Tagged: 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (5:40) OPPOSITON LEADER ATTACKED IN ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai is reportedly in very serious condition after a brutal police beating. Tsvangirai leads the Movement for Democratic Change, a...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) NEW EU CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICY The European Union today passed an ambitious new energy policy aimed at cutting greenhouse emissions. The legislation stipulates that by 2020, a fifth of...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:30) Bush in Brazil US President George W. Bush kicks off his tour of Latin America in Brazil today. The trip will be limited to a dwindling number of nations whose...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:30) PROTESTS IN SOUTH AMERICA AHEAD OF BUSH VISIT Demonstrations, street clashes, and property takeovers have erupted in South America in the run-up to an official visit by President Bush to...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) TWO EARTHQUAKES SHAKE SUMATRA A 6.3 magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershock struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra today. The first earthquake hit at approximately 11am local time. The aftershock, which...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) UNREST IN EAST TIMOR The East Timorese capital of Dili was the scene of intense protests today after international peacekeepers launched a failed attempt to capture a rebel leader. The...

Download MP3 Headlines USDA GREEN LIGHTS RICE CROSSED WITH HUMAN GENE The US Agriculture Department has given preliminary approval for the first commercial production of a food crop engineered with a human gene. Matt...

Download MP3 Headlines (4:30) Australian Charged After 5 Years’ Capitivity in Guatanamo The U.S. military said today it has charged Australia’s only Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks, with providing material support for terrorism. The...

Download MP3 Headlines PRODI FACES CONFIDENCE VOTE Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will face a parliamentary confidence vote tonight. Prodi resigned a week ago after failing to secure Senate approval for key foreign policy...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) SUICIDE BOMBING AS CHENEY VISITS AFGHANISTAN The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at the main entrance to the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The attack came as...