Monthly Archive: March 2005

March 31, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:26) Resistance to Bolton Nomination Growing George W. Bush’s nomination for the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is facing growing resistance.  For the first time, Senate Democrats on the Foreign...

March 30, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:26) Protests in Egypt Protesters took to the streets of several Egyptian cities today in defiance of a ban on public dissent to protest a potential fifth term in office for...

March 29, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Bank Launders Money for Pinochet Pays Fine The bank that helped the former Chilean dictator launder money will pay one of the largest fines in U.S. history. Kelly Giddens reports from...

March 28, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines The Israeli Parliament overwhelmingly voted to halt a potential national referendum on the proposed pull out from Gaza, making way for the plan to move ahead. Yet, over the weekend, the...

March 25, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Students End Hunger Strike Georgetown University students ended their 9-day hunger strike after university officials agreed to an immediate wage and benefit increase for school employees.  Ingrid Drake reports from the D.C....

March 24, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) The U.S. Supreme Court announced they are rejecting the Terry Schaivo case. This is the fifth and likely the last time the issue can go before the high court.  A Florida...

March 23, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:20) Kyrgyzstan Demos Riot police broke up an opposition rally in the capital of Kyrgyzstan today and the new interior minister warned that authorities may use force to restore order suggesting...

March 22, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines FBI Calls Military Interrogation Practices Suspect Internal U.S. government documents show that FBI agents called intelligence gathered through the Pentagon’s coercive interrogation practices at Guantanamo Bay suspect. Mitch Jeserich has more....

March 21, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Nepal Locked Down Tight The streets of Katmandu remain unusually quiet as taxies, trucks, rickshaws and the thousands of motorcycles that usually fill the streets are virtually absent.  About two-dozen student and...

March 18, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:58) Bipartisan Threats on the Hill Senate Republicans are preparing to use what they are referring to as “the nuclear option” if Democrats make good on their promise to slow down...