Tagged: 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:26) POWER SHARING DEAL ANNOUNCED FOR NORTHERN IRELAND Rival groups in Northern Ireland’s longtime civil conflict today signed a historic power-sharing agreement. The protestant pro-British Democratic Unionist Party and the mostly...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) CARGO PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER MOGADISHU A cargo plane chartered by African Union peacekeepers in Somalia has been shot down over Mogadishu. Eleven passengers were in the plane at the...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) MEXICAN LAWMAKERS DEBATE MAJOR REFORM TO SOCIAL SECURITY Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies is behind a wall of riot police today as the lower house of congress debates major reforms to...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) FIERCE FIGHTING BREAKS OUT IN MOGADISHU Fierce fighting has erupted in Somalia after government troops tried to search for weapons in one of Mogadishu’s neighborhoods. Abdurrahman Warsameh reports. At least...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) RUSSIAN MINE BLAST DEATH TOLL CLIMBS The death toll from yesterday’s methane explosion in a Siberian coal mine has risen to over 100. Rescue workers found one miner alive today....

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) METHANE EXPLOSION IN RUSSIAN MINE A gas explosion in a Russian coal mine has killed at least 61 people. At least 168 workers were in the Siberian mine at the...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) ARCTIC OCEAN MELTDOWN BY 2040 According to new scientific research out today, the Arctic ocean may lose all its ice by the year 2040. From London, Naomi Fowler reports. What...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:45) SENATE PANEL APPROVES SUBPOENAS IN US ATTORNEY INVESTIGATION A Senate panel today approved subpoenas for 5 Justice Department officials as part of the investigation into the dismissal of 8 US...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) INDIAN POLICE SHOOT FARMERS DEAD Unrest has erupted in India’s eastern state of West Bengal after police used deadly force against demonstrating farmers. Binu Alex has more. At least seven...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:45) ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION LEADER APPEARS IN COURT BADLY BEATEN Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared in public today for the first time since his detention on Sunday. Tsvangirai limped into court...