Monthly Archive: November 2002

Download MP3 China Announces New Leader In China, it has been decided: Huo Jintao will be the next Communist Party First Secretary. But as correspondent Alain Lewkowicz reports, in the street of Beijing, nothing...

Download MP3 Israeli Report on Iraqi Military Capability  3:20 A report published this week by a Tel Aviv University think tank concludes Iraqi military capability has greatly deteriorated since 1991. In the same report, the...

Download MP3 Iraq Agrees to UN Inspectors  (2:13) With the news that Iraq has agreed to allow weapons inspectors into the country as per last Friday’s UN Security Council resolution, a UN team will leave...

Download MP3 “Trading with the Enemy” Considering the events of the past several months, investing in Iraq wouldn’t sound like the safest bet. But the threat of war didn’t prevent an impressive turnout at...

Download MP3 Iraqi Parliament Condemns UN Resolution Early this evening, Iraq’s Parliament condemned last week’s U.N. Security Council resolution to allow weapons inspectors back in to the country. Iraqi President Saddam requested parliament to...

Download MP3 Security Council Passes Resolution on Iraq The United Nations Security Council today unanimously proved a US and British-sponsored draft resolution setting stringent conditions for renewed weapons inspections in Iraq and threatening serious...

Download MP3 Democrats after Republican Victory With the Republican wins this week, the White House says it’s now got a broad mandate to run the country. The Democratic leadership in the House is now...

Download MP3 Republicans Regain Control of Senate (3:30) After Tuesday’s midterm elections, Republicans regained control of the Senate and expanded their majority in the House of Representatives, Republican candidates beat Democratic incumbents in Missouri,...

Download MP3 Campaign Finance Reform Threatened in Courts  (2:20) George W. Bush is not up for reelection this year, but the outcome of Tuesday’s balloting does determine how much he’ll accomplish in the next two...

Download MP3 Iraqi Minister:World Backs Iraq Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced Monday Iraq may cooperate with a new U.N. resolution on Baghdad’s disarmament – provided it is not pretext for U.S. military action. Until...