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Download MP3   Headlines(4:34) CURFEW DECLARED IN BANGLADESH An indefinite curfew has been imposed on six cities in Bangladesh in response to 3 consecutive days of protests by university students in the capital. The...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:11) IRANIAN-AMERICAN ACADEMIC FREED ON BAIL Iranian-American academic, Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, has been freed on bail after 3 months in an Iranian jail. Esfandiari was detained in May while visiting her ailing...

Download MP3 Headlines(7:00) ABU GHRAIB OFFICER GOES TO TRIAL A military judge has dropped 2 charges that were pending against an army officer for abuses committed in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. Army Lt. Col....

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) RUSSIA RESUMES MILITARY FLIGHT PATROLS Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today that Russia will resume long-range bomber flights on a regular basis. The flights were part of routine patrols during...

Download MP3 Headlines GUILTY VERDICTS IN TERROR HIGH-PROFILE TRIAL A Miami jury has found Jose Padilla and his two co-defendants, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi, guilty on all counts of providing material...

Download MP3 Headlines(6:34) DEATH TOLL CLIMBS IN IRAQ WAR’S DEADLIEST SINGLE ATTACK The death toll from a series of suicide bomb attacks near the city of Mosul in Iraqi Kurdistan has passed 250. Emergency...

Download MP3 Headlines(4:55) MASSIVE FLOODING IN NORTH KOREA Massive flooding in North Korea has killed hundreds of people, damaged numerous buildings, and inundated tens of thousands of acres of farmland. North Korean state-run media...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:30) NEW US ASSAULT IN IRAQ The US Military said today that it has launched another offensive in Iraq against Shia and Sunni fighters. The military says this new assault, dubbed...

Download MP3 Headlines 18 Charged With Homosexuality in Nigeria, Face Stoning In Northern Nigeria, eighteen men have been arrested and charged with homosexuality. The charges could lead to execution by stoning. Sam Olukoya reports:...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) IRAN AND IRAQ FORGE CLOSE TIES Iran and Iraq expressed mutual support for each other as Iran made calls for the US to leave Iraq. The two Shia governments met...