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

Powell to Join Friday UN Meeting for 1)Crucial Inspectors' R

Broadcast: Feb 12, 2003` U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will join in a crucial meeting of the U.N. Security Council Friday at which chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix will give an updated re

I Raq And Roll Makes A War-Time Statement

Broadcast: Mar 28 2003 Texan Clint Black wrote I Raq and Roll with his longtime collaborator Hayden Nicholas. The song is only available as a free download from his website, www.clintblack.com. He exp

Thousands Stage Anti-War Protest in Los Angeles

Broadcast: Jan 12, 2003 Thousands of 1) demonstrators protested a possible war in Iraq at a rally and march in Los Angeles Saturday. As U.S. troops mobilize for a possible invasion, protest organizers

New Book Explores Abraham Lincoln's Life

Broadcast: Feb 08, 2003 Cities and universities have been named for Abraham Lincoln, his face appears on the U.S. $5 bill, and tourists flock to the massive Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Adam B

Oscars Will Be Held Despite Possibility of War

Broadcast: Mar 12, 2003 The producer of the Oscars says the Hollywood award show will go ahead as planned March 23, regardless of whether war breaks out in the Middle East. Some worry that world event

New York Museum Presents Comprehensive Exhibition on Vietnam

Broadcast: Mar 14, 2003 These are the sounds of Hanoi, Vietnam, today. They accompany images of colorful streets 1) bustling with bicycles, cars, pedestrians and merchants. They are sights and sounds

Gere, Zeta-Jones, Zellweger Wow Audiences in Chicago

Broadcast: Jan 04 2003 It's been 28 years since Chicago: A Musical 1) Vaudeville first opened on Broadway. The witty songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb and the razzle-dazzle staging and 2) choreography

12 New Members Join US Women's Hall of Fame

Broadcast: Mar 19,2003 March is National Women's History Month in the United States, a time when Americans honor the often-neglected contributions women have made to American history and 1) contempora