November 30, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (6:02) ICC RULING ON KOSOVO CASE The International Criminal Court in the Hague handed down its first verdict today relating to alleged war crimes committed against Serb and Albanian civilians during...
Monthly Archive: November 2005
November 29, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (4:29)) POLITICAL COLLAPSE IN CANADA Canada’s 38th parliament will cease to exist today and Canadians will head to the polls in January. Prime Minister Paul Martin’s minority government – in power...
November 28, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (5:45) SECRET PRISONS European Union Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini announced today that any EU nation found to be hosting a CIA secret prison may have its voting rights suspended. Meanwhile, the...
November 25, 2005 – The Battle over Shockoe Bottom
Download MP3 The Battle over Shockoe Bottom A battle is taking place in its capital city over Shockoe Bottom – one of Richmond’s most historic downtown districts. On one side are community members fighting...
November 24, 2005 – Trafficked in the Philippines
Download MP3 Trafficked in the Philippines In recent years there’s been increasing attention paid to the global problem of human trafficking, and growing concern on the part of governments and civil society around the...
November 23, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (6:06) British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government has ordered a London newspaper to stop publishing article about an abandoned U.S. plan to attack the headquarters of Arab satellite TV station Al...
November 22, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (6:21) London’s daily mirror broke an explosive story today: the paper says transcripts of conversations between U.S. President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in April 2004 show Bush...
November 21, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (4:31) GM LAYOFFS General Motors announced today that the company will cut 30,000 manufacturing jobs. At least ten production plants and service facilities in the U.S. and Canada have been slated...
November 18, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (4:20) South Koreans Protest APEC Several thousand South Koreans, many of them rice farmers, demonstrated at the two-day summit of the Asia-Pacifica Economic Cooperation in Busan. The summit is an attempt...
November 17, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (4:56) STRANDED PASSENGERS CROSS LoC IN KASHIMIR The line of control in Kashmir opened briefly today to permit 24 people to cross over. Shahnawaz Khan has more. WEST BANK ASSASSINATIONS As...
