Tagged: 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:20) IRAN BEGINS INDUSTRIAL SCALE NUCLEAR FUEL PRODUCTION Iran announced today that it has started to produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale. The government of the oil-rich nation claims it...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:20) POSSIBLE WAR CRIMES IN SOMALIA European Union officials are looking into allegations that Ethiopian and Somali government forces committed war crimes during a recent 4-day siege on Mogadishu. The Associated...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) ECUADOR EMERGING FROM POLITICAL CRISIS Ecuador’s constitutional court has upheld a decision by the country’s electoral tribunal to fire 57 members of the national assembly for dragging their feet on...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:00) TENUOUS CEASEFIRE FOLLOWS BLOODBATH IN MOGADISHU Medical crews have begun to clear corpses from the streets of the Somali captial of Mogadishu today. Ethiopian and Somali government soldiers, as well as...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) UKRAINE ON VERGE OF MAJOR POLITICAL CRISIS A major political standoff in the Ukraine may soon take on crisis proportions. The pro-Western faction of president Viktor Yushchenko is at loggerheads...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:36) SCOTUS ENVIRONMENTAL RULINGS The Supreme Court today issued rulings in two major cases involving greenhouse gas and power plant emissions. In what some analysts call the most important environmental ruling...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:32) CONVICTION IN GUANTANAMO MILITARY TRIBUNAL The military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay today officially convicted Australian detainee David Hicks for providing material support for terrorism. Hicks accepted a plea deal in exchange...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) ETHIOPIAN TROOPS LAUNCH SECURITY CRACKDOWN IN MOGADISHU Heavy fighting has erupted on the streets of Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops carry out what they say is a 3 day operation to...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:27) UK SUSPENDS BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH IRAN A diplomatic crisis provoked by the capture of 15 British sailors by Iranian forces has deepened. The British government today announced that it has suspended...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:28) WAR SPENDING DEBATE The Senate today resumed it’s debate on a 122 billion dollar war funding bill.  The measure includes a suggested timeline for troop withdrawal by next March. The...