Category: 2007

November 19, 2007

Kurdish Leaders from Iraq Intensify Efforts to Boost Oil Revenues US Army Recruiters Encounter Resistance in US High Schools IPCC Releases Final Report, Ahead of International Summit on Carbon Emissions Congress Takes a Break,...

November 16, 2007

Download Audio HEADLINES Washington Rally Demands Prosecution of Hate Crimes Thousands of marchers surrounded the Department of Justice building to demand stronger federal prosecution of hate crimes. Katharine Jarmul reports from Washington. House Passes...

November 15, 2007

US House Passes War Funding Bill that Includes Troop Drawback Provisions FISA Legislation Moves Closer to Passage Army Asks for More Funding; Senate Asks Why, When Initial Funds Mismanaged German Carmakers’ Emission Standards Under...

November 14, 2007

Download Audio HEADLINES PUBLIC WORKERS STRIKE IN PARIS French police report 200 miles of traffic jams today, as public transportation workers strike in defense of their retirement benefits. Gas and electricity workers have also...

November 13, 2007

Download Audio HEADLINES Benazir Bhutto, on House Arrest, Calls for Musharraf to Step Down In Pakistan, General Musharraf appears to have succeeded in preventing Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s “long march” from Lahore to...

November 12, 2007

Department of Veterans Affairs Nominee Draws Questions Anti-War Vets Celebrate Positive Federal Decision in the Case of Lt. Ehren Watada Sudanese Government Brings Charges against Opposition; Uses Tear Gas on Protesters Indian Clothing Manufacturers...

November 9, 2007

Activists Prepare for the Final FCC Media Ownership Hearing Senate Confirms Michael Mukasey as the next Attorney General US House Passes Peru Free Trade Agreement Latin American Countries Unite at Ibero-American Summit Hundreds of...

November 8, 2007

Iraq War Funding again Comes before Congress Veterans Make up Large Percentage of US Homeless ENDA Excludes Trangender Americans, but Wins Support in House Senate Environment Committee Debates Cap and Trade Pollution Control Benazir...

November 7, 2007

Farm Bill Debate Hits a Wall on the Senate Floor Election Day Marks a Significant Change of the Political Winds in Virginia Cheney Impeachment Resolution Grasps for Life in the Judiciary Committee Whistleblower Speaks...

November 6, 2007

Download Audio HEADLINES Massive Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan A suicide bombing in Afghanistan has killed more than 2 dozen civilians and injured at least 50 others. Reports from the area indicate that many children...