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December 22, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) PENTAGON TO SEND SOLDIERS WITH PTSD BACK INTO COMBAT The Pentagon announced new regulations on mental illness today, saying the military won’t send soldiers into combat if they are bipolar...

December 21, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) SOMALIA ON THE VERGE OF WAR Heavy fighting rages in Somalia for the second day running between Islamist fighters and government forces allegedly backed by Ethiopian troops around Baidoa, the...

December 20, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) WEST BANK SWEEPS As gun battles between factions rage on in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Army continues to carry out raids in several West Bank cities. Manar Jibrin reports....

December 19, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:20) EPA RELAXES RULES ON CHEMICAL EMISSIONS The Environmental Protection Agency has issued new rules that roll back public access to information about toxic waste releases. Brian Edwards-Tiekert has more. Under...

December 18, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) Key Democrats OK with More Troops to Iraq Senators Hillary Clinton and Democratic Leader Harry Reid have told television reporters they support increasing the number of US troops in Iraq...

December 15, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) SHOTS FIRED AT PALESTINIAN PM Palestinian internal clashes reached a new height today as the Prime Minister narrowly escaped what has been described as an assassination attempt. One bodyguard was...

December 14, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:10) RULING ON MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT A federal judge yesterday upheld part of the Military Commissions Act by ruling that foreign detainees or so-called “enemy combatants” held at Guantanamo Bay or...

December 13, 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:08) BUSHMEN WIN LAND RIGHTS CASE IN BOTSWANA The San Bushmen of the Kalahari desert won a landmark legal victory today in the longest and most costly case in Botswana’s history....