Monthly Archive: October 2002

October 31, 2002

Download MP3 Sharon’s Government Collapses (4:14) Israel’s nineteen month old coalition government fell apart today with the withdrawal of the Labour party and the resignation of key Labour ministers. Irris Makler in Jerusalem looks...

October 30, 2002

Download MP3 20,000 Say Goodbye to Senator Paul Wellstone Walter F. Mondale said today that he seeks to replace the late Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone on the ballot in Minnesota. Mondale wrote to the...

October 29, 2002

Download MP3 Arafat Appoints New Cabinet Israel is saying it will not accept a U.S.- backed peace proposal because it is based partly on an Arab plan that calls for withdrawal from all occupied...

October 28, 2002

Download MP3 Over 100,000 Protest Against Iraq War in DC (4:09) MN Celebrates Life of Wellstone – Anti- War Protests (2:42) Americans in Iraq Protest Bush’s War (2:23) Lula Wins Presidential Race in Brasil...

October 25, 2002

Download MP3 MN Senator Wellstone Dies in Plane Crash Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota died in a tragic plane crash earlier today. His wife, daughter and five members of his staff were also killed....

October 24, 2002

Download MP3 Federal Funds Used to Promote Republican Candidates With 12 days to go before the Congressional Elections, President Bush, much to the consternation of some Democrats – continues to travel the country far...

October 23, 2002

Download MP3 Terror Suspects Released from Guantanamo  (3:37) The Pentagon has announced that some terror suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be released. Classified by the United States as “illegal combatants,” 598 men representing...

October 22, 2002

Download MP3 Israelis Ban Palestinians from their Farms  (3:58) Following an attack yesterday that was claimed by Islamic Jihad in which 14 people were killed and scores injured, Israeli soldiers in Hebron destroyed the house...

October 21, 2002

Download MP3 Hussein Frees Iraq’s Prisoners Iraq remains stunned today, less than 24 hours after Saddam Hussein announced that he was emptying all of the country’s prisons, releasing even political prisoners, army deserters and...

October 18, 2002

Download MP3 US Uses Different Approach with N. Korea (3:29) The Bush Administration has gone public with a North Korean admission that is has been working secretly for years to develop nuclear weapons. The...