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February 20, 2002 – BBC World Service – World Briefing – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 20, 2002 – a view of the world this day 15 years ago. Further evidence, not much has changed. The Middle East was…
August 20, 1991 – The view from Moscow on this day was anything but settled. Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin spearheaded protests and the backlash against the Coup takeover of the Moscow government. The coup installed a leader, but support…
– BBC World Service – World Briefing – October 9, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the overthrow and resignation of Slobodan Milosevic a few days earlier and the installation of Vojislav Kostunica as the legitimate President,…
– News from Radio Berlin – EIAR, Rome – BBC World Service – CBC Canada – MBS – September 3, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since the writing had been on the wall for several days, even…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service News – October 14, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another day in the seemingly endless crisis in the Middle East, this October 14th, 2000. With news that…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service- Newsdesk – September 9, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Become a Patron! September 2nd 1999: the world was battling extremists, factions and overthrows. Just another day on…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Coup in Russia – CBS Radio/BBC World Service – August 20, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this August 20th in 1991, Russian history would stage a repeat of 1964.…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC – Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain quits as Prime Minister – May 10, 1940 On a day seemingly overwhelmed with news of German invasions in Europe. London was rocked, this May…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC – The World Today – April 8, 2004 – BBC World Service Ten years ago today, the stark reality that our involvement in Iraq wasn’t going to be met with…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service – Newshour – January 29, 1999 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day, fifteen years ago, was about limits being reached, endurance vanished and nerves frayed…