Monthly Archive: February 2007

February 14, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:45) EU RENDITION REPORT After a year-long investigation, the European parliament voted today to approve the findings in a report accusing Britain, Italy, Germany and other EU countries of deliberately ignoring...

February 13, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) BREAKTHROUGH WITH 6 PARTY TALKS Negotiators struck a deal today in Beijing that could lead to North Korea scrapping its nuclear weapons program. Only four months after testing an atomic...

February 12, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) SMALL EXPLOSION NEAR US BASE IN JAPAN The Pentagon is investigating a small blast that occurred today outside of a US Army base in Japan. Japan’s Kyodo News agency is...

February 09, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) CLASHES AT HOLY SITE IN JERUSALEM Excavation work near Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque triggered clashes inside of the Holy City today and provoked protests in other areas of the West...

February 08, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) PALESTINIAN UNITY TALKS The main Palestinian political factions of Fatah and Hamas today signed an agreement for a national unity government after two days of talks in the Saudi city...

February 07, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) Iraq: Seven Dead As U.S. Loses 5th Helicopter in Two Weeks A U.S. helicopter crashed in Iraq’s Anbar province today, killing all seven soldiers aboard. The military says the crash...

February 06, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) Aftermath of Senate Iraq Debate On Capitol Hill, there’s been more fallout today over a Senate Resolution on Iraq that was effectively filibustered last night. Republicans held almost a united...

February 05, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) THE OCCUPATION PROJECT RESPONDS TO WAR FUNDING REQUEST President Bush requested 100 billion dollars today as this year’s supplemental funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In response, a...

February 02, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines FLORIDA NIXES TOUCH-SCREEN VOTING MACHINES Florida Governor Charlie Crist has announced plans to abandon the touch screen voting machines that many of Florida’s counties installed after the disputed 2000 Presidential election....

February 01, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines IRAQ ATTACKS AND SUICIDE BOMBINGS Iraq has witnessed another day of intense violence with a double-bombing at a market in Hilla and 3 separate attacks in residential areas of Baghdad. Hiba...