Category: 2007

Download MP3 Headlines(5:35) UAW CALLS NATIONAL STRIKE AGAINST GM The United Auto Workers began a nationwide strike today after contract negotiations with General Motors broke down. The UAW contract with Gm expired on September...

Download MP3 Headlines (7.50) Funeral For Slain Lebanese Lawmaker Thousands of Lebanese attended the funeral of a slain Christian Parliamentarian who was assassinated earlier this week. It is the third assassination of a pro-government...

Download MP3 Headlines BUSH THREATENS SHOWDOWN ON CHILD HEALTHCARE President Bush has once again threatened to veto any attempts to expand federally funded healthcare for low income children. Both the House and the Senate...

Download MP3 Headlines(4:56) CAR BOMB KILLS LEBANESE MP A powerful car bomb killed a Lebanese Parliamentarian in a Christian suburb of Beirut today, adding to tensions just one week before heated Presidential elections. Jackson...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:35) RATCHETING UP THE IRAN RHETORIC Rhetoric around Iran’s nuclear program has been building up ahead of this week’s meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Russia has jumped into the diplomatic...

Download MP3 Headlines(6:40) IRAQ TO BAN BLACKWATER CONTRACTORS Iraq’s Interior Minister today ordered the cancellation of the Iraqi operating license of the Blackwater security firm. The move comes in response to a deadly shootout...

Download MP3 HEADLINES (5:45) Bhutto Will Return to Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, the ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan, announced that she’ll return to Pakistan next month after self-imposed exile. Bismillah Syed reports. Gonzales Last Day As...

Download MP3 Headlines 5:03 UN ADOPTS DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS The United Nations General Assembly has adopted the Universal Declaration of Indigenous Peoples. The vote came after more than 2 decades of debate. The...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:19) MAJOR EARTHQUAKE NEAR INDONESIA A massive 7-point-9 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island today. At least one person was killed and dozens more injured in nearby coastal cities. Chad...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:10) CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS VOTE DELAYED Top House Democrats have opted to postpone the vote on a resolution to charge two White House figures with contempt of Congress. House Judiciary Committee Chairman...