Headlines

Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 15:19

5:09 minutes (4.72 MB)
  • France’s same-sex marriage law survives constitutional challenge
  • LGBT activists attacked in Tbilisi, Georgia
  • Gay rights advocates in Russia pay tribute to hate crime victim
  • After resignation at top spot, Obama names interim head IRS
  • Judge denies injunction request on Arizona’s deferred action driver’s license ban

Headlines for Thursday, May 16, 2013

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 14:59

5:30 minutes (5.04 MB)
  • Shoe factory collapse in Cambodia leaves dead and injured
  • Six ISAF soldiers and workers killed in Afghanistan car bomb
  • Iran says it wants nuclear talks with world powers
  • Maryland governor signs gun control bill
  • Texas bill would allow university student groups to discriminate

 

Headlines for Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 14:31

5:35 minutes (5.12 MB)
  • Myanmar’s Rohingya distrust government evacuation efforts ahead of cyclone
  • American member-states threaten to pull Human Rights office out of DC
  • Judicial panel clears way for marriage equality in Brazil
  • People with disabilities demand support from Zimbabwean government
  • Tennessee governor vetos ag-gag bill as other state consider similar legislation

Headlines for Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Tue, 05/14/2013 - 14:59

5:32 minutes (5.07 MB)
  • Human Rights groups condemn Syria war crimes; video highlights atrocities
  • Post electoral protests continue in Pakistan; vote rigging alleged
  • Marikana miners on wildcat strike after union leader killed over weekend
  • Indigenous youth trek 1300 miles; say Canadian law strips protections from lakes and streams
  • Minnesota becomes 12 state to grant marriage equality; Governor holds public signing ceremony

 

Headlines for Monday, May 13, 2013

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 16:34

5:32 minutes (5.06 MB)
  • Anger simmers in Turkish border town after weekend car bombs kill at least 47
  • Rescuers stop searching in Bangladesh garment factory collapse; 1127 dead bodies removed
  • DC advocates for working poor ask city council to make big box stores pay workers a living wage
  • Protests, calls for a re-vote follow Pakistan elections; Nawaz Sharif presumptive Prime Minister
  • Sister Megan Rice jailed until September sentencing

Headlines for Friday, May 10, 2013

Fri, 05/10/2013 - 14:59

5:00 minutes (4.58 MB)
  • Guatemala awaits judgment in Rios Montt genocide trial
  • Prolonged drought leaves Marshall Islanders critically low on drinking water
  • Fast food workers in another city walk off in “Fight for 15” campaign
  • Texas advances drone bill
  • Minnesota House approves marriage equality
  • Free press group launches campaign to hire stenographer for Bradley Manning trial

Headlines for Thursday, May 9, 2013

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 14:59

5:59 minutes (5.48 MB)
  • Zimbabwe’s House of Assembly approves new constitution
  • Guinea Opposition cancels protest, gives mediation a chance
  • Another factory burns in Bangladesh
  • Quebec to investigate student strike of 2012
  • Anti-nuclear nun awaits sentencing after protest conviction
  • Minnesota House takes up same-sex marriage
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