Category: 2004

July 27, 2004

Download MP3 HEADLINES WTO Troubles The so-called G-20 nations of the developing world are holding fast at the World Trade Organization’s meeting this week in Geneva.  India’s commerce minister said today that for the multilateral...

July 26, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Israelis Protest Withdrawal Tens of thousands of mostly religious Jews stood across the 56 mile stretch from Gaza to Jerusalem to protest plans to remove their colonies from the occupied territories....

July 23, 2004

Download MP3 HEADLINES Settlements on the Rise Israeli settlements are expanding rapidly in Gaza  contrasting sharply with government promises to leave the occupied territory. Laila El-Haddad reports from Gaza. Indonesia’s ‘Patriot Act’ Unconstitutional Indonesia’s Constitutional...

July 22, 2004

Download MP3 HEADLINES National Low Income and Homeless Voter Registration Day Around the nation, the National Low Income Housing Coalition organized rallies and marches to insure low income and homeless voters count.  More than four-dozen...

July 21, 2004

Download MP3 HEADLINES Ex-U.S. Soldier Accused of Torture in Afghanistan In Afghanistan, A US citizen on trial for running a private prison and torture chamber  has told reporters he was working with the full knowledge...

July 20, 2004

Download MP3 HEADLINES Sudan Gov’t Participants in Darfur Human Rights Watch says that they have documents showing the Sudanese government is directly involved in atrocities in the Darfur region. Kody Emmanuel reports from WBAI....

July 19, 2004

Download MP3 HEADLINES U.S. Strikes Fallujah The U.S. launches an air strike in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, reportedly killing civilians.  And, a popular cleric is allowed to reopen his newspaper after being closed down...

July 16, 2004

Download MP3 HEADLINES Philippine Troops Leave Iraq Today, troops from the Philippines started to leave Iraq.  U.S. and Australian officials have criticized the move saying the Philippine government is caving into pressure by terrorists.  A Filipino...

July 15, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Peace activists will be able to rally during the Republican National Convention. Negotiations tomorrow with the New York City Police will determine where it will be. Leigh Ann Caldwell reports from...

July 14, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Protestors at the International Conference on AIDS in Bangkok heckled U.S. representative Randall Tobias by shouting out “Bush lies, millions die.” Later Tobias rejected a plea by United Nations Secretary General...