Monthly Archive: February 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) EU DEBATES BOLKENSTEIN DIRECTIVE About 50 thousand labour unionists demonstrated outside the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, today. This as the parliament debated a revised version of the controversial Bolkestein...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:53) CLOSELY-CONTESTED NOMINATION OF PRIME MINISTER IN IRAQ Ibrahim al-Jaafari has been nominated by Iraq’s ruling Shia coalition to stay on as Prime Minister in the newly-elected government. His nomination yesterday...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:05) PROTESTS CONTINUE ACROSS MUSLIM WORLD Protests continue to rage across the Muslim world today in condemnation of cartoon depictions of the Islamic Prophet Mohammad. In India, home to the world’s...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:06) Gaza Update: Putin opens door to Hamas; Egyptian Diplomat Kidnapped In a victory for Hamas, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he is ready to invite the organization’s leadership to...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:11) ASBESTOS LEGISLATION GOES TO DEBATE Legislation to set up a $140 billion trust fund to pay those made ill by asbestos cleared its first hurdle when Senate Democratic Leader Harry...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:57) Israel steps up assassinations The Israeli military has stepped up its assassination campaign against Palestinian militants: today Israeli soldiers shot dead an Islamic Jihad leader during an arrest raid in...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:04) DOOMED FERRY OWNER’S OFFICE ATTACKED Family members of victims of the Egyptian ferry accident today stormed the offices of the company that owned the ship. Egyptian police reportedly used tear...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:46) RECORD PROFITS FOR SHELL The Anglo-Dutch oil company, Shell, today announced record profits for a British company. Consumer groups are calling on the government to implement a windfall tax. From...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:55) ACLU FILES FOIA REQUESTS ON PENTAGON SPY PROGRAM The American Civil Liberties Union and its local affiliates filed multiple Freedom of Information Act requests today, in an effort to uncover...