Monthly Archive: April 2007

Download MP3 Headlines SCOTUS RULES AGAINST DETAINEES AGAIN The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by 2 Guantanamo Bay detainees who sought to challenge the legitimacy of the military tribunals created...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:20) SAUDI ANTI-TERROR STING Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested 172 suspected militants for allegedly planning to carry out attacks against oil facilities, military installations, and public figures. Saudi authorities say...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) SOMALI PM DECLARES “VICTORY” IN MOGADISHU Somalia’s interim Prime Minister has declared victory in the battle for control over the capital city, Mogadishu. Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi claimed that...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:45) ECUADOR’S HIGH COURT JUSTICES FIRED All nine of Ecuador’s Supreme Court judges have been fired for trying to reinstate opposition lawmakers removed from Congress two weeks ago. Quito correspondent Joseph...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:53) CHINESE RUN ETHIOPIAN OILFIELD ATTACKED The government of Ethiopia has blamed rebels backed by rival neighbor Eritrea for a raid on an oilfield today which claimed the lives of 74 workers....

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) US/RUSSIAN TALKS ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD American and Russian defense secretaries met in Moscow today to discuss the Pentagon’s controversial plans for a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. Elise...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:20) DOJ REQUESTS THAT DC COURT DISMISS GUANTANAMO CASES The Department of Justice has requested that the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismiss all pending cases brought by...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) ROMANIAN PRESIDENT IMPEACHED The Romanian Parliament today voted to impeach the country’s president. In Bucharest, Elise Hugus has the story. (Ambiance – fade under) Hundreds of supporters of President Traian...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) BAGHDAD BOMBINGS A series of car bomb explosions in Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad killed at least 170 people today and wounded nearly 200. Hiba Dawood reports. All three car bombs...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:45) VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE LEAVES SOUTHERN SCHOOLS ON EDGE Authorities have identified the man responsible for the Virginia Tech killings as 23 year old Cho Seung-Hui. The gunmen killed 32 people...