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Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) UNREST IN EAST TIMOR The East Timorese capital of Dili was the scene of intense protests today after international peacekeepers launched a failed attempt to capture a rebel leader. The...

Download MP3 Headlines USDA GREEN LIGHTS RICE CROSSED WITH HUMAN GENE The US Agriculture Department has given preliminary approval for the first commercial production of a food crop engineered with a human gene. Matt...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:30) Australian Charged After 5 Years’ Capitivity in Guatanamo The U.S. military said today it has charged Australia’s only Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks, with providing material support for terrorism. The...

Download MP3 Headlines PRODI FACES CONFIDENCE VOTE Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will face a parliamentary confidence vote tonight. Prodi resigned a week ago after failing to secure Senate approval for key foreign policy...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) SUICIDE BOMBING AS CHENEY VISITS AFGHANISTAN The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at the main entrance to the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The attack came as...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:12) GUINEA’S NATIONAL STRIKE ENDS TOMORROW Trade unions in the West African nation of Guinea have agreed to call off a general strike in response to the country’s president agreeing to...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:24) CHENEY VISITS AUSTRALIA Vice President Dick Cheney’s visit to Australia has been greeted with protests for the second consecutive day. Hundreds of extra police and security personnel have been added...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) ITALIAN GOVERNMENT STILL IN CRISIS The political future of Italy is still up in the air a day after the resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi. Prodi stepped down yesterday...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned today shortly after some of his government’s key foreign policy measures failed to secure the approval of the Italian Senate....

Download MP3 Headlines (6:20) MILITARY COMMISSIONS RULING A federal appeals court panel has ruled 2 to 1 against dozens of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp who are attempting to gain access to...