Tagged: 2005

October 21, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines REACTION TO HARIRI REPORT An investigative report presented to the United Nations Security Council accuses Syrian and Lebanese officials of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister and billionaire...

October 20, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (4:51) HARIRI ASSASSINATION REPORT A United Nations team of investigators submitted their findings today in the case of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Hariri was killed in...

October 19, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) U.S. SOLDIERS WANTED A Spanish judge today issued arrest warrants for three American soldiers in connection with the April 2003 shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. A Spanish cameraman...

October 18, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (6:09) TORTURE CASE IN UK Seven of Britain’s top judges began hearing evidence this week on whether Britain can use evidence from other countries against terror suspects that may have been...

October 17, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:06) EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL The death toll in the October 8 quake in Kashmir has soared to over 50,000. The Prime Minister of Pakistan administered Kashmir said the toll could rise...

October 14, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines NALCHIK SEIGE ENDS Fighting has ended been Russian troops and Chechen rebels in the city of Nalchik. After a prolonged exchange of gunfire and a hostage situation, Russian authorities say they...

October 13, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) PROTESTS CONTINUE IN MANILA Hundreds of students clashed with policemen today during a march towards the presidential palace in the Philippines. Police arrested 10 for illegal assembly. Girlie Linao reports...

October 12, 2005

 Download MP3 Headlines (5:09) SYRIAN OFFICIAL COMMITS SUICIDE Syria’s Interior Minister, Ghazi Kanaan, was found dead in his office today. The cause of death was apparently a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. Kanaan was...

October 11, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) ELECTIONS IN LIBERIA Liberians went to the polls today to take part in the country’s first general elections since the end of a Civil War in 2003. Voters began lining...

October 10, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (4:42) RESCUE EFFORTS IN PAKISTAN As rescue workers scramble to deliver aid to earthquake survivors in Pakistan, they are faced with the challenge of transportation to the hilly areas. Sonali Kolhatkar...