Category: 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (4:50) NATO TAKES COMMAND IN ALL OF AFGHANISTAN US-led forces handed over control of eastern Afghanistan today to NATO. The handover now makes NATO responsible for security throughout all of the...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:15) BUSH SIGNS DHS SPENDING BILL President Bush signed an appropriations bill today that provides the Department of Homeland Security with $34.8 billion in discretionary funds. According to a statement released...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) TURKISH PLANE HIJACKED A hijacked Turkish airplane has been forced to land in the Italian city of Brindisi. The plane was en route from the capital of Albania to Istanbul...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:45) PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN OVER VIOLENCE Palestine’s Hamas-led administration has announced it is closing all government offices in the wake of violent clashes between supporters of Fatah and Hamas. Manar...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) HOUSE PASSES WARRENTLESS WIRETAPPING BILL The House of Representatives approved legislation last night that would authorize the warrantless wiretapping of telephone and email communications between individuals in the US and...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:19) SANCTIONS FOR THAILAND The US government has moved to impose sanctions on Thailand in the aftermath of the military coup. The Southeast Asian nation has been governed by a group...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) DOD APPROPRIATIONS The US House of Representatives has passed the final version of the defense appropriations bill. The 450 billion dollar bill to fund the Pentagon will earmark 70 billion...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) DARFUR PEACEKEEPING In Africa, the Sudanese President has partially relented to international pressure to allow United Nations intervention in peacekeeping operations in the Western Darfur region. Emmanuel Okella reports. Sudan’s...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:07) AFGHAN OFFICIAL FOR WOMEN’S AFFAIRS ASSASSINATED The head of women’s’ affairs for the government of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar was gunned down today as she left her home....

Download MP3 Headlines (5:50) SMALL VENDORS BLOCKADE STREETS IN DELHI Clashes erupted in Delhi today, when police arrested over 150 small business owners for protesting against the demolitions of their shops. Vinod K. Jose...