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TGR-RE: June 11, 2010

Posted in Broadcast with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 14, 2010 by theglobalreportradioedition

This week’s broadcast includes:

BP leaks 500,000 pounds of nitrates, benzene from Texas refinery,
Female migrants charge sexual abuse in detention,
Who ate the dessert?,
Latin America still divided over coup in Honduras,
Kids with lesbian parents do just fine,
Obama secretly deploys US special forces to 75 countries across world,
Texas students in innocence projects play key role in exonerations,
UN says 1.5 million people still homeless in Haiti,
Study: In long-term, immigrants are good for US,
Iran Red Crescent to send two aid ships to Gaza,
US demands IDF probe how American lost eye at West Bank protest,
US cruise missile parts found in Yemeni village where 52 died,
Ex-Union Carbide officials sentenced over Bhopal leak,
With US aid, warlord builds Afghan empire,
DR Congo: Rights defender’s death renews calls to end impunity,
3rd Iraqi candidate from Sunni-backed party killed.

TGR-RE: March 26, 2010

Posted in Broadcast with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 27, 2010 by theglobalreportradioedition

This week’s broadcast includes:

NYT admits getting duped on ACORN,
The health care Hindenburg has landed,
Big immigration march in Washington,
Texas textbooks to finally tell history right,
Discharging gays to draw more scrutiny in military,
US Cyber Command prepped to launch,
Oregon town uses geothermal energy to stay warm,
Nano-based RFID tags could replace bar codes,
British military intelligence ‘ran renegade torture unit in Iraq’,
UN chief slams Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip,
Afghan prison may become new Guantanamo,
Lebanese army fires on Israeli warplanes
Honduras urged to investigate attacks on journalists,
Nigeria: Acting president consolidates power amid unrest,
Militaries prepare for climate doomsday,
World Water Day focus on global flood of sewage,
Belarus police raid home of government critics.