Monthly Archive: January 2006

January 17, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:04) ACLU FILES SUIT AGAINST NSA The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against the National Security Agency, charging that the agency’s domestic spying operation violates several key tenets...

January 16, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines ATTACK ON SHELL FACILITES CONTINUE IN NIGER DELTA Armed groups continue their attacks on oil installations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. The oil facility targeted in...

January 12, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (6:18) INDIA’S CHANGES POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE India has seemingly shifted it’s policy on curbing greenhouse gas emissions during the ongoing climate change conference held by six of the world’s biggest...

January 11, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) WEST REACTS TO TEHRAN The Bush administration and the government of British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, have both made statements indicating that the United Nations Security Council will take up...

January 10, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:10) IRAQ WAR COULD COST TRILLIONS A new study has determined that the Bush administration’s original estimate of the cost of the war in Iraq may be radically lower than the...

January 09, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:25) CORRUPTION SCANDAL FALLOUT Republican Congressman, Tom Delay, will leave his position as House Majority leader. The GOP is now trying to distance itself from ongoing corruption scandals. Ingrid Drake reports...

January 06, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (4:46) FOOD CRISIS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization issued a special alert today, warning that millions of people are on the brink of starvation...

January 05, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) PADILLA TRANSFER APPROVED The US Supreme Court has ruled that terror suspect, Jose Padilla, can be transferred to civilian custody, but that ruling will not mean his legal challenge to...

January 04, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:52) BLOODY DAY IN IRAQ Iraq witnessed some of the worst violence in recent weeks today. A suicide bomber killed 36 people and wounded 40 others when he detonated his explosive...