Monthly Archive: October 2004

October 15, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Muslim American’s Change Candidates This election day, Muslim-Americans will likely be casting far fewer votes for George W. Bush than they did in 2000. Ed Stephen explains from D.C. Male Fish...

October 14, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Financial strategists around the world are concerned that today’s economic news may indicate a much weaker U.S. economy than previously thought. The U.S. trade deficit is at its second highest in...

October 13, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Gaza Violence Continues A Palestinian schoolgirl who was hit by Israeli gunfire as she sat inside a United Nations school in Gaza died today. Laila el-Haddad reports from Gaza. 11 Secretely...

October 12, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines (4:41) Quarter U.S. Families Are Working Poor More U.S. families are among the working poor. Sarah Turner with the Worker’s Independent News Service has the story. NYC Turns Down Day Care...

October 11, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Sharon Promises Peace While Bombing Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promises to withdraw from Gaza while more missiles rain down on the Jabaliya refugee camp. Laila el-Haddad reports from occupied...

October 08, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines FBI Takes IndyMedia Hard Drive The FBI has crossed borders and jurisdictions to claim the hard drive of the Independent Media Center based in London. Naomi Fowler has more from the...

October 07, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Baghdad Burning The Baghdad Sheraton Hotel came under heavy attack in the evening local time. The hotel is the temporary home of many U.S. contractors, soldiers, international journalists, and others.  Two rockets...

October 06, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines As a major rewrite of corporate tax law advanced closer to passage today, a provision that would allow government regulation of tobacco products was stripped from the measure. The tax package...

October 05, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Today,  D.C. residents protested against the construction of a new major league baseball stadium.  Ingrid Drake was there. Dangerous levels of lead have been detected in drinking water in Boston, New York, Detroit,...

October 04, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines The fighting is raging on in the occupied Gaza strip where today 8 more Palestinians were killed during this fifth day of the most recent incursion by the Israeli military. Representatives...