Monthly Archive: March 2007

March 30, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines(5:32) CONVICTION IN GUANTANAMO MILITARY TRIBUNAL The military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay today officially convicted Australian detainee David Hicks for providing material support for terrorism. Hicks accepted a plea deal in exchange...

March 29, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) ETHIOPIAN TROOPS LAUNCH SECURITY CRACKDOWN IN MOGADISHU Heavy fighting has erupted on the streets of Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops carry out what they say is a 3 day operation to...

March 28, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines(5:27) UK SUSPENDS BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH IRAN A diplomatic crisis provoked by the capture of 15 British sailors by Iranian forces has deepened. The British government today announced that it has suspended...

March 27, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:28) WAR SPENDING DEBATE The Senate today resumed it’s debate on a 122 billion dollar war funding bill.  The measure includes a suggested timeline for troop withdrawal by next March. The...

March 26, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:26) POWER SHARING DEAL ANNOUNCED FOR NORTHERN IRELAND Rival groups in Northern Ireland’s longtime civil conflict today signed a historic power-sharing agreement. The protestant pro-British Democratic Unionist Party and the mostly...

March 23, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) CARGO PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER MOGADISHU A cargo plane chartered by African Union peacekeepers in Somalia has been shot down over Mogadishu. Eleven passengers were in the plane at the...

March 22, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) MEXICAN LAWMAKERS DEBATE MAJOR REFORM TO SOCIAL SECURITY Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies is behind a wall of riot police today as the lower house of congress debates major reforms to...

March 21, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) FIERCE FIGHTING BREAKS OUT IN MOGADISHU Fierce fighting has erupted in Somalia after government troops tried to search for weapons in one of Mogadishu’s neighborhoods. Abdurrahman Warsameh reports. At least...

March 20, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) RUSSIAN MINE BLAST DEATH TOLL CLIMBS The death toll from yesterday’s methane explosion in a Siberian coal mine has risen to over 100. Rescue workers found one miner alive today....

March 19, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) METHANE EXPLOSION IN RUSSIAN MINE A gas explosion in a Russian coal mine has killed at least 61 people. At least 168 workers were in the Siberian mine at the...