The Global Report – Radio Edition: November 06, 2009:

This week’s broadcast includes:

Goldman secretly bet on the US housing crash
Secret bailouts for giant failing banks of the future?
Toxic waste trickles toward New Mexico’s water sources
Wal-Mart in child labor scandal
Alan Grayson calls a whore a whore
Gay bar raids draw community outrage
Violence against women, female teens, surges on TV
Xerox develops silver ink for cheap, printable electronics
NSA to build $1.5 billion cybersecurity center
US, NATO forces rely on warlords for security
Turkey’s Erdogan slams nuclear sanctions on Iran
Africans boycott meetings at UN climate talks
Rights groups: EU fails Uzbekistan’s victims
Indian political awakening stirs Latin America
Iraqi lawmakers irked over BP oil contract
Canadian sent to Syria can’t sue U.S. over torture

The Global Report – Radio Edition: October 30, 2009:

This week’s broadcast includes:

UN envoy slams US for unanswered drone questions
Lithuanian president announces investigation into CIA secret prison
Explosions kill at least 147 in Baghdad’s govt. center
UN nuclear team in Iran to visit newly revealed site
Afghans condemn ‘Quran-burning’
Canada threatens tar sands activists with anti-terror laws
Obama names nuclear advocate to regulate industry
Hate crime bill signed into law
Judge refuses to dismiss war crimes case against Blackwater
Car dealers protected from new consumer protection agency
EU blocking medicines for the poor
West Bank land belongs to Jews, says Israeli army judge
Companies reap the swine flu windfall
Belgian, Pakistani bag UN prize for promoting Gandhian ideals
Activists in UK repeatedly stopped and searched as police officers ‘mark’ cars
Shell fire kills at least 30 in Mogadishu
Deal reached in Honduras to restore ousted President

The Global Report – Radio Edition: October 23, 2009:

This week’s broadcast includes:

Democrats renege on PATRIOT Act promise
Arab League says US donations used to finance settlements
Oklahoma abortion law to put patients’ details online
Goldman exec named first COO of SEC enforcement
Cashing in on the war dividend – the joys of perpetual war
Pakistan: Thousands flee South Waziristan as army offensive begins
British army refused to investigate Iraqi abuse claims, investigator claims
Karzai agrees to Nov. 7 runoff in Afghanistan
Berlusconi in propaganda push to sway foreign press
Climate change activist stopped from traveling to Copenhagen
US gives Shell green light for offshore oil drilling in the Arctic
Latin American indigenous protest Spanish conquest’s ‘genocide’
Marx and Lenin revisited
Congo army ‘killed 50 civilians in UN-backed ops’
Bolivia summit adopts new currency
Guinea cabinet members resign, West African leaders impose arms embargo in wake of deadly protest

The Global Report – Radio Edition: October 16, 2009:

This week’s broadcast includes:

Civilian goals largely unmet in Afghanistan
Iraqi cancer figures soar
Wave of violence in Pakistan shows resurgent Taliban
Nobel Prize for promises? Commentary by Howard Zinn
MI5 historian: ‘War on terror’ policies ‘worst’
House OKs measure to make anti-gay violence a hate crime
Nurses to sue New York over vaccination mandate
US states suffer “unbelievable” revenue shortages
Natives need change, not apology
Stalled agenda irks labor leaders
First woman wins Nobel Prize for economics
Watchdog: Obama’s mortgage relief efforts aren’t good enough
China signs deal for gas in trade talks with Putin
Report: CO2 could be stored under towns
Hundreds of war crimes lawsuits filed against Israelis
Israeli officials warn against support for UN report
Russia rejects, for now, talk about sanctions against Iran
Turkey, Armenia sign historic accord

The Global Report – Radio Edition: October 09, 2009:

This week’s broadcast includes:

Firms are getting billions, but homeowners still in trouble
EPA promoting coal ash for consumer use
Some gay activists criticize Obama for being all talk
Takeover in Hopiland – a dirty new low for Peabody Coal
Obama admin. opposes protecting reporter confidentiality
Billions in US aid never reached Pakistan army
US Navy tackles cyber threats
US Congress votes to triple aid to Pakistan
IAEA head: NYT report on Iranian nukes is ‘baseless’
Iraqi widows yearn for new lives
UN delay on Gaza report condemned
Last militant leader disarms in Nigeria amnesty
Migration myths dispelled in UNDP report
Opposition wins Greek election
School lab health and safety rules ‘could stop future scientists’
29 police, 9 Indians wounded in Ecuador protest

The Global Report – Radio Edition: October 02, 2009:

This week’s broadcast includes:

Unions criticize Obama’s school proposals as ‘Bush III’
Bullet makers can’t keep up with demand
Landmark decision: Massive relief for homeowners and trouble for the banks
Defense bill, lauded by White House, contains billions in earmarks
Groups decry police response to protesters at G-20
Like a dog that’s been beat too much: Acorn and media bias
The public knows the GOP is fibbing
Iran agrees to ship enriched uranium to Russia for refinement
US accepts Hamid Karzai as Afghan leader despite poll fraud claims
Bush officials face liability for terror policies
Judge criticizes US evidence on Gitmo detainee
Iraqi minority refugees in jeopardy, report says
Guinea junta troops ‘killed and raped hundreds at democracy rally’
US threatens to escalate operations inside Pakistan
Jerusalem calm after flashpoint clashes
Vauxhall may lose up to 1,800 jobs in ‘political stitch up’

The Global Report – Radio Edition: September 25, 2009:

This week’s broadcast includes:

Fusion centers to obtain access to classified military intelligence
Justice Dept. investigates ex-official’s ties to Shell
US urges court to reject Google book deal
Yes Men prank New York Post with climate edition
Vacated mercury mines taint Calif. waters
Made in Mass., bomb stirs global debate
VeriChip shares jump after H1N1 patent license win
Pakistani villagers bury dead as bomb toll hits 40
Afghanistan: Media outrage over coalition killing of reporter
Pakistan police raid US-contracted security firm
US military closes largest detention camp in Iraq
Gaza’s water supply near collapse
Darfur groups ‘padded’ death tolls
1.2 billion population of India to be given biometric ID cards
United Nations approves long-awaited new women’s agency
As US closes military post, Ecuador hails restoration of ’sovereignty’

The Global Report – Radio Edition: September 18, 2009:

This week’s broadcast includes:

Americans are getting poorer, and it’s going to get worse
Job openings down 50% from the peak in 2007
Taliban cover 97% of Afghanistan
Terror group builds big base under Pakistani officials’ noses
Pakistan: Domestic violence bill draws mixed reactions
Combat vets having tough time in job market
Iraqi shoe thrower released; says he was tortured
How gay Iraqis are tracked, tortured and killed
Iran proposes control system aimed at eliminating nuclear weapons
Nigeria – Human trafficking rises sharply
Oil majors propping up Myanmar regime: rights group
Anti-nuclear rally enlivens German campaign
UN chief – Israeli settlement plans violate international law
When cocaine and Monsanto’s pesticides collide
Body Shop ethics under fire after Colombian peasant evictions

The Global Report – Radio Edition: September 11, 2009

This week’s broadcast includes:

US to boost combat force in Afghanistan
Indefensible nation: US hypocrisy astonishes the world
The truth of Iraq’s city of deformed babies
Lead-tainted toys linger on shelves despite new law
Activists demand real change as foreclosures mount
Taxpayer bailout of rich CEO’s a smashing success
‘Life settlements’ Wall Street’s new game
Specter gets support for health reform
Speakers decry G-20 protest rules
Progressives decry resignation of Van Jones
Honduras: US State Dept. condemns ‘coup d’etat’, curtails aid
US harshly rebukes Israel on settlement plans
South Africa backs action in US on firms linked to apartheid
Pipeline sabotage blows image of stable Canada
Lesbian partners in Britain to be named on birth certificates
Burma agrees to hear Aung San Suu Kyi’s appeal
Aid group says US troops raid Afghan hospital

The Global Report – Radio Edition: September 04, 2009

This week’s broadcast includes:

Obama keeps Bush’s search policy for travelers
1,000 banks to fail in next two years: Bank CEO
A “little judge” who rejects foreclosures, Brooklyn style
Climate trouble may be bubbling up in far north
Pfizer to pay $2.3 billion to settle US drug fraud allegations
Iran welcomes ‘positive’ IAEA nuclear report
India’s generation of children crippled by uranium waste
Opposition sweeps Japan election
Pentagon nixes propaganda firm screening Afghanistan reporters
US to boost combat force in Afghanistan
Jail term for Sri Lankan editor
Israel/Palestine: the ‘Robin Hood’ of international law
Iraq death toll in August highest in 13 months
Former PM Olmert indicted on corruption charges
Honduras: Rights report shows need for increased international pressure
At least 43 people killed in Sudan clashes
Number of Iraqi detainees below 9,000