October 20, 2000
Download Audio MIDDLE EAST CEASE-FIRE CRUMBLES Any positive effects of the cease-fire brokered by Israeli and Palestinian negotiators at Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt earlier this week may soon be erased by a resurgence of violence....
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October 13, 2000
Download Audio REPRISAL AND ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST Tension in Israel and the Occupied Territories reached a new level on Thursday as Israeli military helicopters attacked the offices of the Palestinian Authority in...
October 6, 2000
Download Audio PEOPLE POWER IN BELGRADE In Belgrade, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanding the ouster of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic overwhelmed riot police and took over the city’s most important sites. Protesters stormed...
September 29, 2000
Download Audio 200,000 Yugoslavs Say Milosovic Lost the Election Yugoslavia’s Federal Election Commission has issued what it calls its “final tally” of votes in last weekend’s presidential election, saying that opposition candidate Vojslav Kostunica...
September 22, 2000
Download Audio AS ELECTION NEARS, YUGOSLAV OPPOSITION PLANS PRIVATIZATION The first federal elections in Yugoslavia since NATO’s 78-day bombing are coming down to the wire. On Sunday, voters will head to the polls to...
September 15, 2000
Download Audio AUSSIE PROTESTERS CHALLENGE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM More than 10,000 protesters hit the streets of Melbourne, Australia this week to take on the World Economic Forum. The Forum, best known for its annual...
September 8, 2000
Download Audio THE MILLENNIUM SUMMIT: GLOBALIZATION & THE U.N. One of the demands of the anti-globalization movement that grew out of last year’s protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle was that the...
September 1, 2000
Download Audio President Clinton Brings US Military Aid to Colombia AIDS and the Silence in Africa Abortion is Legal, But Can You Get One? 30th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles
August 25, 2000
Download Audio Law-Suits to Hit LAPD After DNC Democratic convention planners promised the City of Los Angeles an economic windfall. Some vendors undoubtedly prospered last week. But, as Laura Hauther reports, taxpayers may get...
August 18, 2000
Download Audio L.A.P.D. ON GUARD AND UNDER SCRUTINY The notorious Los Angeles Police Department faced national scrutiny this week for its handling of events around the Democratic Convention as thousands of people gathered in...
