October 31, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:10) NORTH KOREA TO RETURN TO NUKE TALKS Negotiations to end the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula will soon resume. Jason Strother has more from Seoul. The Chinese Foreign Ministry...
Monthly Archive: October 2006
October 30, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) PAKISTAN MADRASSA BOMBING Pakistani helicopter gunships today destroyed an Islamic school purportedly used as an Al Qaeda-linked training camp near the Afghan border, killing nearly 80 people. Masror Hausen reportsd...
October 27, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:05) AFGHANISTAN NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with President Bush today in an Oval Office meeting that focused on efforts to stem this year’s surge in Taliban attacks in...
October 26, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (6:12) GROWING TENSIONS IN SOMALIA Islamist militias in Somalia continue to capture territory near the seat of the weak interim government…as tensions between Ethiopia and the Union of Islamic Courts threaten...
October 25, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT STILL VACANT The government of Venezuela may propose Bolivia as a possible candidate for the empty Latin American seat on the UN Security Council. This comes after more...
October 24, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) PROTESTS CONTINUE IN HUNGARY Police in Hungary are preparing for another night of unrest after protests in Budapest yesterday turned into overnight rioting. Regular street demonstrations began last month when...
October 23, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:10) STREET CLASHES IN BUDAPEST Street clashes erupted in Budapest today when riot police used water cannons and fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up a demonstration near Hungary’s...
October 20, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines GIGANTIC OZONE HOLE OVER ANTARCTICA Scientists from NASA and NOAA have documented the largest hole in the ozone layer ever observed. At the end of September, the ozone hole over Antarctica...
October 19, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines MEXICAN SENATE WILL NOT REMOVE UNPOPULAR GOVERNOR Tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Oaxaca City today after Mexico’s Senate opened a session on Oaxaca that did not include...
October 18, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) STUDENT PROTESTS IN CHILE High School students in Chile have once again mobilized for major reforms to an underfunded public education system. Demonstrations began last weekend as students express their...
