Monthly Archive: September 2007

Download MP3 HEADLINES (5:45) Bhutto Will Return to Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, the ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan, announced that she’ll return to Pakistan next month after self-imposed exile. Bismillah Syed reports. Gonzales Last Day As...

Download MP3 Headlines 5:03 UN ADOPTS DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS The United Nations General Assembly has adopted the Universal Declaration of Indigenous Peoples. The vote came after more than 2 decades of debate. The...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:19) MAJOR EARTHQUAKE NEAR INDONESIA A massive 7-point-9 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island today. At least one person was killed and dozens more injured in nearby coastal cities. Chad...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:10) CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS VOTE DELAYED Top House Democrats have opted to postpone the vote on a resolution to charge two White House figures with contempt of Congress. House Judiciary Committee Chairman...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:47) FORMER LEADER OF PAKISTAN DEPORTED UPON RETURN The former prime minister of Pakistan was arrested and deported today immediately after his return from exile. Nawaz Sharif had announced his plans to...

Download MP3 Headlines HABEAS CORPUS The centuries-old writ of habeas corpus may be on its way back into the list of inalienable rights recognized by the US legal system. The House Judiciary Committee has...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:30) JUDGE STRIKES DOWN PROVISION OF PATRIOT ACT A federal judge in New York today struck down the National Security Letter provision of the USA Patriot Act. National Security Letters have...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:47) GERMANY CLAIMS TERROR ATTACK FOILED German authorities claim to have foiled a major terror plot that would have targeted facilities frequented by US military personnel stationed in Germany. Three suspects have...

Download MP3 Headlines(6:00) HURRICANE FELIX MAKES LANDFALL AS CATEGORY 5 Hurricane Felix smashed into the Nicaragua/Honduras border region this morning as a devastating Category 5 hurricane. It’s the first time in a single Atlantic...