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Download MP3 Headlines (5:45) SENATE PANEL APPROVES SUBPOENAS IN US ATTORNEY INVESTIGATION A Senate panel today approved subpoenas for 5 Justice Department officials as part of the investigation into the dismissal of 8 US...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) INDIAN POLICE SHOOT FARMERS DEAD Unrest has erupted in India’s eastern state of West Bengal after police used deadly force against demonstrating farmers. Binu Alex has more. At least seven...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:45) ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION LEADER APPEARS IN COURT BADLY BEATEN Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared in public today for the first time since his detention on Sunday. Tsvangirai limped into court...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) OPPOSITON LEADER ATTACKED IN ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai is reportedly in very serious condition after a brutal police beating. Tsvangirai leads the Movement for Democratic Change, a...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) NEW EU CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICY The European Union today passed an ambitious new energy policy aimed at cutting greenhouse emissions. The legislation stipulates that by 2020, a fifth of...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:30) Bush in Brazil US President George W. Bush kicks off his tour of Latin America in Brazil today. The trip will be limited to a dwindling number of nations whose...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) PROTESTS IN SOUTH AMERICA AHEAD OF BUSH VISIT Demonstrations, street clashes, and property takeovers have erupted in South America in the run-up to an official visit by President Bush to...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) TWO EARTHQUAKES SHAKE SUMATRA A 6.3 magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershock struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra today. The first earthquake hit at approximately 11am local time. The aftershock, which...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) UNREST IN EAST TIMOR The East Timorese capital of Dili was the scene of intense protests today after international peacekeepers launched a failed attempt to capture a rebel leader. The...

Download MP3 Headlines USDA GREEN LIGHTS RICE CROSSED WITH HUMAN GENE The US Agriculture Department has given preliminary approval for the first commercial production of a food crop engineered with a human gene. Matt...