June 26, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (4:56) TIMORESE PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS East Timor’s Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri said today that he is “ready to resign”. The announcement marks the end of a political showdown between Alkatiri and...
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June 23, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:04) STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN BAGHDAD The Iraqi government declared a state of emergency today in Baghdad after firefights between insurgents and US and Iraqi troops. Residents of the Iraqi...
June 21, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (4:59) SADDAM LAWYER KILLED Gunmen murdered an attorney on Saddam Hussein’s defense team today. Khamis al-Obeidi is the third attorney killed during the course of the trial of the former Iraqi...
June 20, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:17) TWO MISSING U.S. SOLDIERS FOUND DEAD The remains of two US soldiers have been found just south of Baghdad. Privates Kristian Menchaca of Texas and Thomas Lowell of Oregon went...
June 19, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:07) PALESTINIAN AID PACKAGE APPROVED The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators – which includes representative from the European Union, the US, the United Nations, and Russia – has approved a...
June 16, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:12) IRAQ A bomb blast at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad killed eleven people today and injured 25 others. The attack came before the start of Friday prayers. According to media...
June 15, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (4:51) SRI LANKA A blast from a land mine killed at least 62 people in a crowded bus today in Sri Lanka. The government blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels for the...
June 13, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:05) AIR STRIKES AND INFIGHTING IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES Two Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed at least eleven Palestinians, including two children, and injured at least twenty others today. This,...
