March 10, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) AFRICAN UNION TO EXTEND MISSION IN DARFUR The African Union today voted to extend its peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region until September 30th. The decision comes after intense...
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March 09, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:06) PORTS DIVESTMENT Dubai Ports World, the United Arab Emirates port management company, announced today that it will transfer the operation duties of a number of U.S. ports to an American...
March 08, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:04) CONTINUING CRACKDOWN IN THE PHILIPPINES Philippine police today broke up a rally marking International Women’s Day and detained a lawmaker and a labour activist for leading the protest. Girlie Linao...
March 07, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (4:48) MULTIPLE BLASTS IN HINDU HOLY CITY A series of explosions in the Indian holy city of Varanasi is believed to have killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more....
March 06, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) BULLDOZING RESUMES IN NEW ORLEANS, LA Today the Army Corps of Engineers resumed demolition of 120 severely damaged homes in New Orleans, the vast majority in the city’s lower 9th...
March 03, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:04) STATE OF EMERGENCY LIFTED IN PHILIPPINES Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today lifted a week-long state of emergency after security officials assured her that the threat against her government has...
March 02, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) PATRIOT ACT RE-AUTHORIZATION The Senate has virtually assured the re-authorization of the USA Patriot Act. The bill has been locked in Senate debate since mid-December. Democratic Senator Russel Feingold from...
March 01, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (6:09) KOSOVO’S PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS Kosovo’s Prime Minister resigned today – one week after the first round of talks were completed in Vienna to determine the political and legal status of...
February 28, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:17) PATRIOT ACT VOTE The Senate will vote on final passage of the re-authorization of the USA patriot Act tomorrow morning. If it passes, the bill will go to the President...
February 27, 2006
Download MP3 Headlines (5:42) STATE OF EMERGENCY CONTINUES IN THE PHILIPPINES Philippine police today filed rebellion charges against 16 leftist and opposition personalities suspected of involvement in an alleged plot to oust President Gloria...
