Category: Civil War
May 2, 2005 – Hostage Taking In Iraq – Insurgents Attacking In Iraq – Car Bombs Exploding In Iraq.
May 2, 2005 – BBC Radio 4 News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 2, 2005 – A day of hostage taking, insurgents attacking and terrorism in Iraq. As observed and reported by The BBC, the situation in Iraq was becoming entangled in violence and chaos with seemingly no
March 8, 1993 – In Bosnia, An Offensive – In Waco, A Waiting Game – In New York, Questions –
March 8, 1993 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 8, 1993 – In Bosnia, another day loaded with turmoil and uncertainty. The commander of Muslim troops ordered an offensive against Serb forces in order to relieve pressure on Muslim enclaves. U.S. cargo planes dropped
March 1, 2006 – FEMA Knew – Bush Goes To Bagram – Tunnels To America
March 1, 2006 – CBS World News Roundup; Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1, 2006 Starting off with a bang. First, with revelations that FEMA (the government disaster relief agency) knew how bad Hurricane Katrina might be. FEMA officials, including President Bush were briefed about how
February 18, 1994 – Sarajevo Pullback – Israeli-PLO Fingers Crossed – Gold Comes To Jansen.
February 18, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 18, 1994 – The view from Sarajevo this day included columns of Bosnian Serb tanks and artillery rolling down from the snow-covered hills around the besieged city. Russian diplomacy and peacekeepers and a threat of
February 8, 1994 – The Odyssey Of Tailhook – Living In Sudden California – Asking The Riddle Of Bosnia.
February 8, 1994 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1994 – A busy day for newsrooms. The Odyssey of the Tailhook scandal was continuing – this time, a military judge in Norfolk, Virginia concluded that the Navy’s top Admiral had witnessed nudity and
January 21, 1995 – Accidents, The OJ Trial, Struggles In Chechnya And Terremoto In Kobe
January 21, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 21, 1995 – Your typical day of accidents, trials, civil war and the situation in Kobe, Japan where a 6.8 earthquake leveled great swaths of the city. But news for the day began with an
January 18, 1999 – A Slaughter Of Innocents – A Matter Of Extradition – A Bleak View Of Angola
January 18, 1999 – NewsHour – BBC World Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 18, 1999 – Another day where innocents are caught in the middle and factions are settling old scores. This time it was the town of Recuk in Kosovo where unarmed ethnic Albanians were rounded
December 31, 1991 – New Years Eve: 1991 – Looking At The Old Year – Cringing At The New One.
December 31, 1991 – NPR: All Things Considered – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 31, 1991 – New Years Eve on a year that saw change, upheaval and unrest. And tucked in there was a modicum of optimism, but if you blinked, you might have missed it. The big
December 27, 2002 – Human Cloning: About The Baby “Eve” – Elections In Kenya – Explosions In Grozny
December 27, 2002 – BBC Radio 4 News – BBC World Service World Today – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 27, 2002 – shifting focus to what was going on in the rest of the world via the BBC World Service, this day after/day after Christmas 2002. Topping the