June 12, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) “FRIENDLY FIRE” KILLS 7 AFGHAN POLICEMEN U.S.led forces in Afghanistan have killed 7 Afghan policemen in what is one of the deadliest incidents of friendly fire since the start of...
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June 11, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) HABEAS CORPUS WINS ANOTHER ROUND The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that the government cannot hold so-called enemy combatants without charge. Attorneys brought the case on behalf...
June 08, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) PACE TO BE REPLACED Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced today that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace, is being replaced. Gates has recommended chief...
June 07, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) HABEAS CORPUS MAKING A COMEBACK The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a motion to restore the writ of habeas corpus to all detainees held by the United States government. Habeas...
June 06, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) G8 OPENS IN GERMANY As the G8 Summit began today, around 10,000 protestors defied a ban on demonstrating near the summit itself, thereby preventing journalists and even some officials from...
June 05, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) LIBBY SENTENCED IN LEAK CASE A federal court in Washington DC has handed down a sentence to former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby for his role in the so-called...
June 04, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) GITMO CASE DISMISSED A military judge today dropped terrorism charges against a young Canadian man who has been held at Guantanamo Bay since he was 15 years old. The presiding...
June 01, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) TEACHERS PROTEST SOCIAL SECURITY REFORMS IN MEXICO CITY Mexican public school teachers and their supporters brought much of the hemisphere’s largest city to a standstill today with road blockades and...
May 31, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) BUSH TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE President Bush called on 15 world powers today to agree on a program to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The speech comes just days ahead of the...
May 30, 2007
Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) THAI COURT DISBANDS FORMER RULING PARTY Thailand’s Constitutional Court today ruled to disband the Thai Rak Thai party and bar more than 100 of its members from participating in electoral...
