Monthly Archive: October 2005

October 17, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:06) EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL The death toll in the October 8 quake in Kashmir has soared to over 50,000. The Prime Minister of Pakistan administered Kashmir said the toll could rise...

October 14, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines NALCHIK SEIGE ENDS Fighting has ended been Russian troops and Chechen rebels in the city of Nalchik. After a prolonged exchange of gunfire and a hostage situation, Russian authorities say they...

October 13, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) PROTESTS CONTINUE IN MANILA Hundreds of students clashed with policemen today during a march towards the presidential palace in the Philippines. Police arrested 10 for illegal assembly. Girlie Linao reports...

October 12, 2005

 Download MP3 Headlines (5:09) SYRIAN OFFICIAL COMMITS SUICIDE Syria’s Interior Minister, Ghazi Kanaan, was found dead in his office today. The cause of death was apparently a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. Kanaan was...

October 11, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) ELECTIONS IN LIBERIA Liberians went to the polls today to take part in the country’s first general elections since the end of a Civil War in 2003. Voters began lining...

October 10, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (4:42) RESCUE EFFORTS IN PAKISTAN As rescue workers scramble to deliver aid to earthquake survivors in Pakistan, they are faced with the challenge of transportation to the hilly areas. Sonali Kolhatkar...

October 07, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:02) NYC SUBWAY PLOT Strict security measures have been implemented in New York City’s subway system after FBI warnings of a terrorist plot involving bomb-laden baby carriages and briefcases. In New...

October 06, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (4:38) UK-IRAN DIPLOMATIC ROW A senior British official has directly accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guard of supplying Iraqi insurgents with sophisticated roadside bombs that have killed eight British soldiers and two...

October 05, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (6:22) NEW FDA RULES ON ANIMAL FEED In an effort to prevent an outbreak of mad cow disease in the country, the Food and Drug Administration called for new rules to...

October 04, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (4:28) DELAY INDICTMENT Prosecutors in Texas upped the stakes when they re-indicted Tom Delay Monday. From KPFT in Houston, Renee Feltz has the details: Underlying allegations against the US House Majority...