Monthly Archive: June 2002

June 14, 2002

Download MP3 G8 Meeting in Alberta  (3:43) For the last two days, foreign ministers from the G8–the group of 8 most-industrialized nations–met in Whistler, British Columbia to prepare for the G8 summit in Alberta. Their...

June 13, 2002

Download MP3 Karzai Declared President Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-backed leader of the interim Afghan administration, can now call himself the victor of Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga. Karzai won the presidency after all his serious challengers...

June 12, 2002

Download MP3 Earth First! Wins FBI Suit  (3:40) The verdicts are in and they add up to four-point-four million dollars for plaintiffs Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari in their lawsuit against the FBI and Oakland...

June 11, 2002

Download MP3 Karzai Could Remain President in Afghanistan (4:30) The Reuters news agency is reporting that interim leader Hamid Karzai has declared himself the President Elect of Afghanistan. Reuters quotes Karzai as saying “It...

June 10, 2002

Download MP3 Supposed “Dirty Bomber” The United States government has arrested Jose Padilla, a Chicago man on his return from a trip to Pakistan, alleging that he a member of Al Qaeda, and was...

June 07, 2002

Download MP3 Bush Announces Permanent Office of Homeland Security (6:09) In a ten-minute speech last night, President Bush told a national televised audience that he proposes to form a permanent Office of Homeland Security....

June 06, 2002

Download MP3 Justice Department Aims to Fingerprint Arab and Muslim Visitors to America Yesterday, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Justice Department regulations that would require 100,000 foreign students, tourists and other visitors to be...

June 05, 2002

Download MP3 U.S. Interest in India Pakistan Conflict Donald Rumsfeld is on his way to South Asia where the Bush Administration says he will mediate the current tensions between India and Pakistan. Tensions between...

June 04, 2002

Download MP3 Arundati Roy on India, Pakistan, the US and War Musharaf: “For the past several months, tension along our border and the line of control are high, causing deep fears around the world...

June 03, 2002

Download MP3 Bush: New Plutonium Triggers Needed (3:16) As the US media continue to focus on the possibility of nuclear war in the South Asia region, the Bush Administration is hurtling along in solidifying...