Monthly Archive: July 2006

July 17, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:48) TSUNAMI HITS JAVA A strong underwater earthquake near Indonesia sent a tsunami towards the coast of Java today. A local official from the hardest-hit beach town told Indonesia’s Metro TV...

July 14, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:18) FIGHTING IN SRI LANKA Sri Lanka’s president today invited advisers to develop a power-sharing plan to end the 2-decade ethnic bloodshed in the island nation. Ponniah Manikavasagam has more. Escalating...

July 13, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:03) HAND OVER OF IRAQI PROVINCE British forces have handed over security responsibilities to Iraqi authorities in the Muthanna province in southern Iraq. Approximately 700 British and Australian troops had been...

July 12, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:50) KASHMIR BLASTS At least five Indian tourists have been injured in a grenade attack on a resort in Indian administered Kashmir. Shahnawaz Khan has more. The attack comes after 5...

July 11, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) DOCTORS REPORT UNUSUAL WEAPON USED IN GAZA Israel continues its air strikes in the Gaza Strip today, killing one and injuring four others. This, as staff members at a Gazan...

July 10, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:28) CHECHEN REBEL LEADER KILLED Russian authorities today announced the killing of Chechen rebel leader, Shamil Basayev. Federal Security chief Nikolai Patrushev says Chechen rebels were planning attacks to coincide with...

July 07, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (6:02) DETENTION ORDER FOR RIOS MONTT A Spanish judge has issued an international order for the capture of former Guatemalan dictator, Efraín Rios Montt, along with seven others accused of acts...

July 06, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:23) NORTH KOREA President George W. Bush is calling on the presidents of Russia and China to join an international effort to condemn the North Korean missile tests. President Vladimir Putin...

July 05, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (4:48) RE-COUNT BEGINS IN MEXICAN ELECTION Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute today began a re-count of the votes cast in Sunday’s elections as allegations of irregularities continue to surface. Tim Russo has...

July 03, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:19) EX-SOLDIER CHARGED A discharged US soldier has been arrested in North Carolina and charged with allegedly murdering a family of four Iraqi civilians and raping one of them in March...