Tagged: 2006

Download MP3 Headlines (5:41) GAS PIPELINE EXPLODES IN NIGERIA At least hundred and fifty people have died in an oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. The explosion occurred on Friday...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:57) A DAY OF BLOCKADES IN MEXICO CITY University students blockaded roads and highways in various parts of Mexico City today, calling for the release of all of those arrested last...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:50) FIRST DAY OF COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ABUSES IN NEPAL Two weeks after Nepal’s king gave up some power in the face of countrywide protests, a high-level government commission today began...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:58) ATENCO PRISONERS CHARGED WITH ORGANIZED CRIME The Attorney General’s office of Mexico state has filed charges against townspeople arrested in last week’s raid of San Salvador Atenco. Some 190 people...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:05) PHILIPPINE LEGISLATORS FREE TO GO HOME Five leftist lawmakers accused of involvement in a coup plot against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in February today walked out of Congress where...

Download MP3 Headlines (6:01) CIA DIRECTOR RESIGNS The Shake-up continues in the Bush Administration. President Bush announced today that he accepted the resignation of CIA Director Porter Goss. Bush thanked Goss and described his...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:25) RED ALERT IN MEXICO Street blockades have cropped up around Mexico City today, after a battle yesterday between townspeople and police near the Mexican capital left one 14 year-old dead....

Download MP3 Headlines (5:29) NEPALI PARLIAMENT EXTENDS OLIVE BRANCH Nepal’s newly-seated parliament approved a measure today to reciprocate a cease-fire offered by the country’s Maoist rebels. The government also dropped terrorism charges that were...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:03) GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN PUERTO RICO The government of Puerto Rico has shut down many of its non-emergency public services due to a budget crisis. Some 100,000 government employees are temporarily...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:05) IMMIGRANT BOYCOTTS Immigrant workers and their supporters are participating in a massive boycott in dozens of cities throughout the US today. Dubbed “A day without an immigrant”, organizers are calling...