Bush Presses Congress on Tax Cuts

Broadcast: Jan 11 2003 President Bush used his weekly radio address to press for Congressional action on $670 billion worth of proposed tax cuts. Democrats have a rival plan they say gives more help t

US States Consider Raising Taxes While Bush Pushes for Feder

Broadcast: Jan 10, 2003 While President Bush is promoting tax cuts to stimulate the economy, some state officials are considering tax hikes to fix their budget problems. California's governor, faced w

Bank Workers Join Venezuela Strike

Broadcast: Jan 10,2003 Bank workers joined the 39 day old strike against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Thursday, 1) tightening the stranglehold which has already come close to shutting down the cou

Could 1)Insects Be Used as Instruments of Biological Warfare

Broadcast: Jan 29, 2003 The use of insects as agents of warfare is not a new idea. In the 2) Biblical story of the 3) Exodus, one of the 4) plagues visited upon the Egyptians was a horde of 5) locusts

China Hoping Space Program Will 1)Boost Commerce and Securit

Broadcast: Jan 29, 2003 China says it will launch its first astronauts into space later this year. Beijing is hoping the manned space program will boost commerce, science, and security. But, those ben

How Important is The Internet?

Broadcast: Jan 25,2003 Can this be a wild exaggeration? After all, the printing press 1) ushered in an entire era of intellectual advancement called the 2) Enlightenment. If you ask John Perry Barlow,

US Researchers Discover New Breast Cancer Gene

Broadcast: Jan 21, 2003 U.S. researchers have discovered another breast cancer gene that may provide a new point of attack against the disease. The 1) molecule is common to many types of breast cancer

IMF Expects to Resume Funding for Kenya

Jan 17, 2003 The head of 1) the International Monetary Fund in Africa says he expects to resume funding for Kenya by mid-year. The new Kenyan government is set to push through crucial 2) anti-corrupti

Italian Car 1)Patriarch Dies

Broadcast: Jan 24 2003 The patriarch of the Italian car company Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli, died Friday after months of illness. His death is likely to bring more restructuring of the company. Fiat is Ita

US Ready to Attack Iraq With or Without Allied Support, says

Broadcast: Jan 26, 2003 US Secretary state Colin Powell said Sunday that Iraq has failed to provide the truth in its weapons declaration and that it must disarm or be disarmed. In a hard-hitting speec

Powell: World Must Maintain Pressure on Saddam Hussein

Broadcast: Jan 25, 2003 U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will address the World Economic Forum Sunday, in what some aides call a

India May Have Agreement to Buy Russian Sea-Based Nuclear Te

Broadcast: Jan 20 2003 India has tested its most 1) sophisticated surface-to-air missile on the country's east coast. The test of the

Iraq Must Offer More Active Cooperation, say UN Inspectors

Broadcast: Jan 19, 2003 The top two United Nations arms inspectors have arrived in Baghdad saying Iraq must offer more active cooperation in the search for banned weapons if it is to avoid possible ar

White House Says UN Iraq Inspectors Are Not Under Timetable

Broadcast: Jan 13 2003 U.N. weapons inspectors indicate they may need several months more and perhaps as much as a year to complete their work in Iraq. The initial White House response is low key and

Decrease in Shark Population Harms Ocean 1)Ecosystems

Broadcast: Jan 16, 2003 Experts say one of the world's most feared, but misunderstood, creatures is under 2) assault by fishermen. A new study of all types of sharks finds that there are fewer of them

NY Governor Announces Joint Bid With 1)Quebec Province for O

Broadcast: Jan 09 2003 New York State and the Canadian Province of Quebec are planning an historic joint effort to host Winter Olympic Games. New York Governor George Pataki announced Wednesday the Un

China to Launch Manned Spacecraft

Broadcast: Jan 02 2003 China has announced it plans to launch its first manned spacecraft in the second half of this year to become only the third country to do so. The news comes as China's fourth un

Zimbabwe 1)Riots 2)Blamed on Food Shortages

Broadcast: Jan 06, 2003 In Zimbabwe, shortages of food are being blamed for two riots in recent days. One of the riots took place Sunday, the other on Friday. Both happened because of shortages of mai

Zimbabwe Releases 1)Inmates to Relieve Prison 2)Overcrowding

Broadcast: Jan 02 2003 Zimbabwe has released more than 10 percent of its prison population in a post-Christmas 3） amnesty, following repeated complaints from human rights groups and the justice mini

Zimbabwe Daily News' Editor Fired

Broadcast: Jan 01, 2003 Zimbabwe's only independent daily newspaper, The Daily News, is back on 1) newsstands after an absence of more than a week. But the founding editor of the paper, one of best-kn