombing.  Ellen Ratner reports from...

June 18, 2001

Download MP3 Host Verna Avery Brown speaks to columnist Molly Ivins about the execution of Juan Raul Garza tommorrow which would be the second federal execution since 1963. Timothy McVeigh was the first last...