Tagged: 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) SMALL EXPLOSION NEAR US BASE IN JAPAN The Pentagon is investigating a small blast that occurred today outside of a US Army base in Japan. Japan’s Kyodo News agency is...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) CLASHES AT HOLY SITE IN JERUSALEM Excavation work near Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque triggered clashes inside of the Holy City today and provoked protests in other areas of the West...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) PALESTINIAN UNITY TALKS The main Palestinian political factions of Fatah and Hamas today signed an agreement for a national unity government after two days of talks in the Saudi city...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) Iraq: Seven Dead As U.S. Loses 5th Helicopter in Two Weeks A U.S. helicopter crashed in Iraq’s Anbar province today, killing all seven soldiers aboard. The military says the crash...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) Aftermath of Senate Iraq Debate On Capitol Hill, there’s been more fallout today over a Senate Resolution on Iraq that was effectively filibustered last night. Republicans held almost a united...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) THE OCCUPATION PROJECT RESPONDS TO WAR FUNDING REQUEST President Bush requested 100 billion dollars today as this year’s supplemental funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In response, a...

Download MP3 Headlines FLORIDA NIXES TOUCH-SCREEN VOTING MACHINES Florida Governor Charlie Crist has announced plans to abandon the touch screen voting machines that many of Florida’s counties installed after the disputed 2000 Presidential election....

Download MP3 Headlines IRAQ ATTACKS AND SUICIDE BOMBINGS Iraq has witnessed another day of intense violence with a double-bombing at a market in Hilla and 3 separate attacks in residential areas of Baghdad. Hiba...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:15) CHAVEZ GRANTED SWEEPING POWERS Venezuela’s National Assembly unanimously passed a law today that will allow President Hugo Chavez to issue laws by decree for a limited time on a wide...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:00) NEGROPONTE CONFIRMATION HEARING In today’s confirmation hearing for John Negroponte, the president’s nominee for Deputy Secretary of State, senators made it clear to the outgoing Director of National Intelligence that...