Monthly Archive: June 2007

June 29, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines SUPREME COURT RECONSIDERS GITMO CASE The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments regarding whether Guantanamo Bay detainees can challenge their confinement in US civilian courts. The court refused to hear...

June 28, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) WHITE HOUSE DEFIES CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS The White House has moved to block congressional subpoenas issued as part of the investigation into the dismissals of 8 US attorneys. A letter issued...

June 27, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) SUBPOENAS ISSUED IN DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE INVESTIGATION Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and key White House officials have been served with subpoenas as part of a Congressional investigation into the Bush Administration’s...

June 26, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines BLAIR POISED TO BECOME NEW MIDDLE EAST PEACE ENVOY It appears as though Britain’s Tony Blair may become a Middle East peace envoy after he hands over his Prime Ministerial job...

June 25, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) OLMERT TO PROPOSE PRISONER RELEASE TO CABINET Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced plans to propose the release of 250 members of the Fatah movement currently held in Israeli...

June 22, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:45) CEASEFIRE IN THE WORKS IN LEBANON Lebanon’s Defense Minister has declared victory in the campaign to wipe out Fatah al-Islam positions in a Palestinian refugee camp near the northern city...

June 21, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) EPA PROPOSES RULE CHANGE ON SMOG LEVELS The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to revise rules regarding smog levels. The announcement comes after agency studies indicated that current standards...

June 20, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:44) SITUATION IN GAZA REMAINS GRIM Israel has sent tanks into the Gaza Strip and carried out airstrikes today for the first time since Hamas took control of the area a...

June 19, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines NEW OFFENSIVE IN IRAQ Ten thousand American troops have been ordered into a new offensive against Sunni insurgents northeast of Baghdad in the Diyala province. Meanwhile, US forces have launched attacks...

June 18, 2007

Download MP3 Headlines(5:34) DEADLY WEEKEND IN AFGHANISTAN Three days of intense fighting have left more than 100 people dead in southern Afghanistan according to Afghan official estimates. Casualties include police, Taliban fighters, and civilians....