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May 10, 2002

Download MP3 38 Day Seige at the Church of the Nativity Over (3:30) The 13 Palestinians on Israel’s most-wanted list were flown to Cyprus, the first stop in an exile that will take them...

May 09, 2002

Download MP3 Is the Stand-off Over at the Church of the Nativity? (3:21) The European Union has agreed to a sponsor a deal aimed at ending the standoff at the Church of the Nativity...

May 08, 2002

Download MP3 More Bombings in the Middle East Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with Free Speech Radio News Correspondent Awad Duades in Ramallah. House Votes for Nuclear Waste Dump Site at Yucca Mountain The House...

May 07, 2002

Download MP3 Negotiations Stall in Bethlehem (3:28) The U.N. General Assembly scheduled an emergency session today as a draft resolution introduced by Sudan on behalf of the Arab Group of nations and by South...

May 06, 2002

Download MP3 Aung San Suu Kyi Free The Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been released from nearly 20 months of house arrest by the military junta who has power in Burma....

May 03, 2002

Download MP3 Still No UN Mission to Jenin The UN Security Council remains deadlocked today over Israel’s rejection of a fact-finding mission to the Jenin refugee camp, as Palestinians reject a U.S.-backed proposal for...

May 02, 2002

Download MP3 International Activists Inside the Church of the Nativity (1:43) This evening, a group of 24 international peace activists rushed past Israeli Defense Force roadblocks and entered Bethlehem’s Manger Square. 13 activists were...

May 01, 2002: May Day Special

Download MP3 Over a Million March for May Day in Paris There’s been an enormous response in France today to calls to turn traditional May Day demonstrations into a huge ” no ” to...

April 30, 2002

Download MP3 Postcard from Gaza (2:58) South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused Israel of practicing apartheid in its policies towards the Palestinians. The Nobel Peace Laureate said he was “very deeply distressed” by...

April 29, 2002

Download MP3 “Freedom Summer for Palestine” Activists are inviting thousands of people from the all over the world to participate as international peace observers in the Occupied Territories, calling it Freedom Summer. International Peace...