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Category: 2004

April 20, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines The last place where gay and lesbian couples could marry in the United States will have to stop issuing marriage licenses. A Multnomah County judge ruled today that county officials must...

April 19, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Spain, a major coalition member in the Bush orchestrated occupation of Iraq, has announced they are packing up and leaving the Middle Eastern nation. David Oancia reports from Madrid. The ACLU...

April 16, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Today, D.C. residents held a parade to mark the anniversary of the end of slavery in the district. Gladys L. Brooks from the DC-Coop reports. Spain’s new socialist Prime Minister promises...

April 15, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Italians Mourn Death in Iraq Italians are mourning the man taken hostage and killed in Iraq. They are equally angry that their government has put more Italian citizens in harms way....

April 14, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines South Africans Go to the Polls South Africa’s polling stations have closed for the day and the Independent Electoral Commission says there was a high voter turn out for the country’s...

April 13, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Today the French foreign ministry confirmed that a French journalist has been taken hostage in Iraq. To date, 40 people from 12 nations are being held hostage there. A spokesperson for...

April 12, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Reportedly, 12 hostages in Iraq have been released, seven of them Chinese. So far, more than 30 people from a variety of countries have been taken hostage in Iraq. In this...

April 09, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Japanese Protest Troops in Iraq Today, hundreds are protesting in Japan over the refusal of the Prime Minister to pull troops out of Iraq even after the kidnapping of three Japanese...

April 08, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Retirement Funds Decreased in Private Sector? Congress is poised to ease funding requirements for most of the country’s private retirement funds, despite record deficits in many of corporate America’s pension plans....

April 07, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines 9/11 “Plotter” Released from German Jail A German court in Hamburg has released from prison the only person in the world ever convicted of involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks....