Day November 16, 2002

Extremist rabbi in Hebron says…

Extremist rabbi in Hebron says annihilation of non-Jews acceptable A prominent Israeli rabbi with thousands of followers said during a Sabbath homily in the settlement in Kiryat Arba’a Saturday that halacha, or Jewish religious law, “essentially supported the annihilation of…

Atmosphere tense in Venezuela

Atmosphere tense in Venezuela Takeover of Caracas Police Sparks New Venezuela Row. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s government on Saturday took control of the Caracas city police from the capital’s anti-Chavez mayor in a move opponents condemned as an illegal abuse…

Computer voting chip gives victory…

Computer voting chip gives victory to losing candidate A defective computer chip in the county’s optical scanner misread ballots Tuesday night and incorrectly tallied a landslide victory for Republicans. Democrats actually won by wide margins. So, these systems have no double-checking,…

Democratic insiders think Gore shouldn’t…

Democratic insiders think Gore shouldn’t run in 2004 As the Democratic Party regroups from the disappointing midterm elections and begins searching for a presidential nominee, a Los Angeles Times Poll shows that nearly half of party insiders believe former Vice…

New Evidence of Fraud in…

New Evidence of Fraud in Power CrisisTaped phone conversations show that plant shutdowns were deliberately done to force electricity prices up New evidence has emerged that AES Corp. and Williams Cos. conspired to squeeze electricity supplies to California in early…