January 20, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:04) SHIA ELECTION VICTORY IN IRAQ Preliminary results are in from Iraq’s parliamentary elections. The United Iraqi Alliance, dominated by Shia Muslims, won more seats than any other party, but failed...
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January 19, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:31) THE PHILIPPINES QUESTIONS JOINT FORCES AGREEMENT A Philippine Congressional committee today called for the scrapping of a security pact that allows large-scale military exercises with United States forces within its...
January 18, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:49) UNREST CONTINUES IN IVORY COAST Violent unrest in Ivory Coast continues into its third day. Four pro-government protesters are dead and ten others are wounded following today’s clashes with UN...
January 17, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:04) ACLU FILES SUIT AGAINST NSA The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against the National Security Agency, charging that the agency’s domestic spying operation violates several key tenets...
January 16, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines ATTACK ON SHELL FACILITES CONTINUE IN NIGER DELTA Armed groups continue their attacks on oil installations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. The oil facility targeted in...
January 12, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (6:18) INDIA’S CHANGES POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE India has seemingly shifted it’s policy on curbing greenhouse gas emissions during the ongoing climate change conference held by six of the world’s biggest...
January 11, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) WEST REACTS TO TEHRAN The Bush administration and the government of British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, have both made statements indicating that the United Nations Security Council will take up...
January 10, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:10) IRAQ WAR COULD COST TRILLIONS A new study has determined that the Bush administration’s original estimate of the cost of the war in Iraq may be radically lower than the...
January 09, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:25) CORRUPTION SCANDAL FALLOUT Republican Congressman, Tom Delay, will leave his position as House Majority leader. The GOP is now trying to distance itself from ongoing corruption scandals. Ingrid Drake reports...
