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Download MP3 Headlines Bhopal activists still seeking retribution from Dow Chemicals are seething over a new deal the corporate leviathan has made with the Indian government. Binu Alex has more from Ahmedebad. The government...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:57) Some US Representatives are seeking to slow down the quickly diminishing national pension fund as corporate giants cash in employee accounts to stave off the consequences of bankruptcy.  Kate Paulman reports...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) Today the streets of La Paz were relatively quiet.  Miners, laborers and other social groups are marching to Bolivia?s capitol.  Luis Gómez reports from La Paz. Military spending worldwide has exceeded 1-trillion...

Download MP3 Headlines The U.S. Senate kept its promise on judicial nominee Janice Rogers Brown and closed discussion in a 64-32 vote.  Civil rights and environmental groups oppose the presidential nominee saying she has issued...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a case that could have challenged the anti-discrimination federal Title IX law.  The National Wrestling Coaches Association said in order to comply with the law...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:18) Bolivia’s President offered a major concession to  demonstrators who are calling for the re-nationalization of the country’s resources. Linda Farthing has more from La Paz. Chile’s center-left government signs another so-called...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:12) Demonstrators demanding the re-nationalization of hydrocarbons in Bolivia continue to protest today.  Linda Farthing has more from La Paz. The Israeli government has released 400 imprisoned Palestinians as promised. Manar Jibreen...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:13) People in the Netherlands are voting today on whether to support the European Union constitution. Only the Parliament may actually approve or reject adoption of the document. However, most political...

Download MP3 Headlines The Enron accounting firm charged with shredding documents has been absolved of wrong doing by the US Supreme Court. Peter Larkin reports from D.C. Immigrant rights activists are marching across the...