Monthly Archive: July 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (4:45) BLAST AT ISLAMABAD RALLY A suicide bomber killed at least a dozen people today in a rally in Islamabad near the Pakistani Supreme Court building. Much of the demonstration consisted...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:20) Nuclear Scare After Japanese Earthquake A strong earthquake in Japan today has damaged a nuclear power plant causing the leak of radio active materials. Claudia Cragg reports. Britain Expels Russian...

Download MP3 Headlines SIGNS OF CHANGE IN UK RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION? Gordon Brown is soon to make his first visit to the United States as Britain’s new Prime Minister. But a speech...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) GOP SENATOR BLOCK REST MEASURES FOR RETURNING TROOPS Senate Republicans killed 2 measures yesterday to extend troop rest and recovery time. One would have given returning soldiers a minimum rest...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:57) MEXICAN GUERRILLAS CLAIM PEMEX ATTACKS A Mexican guerrilla group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on oil facilities that have paralyzed a part of the industrial sector. The...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN COST $12 BILLION A MONTH A new report puts the price tag for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at $12 billion dollars a month....

Download MP3 Headlines (5:45) EXECUTIVE TO LEGISLATIVE: BRING IT ON! President Bush has once again invoked executive privilege to keep former White House staffers from testifying under oath before open sessions of Congress. The...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) WIRETAPPING INJUNCTION OVERTURNED An appeals court has overturned a lower court’s ruling against the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program. Lawyers, journalists and academics won an injunction against the government surveillance program...

Download Audio Headlines (5:42) STANDOFF CONTINUES AT RED MOSQUE A standoff at a controversial mosque in Islamabad is in its third day today. Reports from the area tell of smoke coming from the compound...