Category: 2002

October 08, 2002

Download MP3 Congressional Hearings on Iraq Begin The house started debate this morning and could vote as soon as tomorrow authorizing the use of force against Iraq. Passage of the president’s version of the...

October 07, 2002

Download MP3 Brasil’s Lula da Silva Ahead – Run-off in Two Weeks In Brasil, it will be another 15 days before voters there must once again cast their ballots for a new President. Luiz...

October 04, 2002

Download MP3 Nader: We Need to Refocus The House Internal Relations Committee voted late last night to approve a resolution authorizing President Bush to use the military “as he determines necessary and appropriate.” The...

October 03, 2002

Download MP3 Marwan Barghouti Trial in Third Stage The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said yesterday that Palestinian children are being denied their right to education because of Israeli-imposed restrictions in the occupied territories...

October 02, 2002

Download MP3 US and UK Reject UN-Iraq Compromise The United States and Britain have rejected the latest compromise between Iraq and the United Nations on sending weapons inspectors into Iraq – Iraq refuses to...

October 01, 2002

Download Audio Vienna Talks bring back Inspectors to Iraq? Today Senior United Nations officials reported progress in talks with Iraqi officials in Vienna on the return of U.N. weapons inspectors to the country. Despite...

September 30, 2002

Download MP3 Thousands in UK Demonstrate Against Iraq War (3:52) As many as 400,000 people marched through central London this weekend to protest against plans for a war on Iraq, and to demand justice...

September 27, 2002

Download MP3 Bush Sells Iraq War In Home State  (2:00) President Bush was in his home state yesterday selling his war on Iraq. KPFT’s Jackson Allers reports from Houston. French Security Document: More Police Authority  (5:00)...

September 26, 2002

Download MP3 International Debate Over Iraq Continues  (4:08) Three months into the congressional debate on Iraq,centrist Democrats now show signs they’d like to slow the President’s drive toward a wider war. But in Senate testimony...

September 25, 2002

Download MP3 UK Union Strikes Paralyze Commuters  (2:55) The first in a series of threatened strikes brought chaos to London today. A walkout by subway workers affected three million commuters and a looming fire fighters...