Category: Middle East

Down To The Wire In Britain – May 2, 1979

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 2, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection May 2nd in 1979 saw the last full day of campaigning for the Parliamentary elections in Britain. Labour Prime Minister James Callahan and opposition Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher

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Not With Candy And Flowers – April 8, 2004

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 open arms had many wondering just how long this odyssey

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Mad Cow – Mad World – March 28, 1996

Click on the link here for Audio Player – PRI/BBC – The World – March 28, 1996 – WGBH, Boston Further evidence there are no dull days in history, no matter when – March 28th in 1996 was overflowing with its fair share of uncertainty and  mayhem. Starting with revelations

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Outrage Over Ocalan – February 18, 1999

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service – Newshour – February 18, 1999 – BBC Radio News for this day in 1999 was about the capture and arrest of Abdullah Ocalan, founding member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), who was seized by Turkish agents

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A Week Old And Day Strange – January 23, 1991

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + Updates – January 23, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With Desert Storm a week old, this January 23rd, twenty-three years ago, the news was about strange accusations the Iraqis were making with reference to our

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The Tsuris Of Happiness – October 21, 1978

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – October 21, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this October 21st in 1978 had much to do with the continuing, on-again-off-again-stop-and-start Egyptian-Israeli Peace Talks going on at Camp David. Hitting snags on a seemingly

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