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May 27, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (6:50) There have been verifiable incidents of what US Brigadier General Jay Hood describes as “mishandling” of the Qur’an at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  (TAPE 0:30) Hood added that...

May 26, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:28) Activists on different sides of the immigration debate clashed in Southern California leaving 7 protestors in jail, 3 run over by a car and the man who ran them over...

May 25, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (4:59) The Bush Administration is winning Congressional votes for far right nominees after months of threats and compromises by Democrats. Kelly Giddens reports from D.C. The US House expands temporary nuclear...

May 24, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Protestors are amassing near the major government buildings in Bolivia’s capitol over the nation’s new hydrocarbon law for the second day in a row.  Linda Farthing reports from La Paz. Zimbabwe’s police...

May 23, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Top military officials in Iraq confirm reports that the U.S. is prepared to create 4 larger bases that will condense more than 100 sites currently being used.  However, officials reject the statement...

May 20, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) George W. Bush promised to veto pending stem cell research legislation that will be voted on next week in the House of Representatives. The legislation seeks to expand the number...

May 19, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:11) The FBI is calling extremist environmental and animal rights groups more dangerous than Al Qaida. Wendy Wang reports from D.C. The federal case against the former Florida university professor being...

May 18, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Another newly appointed Iraqi official was assassinated today in Iraq. The Interior Ministry’s Brigadier General Ibrahim Khamas was shot dead by four gunmen as he rode through Baghdad. Iraqi officials say...

May 17, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:12) More than 12-thousand landless farmers are to hold a mass protest in Brazil’s capital against what they are calling the government’s slow rate of reform. Natalia Viana reports from Sao...

May 16, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines(5:05) Editors at the magazine Newsweek are taking their licks after deciding to reconsider a portion of a story that incited protests among Muslims worldwide. David Koppel reports from D.C. Protests in...