February 20, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:33) ATTACKS IN NIGER DELTA Royal Dutch Shell has suspended half of it’s operations in the Niger Delta region. In the past 3 days, militant groups have attacked a number of...
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February 17, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:23) LANDSLIDE IN THE PHILIPPINES Hundreds are feared dead after a massive mudslide buried an entire village in the Philippines today. The partial collapse of a nearby mountain comes after two...
February 16, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (6:15) PREVAL DECLARED WINNER IN HAITI Early this morning, Rene Preval was declared the winner of last week’s presidential election in Haiti. He rose above the 50%-plus-one margin necessary to avoid...
February 15, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:36) GRAPHIC IMAGES FROM ABU GHRAIB BROADCAST IN AUSTRALIA Australia’s SBS television channel today broadcast graphic and disturbing footage of apparent abuse of Iraqi detainees by US soldiers at the Abu...
February 14, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) EU DEBATES BOLKENSTEIN DIRECTIVE About 50 thousand labour unionists demonstrated outside the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, today. This as the parliament debated a revised version of the controversial Bolkestein...
February 13, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (4:53) CLOSELY-CONTESTED NOMINATION OF PRIME MINISTER IN IRAQ Ibrahim al-Jaafari has been nominated by Iraq’s ruling Shia coalition to stay on as Prime Minister in the newly-elected government. His nomination yesterday...
February 10, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (6:05) PROTESTS CONTINUE ACROSS MUSLIM WORLD Protests continue to rage across the Muslim world today in condemnation of cartoon depictions of the Islamic Prophet Mohammad. In India, home to the world’s...
February 09, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:06) Gaza Update: Putin opens door to Hamas; Egyptian Diplomat Kidnapped In a victory for Hamas, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he is ready to invite the organization’s leadership to...
February 08, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:11) ASBESTOS LEGISLATION GOES TO DEBATE Legislation to set up a $140 billion trust fund to pay those made ill by asbestos cleared its first hurdle when Senate Democratic Leader Harry...
February 07, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (4:57) Israel steps up assassinations The Israeli military has stepped up its assassination campaign against Palestinian militants: today Israeli soldiers shot dead an Islamic Jihad leader during an arrest raid in...
