Category: 2013

Newscast for Friday, May 10, 2013

Guantanamo inmates continue 4th month of hunger strike as military officials call on President to close facility Pakistan voters prepare for election day after weeks of campaign violence and Taliban threats Gaza Strip youth...

Newscast for Thursday, May 9, 2013

Arkansas residents call on Obama Administration to reject Keystone XL Pipeline as community struggles to recover from Exxon spill Lawmakers debate wide range of amendments to Senate immigration reform bill Students and faculty at...

Newscast for Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Despite violence in Pakistan, candidates and voters vow to head to polls in historic election Egypt’s law on civil society groups could hinder operations, UN commissioner warns House Republican agenda includes deregulation of Wall...

Newscast for Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Sexual assaults in US military underreported as incidents rise, Pentagon report finds New York attorney general to sue Bank of America, Wells Fargo for “violating” mortgage settlement Syria’s internally displaced rises past four million...

Newscast for Monday, May 6, 2013

Investigation launched into private prisons after suicides in Arizona facility Activists call on Obama Administration to close Guantanamo as hunger strike passes 100 days Scope of Syrian war widens following deadly Israeli strikes on...

Newscast for Friday, May 3, 2013

UN climate change talks wrap up in Bonn as new data shows rising carbon levels in world’s atmosphere In Mexico, protesters call for end to deportations as Obama meets with Peña-Nieto US support for...

Newscast for Thursday, May 2, 2013

Attack on Washington, DC taxi driver raises concern about anti-Muslim violence after Boston bombings Guantanamo hunger strike nears three months, as force-feeding of prisoners expands In Pakistan, candidate Badama Zari, tribal and female, makes...

Newscast for Wednesday, May 1, 2013

In New York, May Day protesters call for immigrant rights, labor protections for restaurant workers Expanded police presence greets Seattle protesters for International Workers Day In Turkey, police fire tear gas, use water cannons...

Newscast for Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Government transparency at stake after Supreme Court opinion, anti-corruption advocates say Conscientious objector, Kimberly Rivera, sentenced to military prison after service in Iraq Workers at Fukushima nuclear plant struggle to contain rush of contaminated...

Newscast for Monday, April 29, 2013

Download Audio HEADLINES Afghanistan’s President Karzai admits to bags of US cash, but insists it was legit Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged receiving bags of cash from the United States. But Karzai disputed the...