Tagged: 2007

Download MP3 Headlines (6:00) UN SPECIAL ENVOY TO BURMA REPORTS TO SECURITY COUNCIL A UN envoy has warned Burma’s military junta of serious repercussions if it does not stop the ongoing crackdown on the...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:45) PINOCHET FAMILY ARRESTED The entire immediate family of Chile’s former dictator has been placed under arrest by a Santiago judge on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment in the so-called...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:11) BUSH VETOES S-CHIP President Bush today made good on his promise to veto popular legislation that would have increased healthcare coverage for low-income children. The measure would have raised millions of...

Download MP3 Headlines (5:01) BRITAIN TO WITHDRAW 1000 TROOPS FROM IRAQ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced today that Britain will withdraw 1,000 of its troops from Iraq by the end of the year....

Download MP3 Headlines Burmese Military Junta Continues Crackdown The governing military junta of Burma has, for now, succeeded in crushing popular dissent in the form of street demonstrations. At this time last week, the...

Download MP3 Headlines SENATE PASSES S-CHIP BY VETO-PROOF MAJORITY In a major rebuke to the president, the US Senate has passed a measure to increase federal funding for healthcare coverage to low-income children. The...

Download MP3 Headlines ANOTHER SECTION OF PATRIOT ACT STRUCK DOWN A federal judge in Portland has struck down the sneak and peek provision of the USA Patriot Act on constitutional grounds. Eoin Bastable has...

Download MP3 Headlines(4:50) INTENSE FIGHTING IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN US and Afghan forces have reportedly killed more than 165 suspected Taliban militants in separate clashes in two provinces in Southern Afghanistan. The US military claims...

Download MP3 Headlines(4:58) SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON LETHAL INJECTIONS The Supreme Court has announced that it will rule on whether lethal injections violate the constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The issue...

Download MP3 Headlines(5:35) UAW CALLS NATIONAL STRIKE AGAINST GM The United Auto Workers began a nationwide strike today after contract negotiations with General Motors broke down. The UAW contract with Gm expired on September...