November 30, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) SURGE OF VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN Hundreds are feared dead after three days of heavy fighting in Southern Sudan. This week’s surge in violence is the most serious since a...
Monthly Archive: November 2006
November 29, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) BUYOUTS AT FORD Ford Motor Company announced today that some 38,000 workers have accepted buyout offers. Among that number, an estimated 30,000 will accept early retirement packages. The deal will...
November 28, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines(5:04) POPE VISITS TURKEY Pope Benedict XVI began a four-day visit to Turkey today amidst a heavy security operation. This is the first time the Pope has visited a predominately Muslim nation...
November 27, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines(5:07) BUSH GOES TO THE BALTICS President Bush arrives in Estonia today ahead of a two-day NATO summit this week in Riga, Latvia. His agenda there will include pressing alliance members to...
Nasa Resistance: Defending Land, Life and Culture
(Originally aired November, 24, 2006) There are 85 indigenous groups in Colombia, and nearly one-third of them are in danger of extinction because of the U.S. funded armed conflict being fought by Colombian state...
November 23, 2006 – Maoist India: The Search for Economic Justice
Download MP3 In most places around India, Maoists are an underground, hit-and-run force. But in Central India’s Bastar forests, they are well-entrenched, and control the entire territory. FSRN’s Vinod K Jose traveled to the...
November 22, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines 3 Days of Mourning in Lebanon Large crowds gathered around the coffin of assassinated Lebanese politician Pierre Gemayel. Lebanon has begun three days of mourning for the former Lebanese Industry Minister...
November 21, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:05) ANTI-SYRIAN POLITICIAN ASSASSINATED IN LEBANON Pierre Gemayel, a staunchly anti-Syrian politician from one of Lebanon’s most prominent Christian families was assassinated today. Local sources say he was shot at point...
November 20, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) AMLO INAUGURATION Former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will declare himself to be the “legitimate” president of Mexico during a symbolic ceremony held in Mexico City today. Lopez Obrador...
November 17, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) SUDAN AGREES TO ACCEPT UN PRESENCE IN DARFUR After months of rejecting an expanded peacekeeping force, the Sudanese government has agreed to a United Nations presence in Darfur. FSRN’s Emmanuel...
