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Download MP3 Headlines Nigeria Boots Halliburton Halliburton is barred from doing business in Nigeria until the investigation of alleged bribery is over, per order of the legislature. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. Legal Challenge...

Download MP3 Headlines Hundreds Held Hostage in Russia Attackers in southern Russian are holding hundreds of hostages at a school today – including many children. Reports of the total number of hostages vary between...

Download MP3 Headlines French diplomats are trying to persuade kidnappers in Iraq to release two French journalists even though Islamic and political leaders in France insist on keeping the ban on wearing religious headscarves...

Download MP3 Headlines Afghanistan Update Today, the U.S. department of state is advising all U.S. citizens in Afghanistan to “keep a low profile” in response to yesterday’s car bombing. 11 people were killed and...

Download MP3 Headlines Iraq Update Witnesses say a U-S warplane has bombed the Iraqi city of Fallujah.  They say the plane dropped at least two bombs.  The U-S military isn’t commenting.  Today’s report follows a Wednesday raid by...

Download MP3 Headlines Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet has lost his immunity by order of the country’s Supreme Court. Pinochet overthrew democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende and ruled Chile from 1973 to...

Download MP3 Headlines Today is being called a National Day of Conscience by as many as 3-thousand hunger strikers hoping to bring attention to the crisis in Sudan. Catherine Komp has more. An Israeli...

Download MP3 Headlines The Israeli attorney general recommends that his government should finally refer to operations in the Palestinian territories as an occupation and fall in line with international law. Laila El-Haddad has more...

Download MP3 Headlines Great Lawn Off Limits for RNC Activists have lost another battle with the courts to peacefully demonstrate in New York City during the Republican National Convention. The groups, the ANSWER coalition...

Download MP3 Headlines As many as 300-thousand people many undocumented immigrants, are expected to have their driver’s licenses suspended in New York State. Leigh Ann Caldwell has the story from WBAI in New York....