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March 03, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines US Senate Keeps Canadian Beef Out The U.S. Senate has passed legislation that would prevent Canadian beef from entering the United States.  By a slim margin, the Senate will overrule the US...

March 02, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:35) Vermont Towns Pass Anti-War Resolutions 56 Vermont towns debated the Iraq war at their annual town meetings this week. Forty-nine approved resolutions questioning the Vermont’s National Guard’s role in the...

March 01, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Unconstitutional to Execute Minors in US In a major victory for death penalty opponents, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution forbids the execution of people who were under 18...

February 28, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Israeli Government Developing Palestinian Territory The Israeli government has approved a new route for the separation wall and plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, even as government officials...

February 25, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines CT Closer to Same Sex Unions State supported same-sex unions may be legal in Connecticut soon. The proposal, which has moved out of a legislative committee, will create civil unions for...

February 24, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines New Palestinian Cabinet The Palestinian Parliament has sworn in a cabinet of mostly new people demonstrating that the leadership is making a commitment to be different than former President, the late...

February 23, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) Government Employees Sue Defense Department Federal government employees claim they were shut out of a process to reform the labor relations system of the Department of Defense. Today, a coalition...

February 22, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Chalabi Out The Bush administration’s former leading man in Iraq is pulling out of the race for Prime Minister making way for a candidate supported by the clergy-backed coalition. Dave Enders...

February 21, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines 10’s of Thousands March in Lebanon Tens of thousands of Lebanese demonstrated in Beirut today calling for foreign governments to leave their country. Mohammed Shublaq reports from Beirut. Irish Peace Process...

February 18, 2005

Download MP3 Headlines Nepal’s King Cuts Phones Hoping to Curb Protests The King of Nepal cut telephone lines in and out of the country today in an attempt to squash potential protests against the...