May 19, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (6:03) U.N. PANEL CALLS FOR CLOSURE OF GUANTANAMO In Geneva, the UN Committee Against Torture has called for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Criticism was not limited to...
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May 18, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (6:27) TRIPLE LAYER FENCE President George W. Bush today asked Congress for $1.9 billion dollars to fund border security measures. This comes after the Senate approved legislation yesterday to build a...
May 17, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) UN PREPARES FOR OPERATION IN DARFUR The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a measure to begin preparing for a UN-led peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur region. Sudan signed...
May 15, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (6:30) CLIMATE CHANGE CAN CAUSE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DEATHS “182 million people in sub-Saharan Africa alone could die of disease directly attributable to climate change by the end of the...
May 12, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:41) GAS PIPELINE EXPLODES IN NIGERIA At least hundred and fifty people have died in an oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. The explosion occurred on Friday...
May 11, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (4:57) A DAY OF BLOCKADES IN MEXICO CITY University students blockaded roads and highways in various parts of Mexico City today, calling for the release of all of those arrested last...
May 10, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:50) FIRST DAY OF COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ABUSES IN NEPAL Two weeks after Nepal’s king gave up some power in the face of countrywide protests, a high-level government commission today began...
May 09, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (4:58) ATENCO PRISONERS CHARGED WITH ORGANIZED CRIME The Attorney General’s office of Mexico state has filed charges against townspeople arrested in last week’s raid of San Salvador Atenco. Some 190 people...
May 08, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:05) PHILIPPINE LEGISLATORS FREE TO GO HOME Five leftist lawmakers accused of involvement in a coup plot against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in February today walked out of Congress where...
