February 16, 2005
Download MP3 Features Kyoto Protocol Takes Affect – Without the US (3:42) The Kyoto Protocol, a worldwide effort to slow global warming came into force today, without the backing of the world’s number one...
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December 30, 2005 – FSRN’s Year in Review
Download MP3 On this last day weekday of 2005, we take a listen to an audio composite of stories selected from the hundreds produced this year by Free Speech Radio News correspondents – reporters...
December 29, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (6:11) TROOPS DEPLOYED TO NIGER DELTA Troops are now being deployed in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region to protect oil installations following a spate of attacks on oil pipelines in the area....
December 28, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (4:05) PRISON UPRISING IN BRAZIL A prison uprising is now in its third day in the Brazilian city of Porto Velho . A group of prisoners took control of the Urso...
December 27, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (5:02) PROTESTS IN BAGHDAD Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad today, calling for a review of the recent parliamentary elections. Unrest has increased in Iraq after a period of relative calm...
December 26, 2005 – The End of Charity
Download MP3 The impacts of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf South were many and varied. Lesser known than the large number of refugees and the stories of rooftop rescues, is that the hurricane affected...
December 23, 2005 – Iraq: Year in Review
Download MP3 More than two-and-a-half years after the invasion of Iraq, Iraqis are increasingly organizing non-violently against the US military presence, as guerillas continue to carry out attacks against US troops, the Iraqi military...
December 22, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (5:09) PATRIOT ACT EXTENDED The Senate agreed last night to extend the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act for another 6 months. From Capitol Hill, Mitch Jeserich reports. With just...
December 21, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines FISA JUDGE RESIGNS A federal judge from the 11-member Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has resigned. This comes amid revelations that the Bush administration authorized the National Security Agency to carry out...
December 20, 2005
Download MP3 Headlines (5:27) Transit Strike in NYC New York City’s 33,000 transit workers went on strike this morning leaving millions of residents to rethink their daily commute. Rebecca Myles reports. In contract negotiations...
