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Category: 2004

January 13, 2004

Download MP3 Today’s Headlines US Military Kills Iraqi Civilians Witnesses in Iraq say U.S. soldiers have shot and killed four civilians. U.S. soldiers, posted at city hall in Fallujah, were fired upon with rocket-...

January 12, 2004

Download MP3 The U.S. government is getting serious about their plans to obtain and store vast amounts of personal information on all air travelers, even U.S. citizens and others with valid residency papers. More...

January 09, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Produced By Randi Zimmerman Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of a man born in the U-S — but captured in Afghanistan by U.S. forces, and held...

January 08, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines: US weapons inspectors are being pulled out of Iraq.  One think tank issues a report showing there never were any weapons to find.  David Gruen in D.C. reports. Today the Center for Public...

January 07, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines: US Releases 506 Iraqi Detainees Iraq’s U.S.-led coalition plans to release 506 prisoners from detention camps in Iraq this week. Elia Herman reports from DC. British Company Gets Defense Contract The...

January 06, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Produced by Nell Abram European and African airlines are critical of U.S. officials’ demands to put armed marshals on planes.  Today, some airlines, most vocal from South Africa, Portugal, Denmark and Sweden...

January 05, 2004

Download MP3 Fingerprinting Foreigners on Arrival  (4:04) Starting today foreign visitors from all but 27 countries will have their fingerprints and photos taken at the U.S airport where they enter the country. The Department of...

January 01, 2004 – EZLN after Ten Years

Download MP3 Ten years ago today, on January 1st 1994, a primarily indigenous rebel group, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, or EZLN, declared war on the Mexican government. They yelled Ya Basta! Enough! to...