Category: 2007

Download MP3 Headlines(5:53) CHINESE RUN ETHIOPIAN OILFIELD ATTACKED The government of Ethiopia has blamed rebels backed by rival neighbor Eritrea for a raid on an oilfield today which claimed the lives of 74 workers....

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) US/RUSSIAN TALKS ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD American and Russian defense secretaries met in Moscow today to discuss the Pentagon’s controversial plans for a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. Elise...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:20) DOJ REQUESTS THAT DC COURT DISMISS GUANTANAMO CASES The Department of Justice has requested that the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismiss all pending cases brought by...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) ROMANIAN PRESIDENT IMPEACHED The Romanian Parliament today voted to impeach the country’s president. In Bucharest, Elise Hugus has the story. (Ambiance – fade under) Hundreds of supporters of President Traian...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) BAGHDAD BOMBINGS A series of car bomb explosions in Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad killed at least 170 people today and wounded nearly 200. Hiba Dawood reports. All three car bombs...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:45) VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE LEAVES SOUTHERN SCHOOLS ON EDGE Authorities have identified the man responsible for the Virginia Tech killings as 23 year old Cho Seung-Hui. The gunmen killed 32 people...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) VIRGINIA TECH CAMPUS SHOOTING The campus of Virgina Tech has been shut down in the wake of a shooting spree that killed at least 31 people today. The gunman is...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:50) HOUSTON KICKS OFF NATIONAL WEEKEND OF CLIMATE ACTIONS The nation’s largest protest focused on global warming kicked off today. Demonstrators in Houston targeted investment banks funding new coal-fired power plants....

Download MP3 Headlines (4:50) NEGROPONTE VISITS SUDAN US Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte arrived in Khartoum today to meet with Sudanese officials over the crisis in the country’s western Darfur region. The visit...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) DOUBLE BOMBING IN ALGIERS A double bombing today in the Algerian capital of Algiers has killed at least 23 people and wounded over 150. A suicide bomber blew himself up...