Monthly Archive: December 2006

December 29, 2006 – Year in Review

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) FSRN’s Year in Review 2006 has been a year filled with victories and disappointments, from millions stomping their feet for immigrant rights to the cost of war raging on in...

December 28, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) ISLAMISTS LEAVE MOGADISHU The Council of Islamic Courts leaders and their militias have left a number of their strongholds in Somalia, including the capital city. Abdurahman Warsameh reports from Mogadishu....

December 27, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (4:20) EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN A 7.1 magnitude earthquake killed two people in Taiwan yesterday. Damage to an underwater cable has affected telephone communications and internet services in the country. The earthquake...

December 22, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) PENTAGON TO SEND SOLDIERS WITH PTSD BACK INTO COMBAT The Pentagon announced new regulations on mental illness today, saying the military won’t send soldiers into combat if they are bipolar...

December 21, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) SOMALIA ON THE VERGE OF WAR Heavy fighting rages in Somalia for the second day running between Islamist fighters and government forces allegedly backed by Ethiopian troops around Baidoa, the...

December 20, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) WEST BANK SWEEPS As gun battles between factions rage on in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Army continues to carry out raids in several West Bank cities. Manar Jibrin reports....

December 19, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:20) EPA RELAXES RULES ON CHEMICAL EMISSIONS The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new rules that roll back public access to information about toxic waste releases. Brian Edwards-Tiekert has more. Under...

December 18, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) Key Democrats OK with More Troops to Iraq Senators Hillary Clinton and Democratic Leader Harry Reid have told television reporters they support increasing the number of US troops in Iraq...