Category: 2007

Download MP3 Headlines(5:34) DEADLY WEEKEND IN AFGHANISTAN Three days of intense fighting have left more than 100 people dead in southern Afghanistan according to Afghan official estimates. Casualties include police, Taliban fighters, and civilians....

Download MP3 Headlines LARGE SLAVE OPERATION DISCOVERED IN CHINA A scandal involving the discovery of children forced into slavery in China is expanding. More than 450 children have so far been found held against...

Download MP3 Headlines LIBBY LOSES APPEAL Former White House Aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby has lost his first appeal to delay or to avoid prison time. A federal judge handed down a 2 and a...

Download MP3 CAR BOMB IN LEBANON A car bomb has killed 10 people in Beirut – including Anti-Syrian Member of Parliament Walid Eido and his son. Eido is the seventh prominent politician to be...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) “FRIENDLY FIRE” KILLS 7 AFGHAN POLICEMEN U.S.led forces in Afghanistan have killed 7 Afghan policemen in what is one of the deadliest incidents of friendly fire since the start of...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) HABEAS CORPUS WINS ANOTHER ROUND The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that the government cannot hold so-called enemy combatants without charge. Attorneys brought the case on behalf...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) PACE TO BE REPLACED Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced today that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, is being replaced. Gates has recommended chief...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) HABEAS CORPUS MAKING A COMEBACK The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a motion to restore the writ of habeas corpus to all detainees held by the United States government. Habeas...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) G8 OPENS IN GERMANY As the G8 Summit began today, around 10,000 protestors defied a ban on demonstrating near the summit itself, thereby preventing journalists and even some officials from...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) LIBBY SENTENCED IN LEAK CASE A federal court in Washington DC has handed down a sentence to former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby for his role in the so-called...