Monthly Archive: May 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:12) More than 12-thousand landless farmers are to hold a mass protest in Brazil’s capital against what they are calling the government’s slow rate of reform. Natalia Viana reports from Sao...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:05) Editors at the magazine Newsweek are taking their licks after deciding to reconsider a portion of a story that incited protests among Muslims worldwide. David Koppel reports from D.C. Protests in...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:02) In Uzbekistan a clash between protesters and government forces is simmering on the brink of open rebellion.  Last night protesters stormed a jail in the eastern city of Andizhan  to release 23...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:34) Central American Leaders Push CAFTA in D.C. Six leaders of Central American nations are wooing Congressional leaders at the invitation of the White House hoping to soften them up for...

Download MP3 Headlines The bankruptcy judge overseeing the United Airlines case is permitting the largest pension default in US history. Doug Cunningham with the Workers Independent News Service has the story. A mandatory sentencing...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) VP Keeps Secret Notes Secret A federal appeals court struck another blow to the lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club and Judicial Watch to obtain meeting minutes from Vice President...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:57) All Women Paramilitaries, All Women Protests in Nigeria The Nigerian government will create an all-women paramilitary group to confront the mostly all-women protests against oil companies in the Niger Delta....

Download MP3 Headlines The chair of the Oil for Food Inquiry Committee, Paul Volcker, said that US Congressmen misused their subpoena power when they demanded that a former investigator turn over documents. A lawyer,...

Download MP3 Headlines WHO Follows Polio Outbreak in Indonesia The World Health Organization is investigating a recent outbreak of polio in Indonesia that has now infected four children. From Jakarta, Meggy Margiyono reports. Elections...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:35) Suicide Bombing in Northern Iraq A suicide bomber hit a police station in the Kurdish city of Irbil in northern Iraq.  It is the largest explosion in the normally peaceful town...