Month November 2002

Scotland Yard thwart Al-Qaeda attack…

Scotland Yard thwart Al-Qaeda attack on London underground A plot to release cyanide gas on London underground rail system has been foiled by Scotland Yard following the recent arrest of six North African men believed to have links to Osama…

Iranian scholars protest reformist death…

Iranian scholars protest reformist death sentence. This protest just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Many universities are on strike and now faculty are resigning in protest. A major upheaval, to be sure. Hope it ends peacefully. TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (Agence…

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,…