U.S. Elections
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Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 29th
MUHOVAC, Dec 29, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) The leader of a group of separatist rebels fighting government forces in southern Serbia claimed Thursday that corrupt Yugoslav army officers had sold weapons to his fighters.
As a fighter brought out an apparently brand-new SKS semi-automatic rifle of the kind issued to Yugoslav reservists, Xhemaili claimed the guns could be bought in batches of 50 to 100 at a cost of 200 German marks (94 dollars/102 euros) each.
"They have even offered us two tanks for 200,000 marks each," the rebel commander claimed, "Their only problem was how to get them past the Serb-held villages, but otherwise the deal was on."
Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 29th
"The European
Union calls on the Yugoslav and Serbian authorities to find suitable
legal paths for the rapid release of the Kosovo Albanian prisoners
detained for political reasons," an EU statement, issued
by France which currently holds the EU
presidency, said.
The EU also called for an amnesty for those who refused to fight during the Kosovo conflict. Non-governmental organizations estimate this would affect several thousand men who are either in prison, or have fled the country and been judged in their absence.
Full story here.
Source: Russia Today - December 28th
TBILISI, Dec 28, 2000 -- (Reuters) Georgia's Communists have voted to "rehabilitate" fellow countryman Josef Stalin, and say they believe the disgraced Soviet dictator is a role model for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Party chiefs say Putin's admiration is evident in his decision to restore the stirring Soviet-era tune, personally approved by Stalin, as Russia's new national anthem.
Vakhtang Goguadze, leader of the National Patriotic Union allied to the Communists, said Russia's Putin was the natural heir to the Stalin legacy because of his commitment to building a strong Russian state.
Full story here.
Source: FONET - December 27th
BELGRADE - The largest share of federal budget, 32.13 billion dinars will go for the cost of defense. Total amount of federal budget for the year 2001 is 45.87 billion dinars.
Editor's commentary: Now we know what Kostunica
has on his mind for the year 2001, death and destruction as Milosevic
had for the past ten years.
Source: Russia Today - December 27th
TBILISI, Dec 27, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) Georgia's Communists Wednesday adopted a resolution demanding the rehabilitation of their compatriot Stalin, claiming the Soviet dictator had been the victim of "lies" by enemies of the Soviet Union.
"The enemies of the USSR spread lies about Josef Vissarionovich Stalin with the aim of destroying the Soviet Union," the Georgian Communist Party's general secretary, Panteleimon Georgadze, told a party congress.
He ended by calling upon Russian President Vladimir Putin to "reintegrate the ex-Soviet republics around a Greater Russia," to a burst of applause among the 600 people present.
The Georgian communist party congress opened to the strains of the Soviet anthem, recently reintroduced in Russia by Putin, and concluded with the hymn of the Soviet republic of Georgia, no longer played since Tbilisi won independence after the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Two weeks ago, a statue to the Soviet dictator was erected on the main square of Stalin's hometown of Gori at the initiative of local communists, who proclaimed that the 21st century would be the century of Stalinism again.
Full story here.
Source: BBC - December 27th
President Vladimir Putin has presented to the Russian parliament proposals to exclude smaller political parties from standing in national and regional elections.
The measures would ban parties with fewer than ten thousand members and offices in under half of Russia's eighty-nine regions.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: In the previous news Putin told us
that he is against big business and powerful businessmen. He
favors small business. Now he favors big political parties and
big politicians. What gives?
Source: Russia Today - December 26th
MOSCOW, Dec 26, 2000 -- (Reuters) President Vladimir Putin said on Monday his efforts were focused on improving the lives of millions of ordinary Russians, creating a better environment for honest business and crushing the political influence of tycoons.
"When we considered where we should start economic reform, we came to the conclusion that we cannot do anything without having in hand an effective instrument to pursue our course," Putin said, defending his bid to centralize power.
"In our country oligarchs are understood as major businessmen who tried to influence political decisions behind the scenes," Putin said. "There should be no such group of people."
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: That's how Stalin envisioned
USSR. Putin believes that this is the right way to go while offering
some lame excuses for sacking all who might challenge him. Putin
wants to spend more money on counteracting new U.S. missile shield
and yet he is considered about poverty of Russian people. Once
again we ask him what is he defending and against whom?
Source: Russia Today - December 26th
MOSCOW, Dec 26, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday defended Moscow's improving ties with Soviet-era allies such as Iraq, Cuba and North Korea and vowed to continue building closer trade relations with Iran.
Putin, who has visited Cuba and North Korea, said while that Soviet relations with its former Cold war allies had been strictly "ideological" Russia would now use its influence with these countries for pragmatic reasons.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: We always knew that Stalin
used communist ideology for more "pragmatic" reasons
like stealing wealth from colonies and robbing its own people.
What to expect from Georgian brigand, bank robber, murderer,
psychopath and paranoid dictator. It is too bad that Putin never
had enough time to read Trotsky because he was too busy playing
agent double o(r) nothing and seducing women Olympic team in
Eastern Germany. That would help him understand the truth about
Stalin, KGB and USSR. All these rogue states were normal members
of international community before KGB ousted their governments
and appointed their own totalitarian governments. Putin wants
to preserve these rogue states not because he cares about them
but because he needs them as bargaining chips against U.S. Putin
is like the blast from the KGB past, he still lives in Stalin's
days of purges and arms race during Cold War. His favorite movie
is "Top Gun" and all he ever wanted is to fly over
some U.S. carrier in his MIG and make a photo of it. I guess
that men are tired in Russia so they have to let kids playing
war games and that can be dangerous.
Source: BBC - December 26th
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has signed a law formally restoring the music of the old Soviet national anthem for a new Russian one.
Full story here.
Source: BBC - December 26th
A court in Moscow has thrown out the fraud case against Russian media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky as unfounded, signalling a possible end to his house arrest in Spain.
Full story here.
Source: BBC - December 26th
Much of Serbia was plunged into darkness and cold on Tuesday after the state power company EPS introduced electricity rationing to cope with severe supply difficulties.
The cuts left most households with only six hours of electricity per day. In addition to the power cuts, many heating plants reduced production due to insufficient gas deliveries from Russia.
An EPS spokesman called for "understanding and patience".
After DOS "victory"
Serbia has sunk to darkness. Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 25th
PARIS, Dec 25, 2000 -- (Reuters) The European Union on Sunday hailed the results of parliamentary elections in Serbia and pledged support for new Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica whose pro-democracy alliance emerged as apparent victors.
"This victory confirms and consolidates the democratic process begun with the election of President Kostunica" said a statement issued in the name of the 15 EU members whose rotating presidency is in French hands until the end of the year.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: It seems that US will have
to lead Europeans for awhile because they are either naive or
plain stupid. Only Djindjic's party DS is worth something inside
DOS and they will have only 45 seats from total of 250 in Serbian
parliament. DOS will likely break and in that case Djindjic can
be booted out from the position of Serbian PM easily similar
to what happened in 1997 when he was booted out from the position
of Belgrade mayor thanks to his coalition partner Vuk Draskovic.
Even if DOS doesn't break, parties like Kostunica's Nazi DSS,
Milosevic's satellites like ND will almost certainly block any
important and crucial reforms thus prolonging chaos in Serbia.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 25th
BELGRADE, Dec 25, 2000 -- (Reuters) Serbian warlord Arkan died in a hail of bullets in a Belgrade hotel almost a year ago, but the party he founded lives on, looking set to win seats in the parliament of newly democratic Serbia.
Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 25th
"We voted for them on the grounds of their pre-election promises," said Mirko, 42, a receptionist in a Belgrade hotel. "They have to realize we will oust them if they do not stick to what they have said."
A retired construction engineer, Vladimir Markovic, was sceptical that real improvements would come, saying the new leaders would turn out to be just like the old.
"Most of them have been communists before. I don't expect a lot," he said. "There is nothing better but to be an opposition. But once you come to power...it is not the same."
Full story here.
Source: NY Times - December 23rd
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS, Dec. 22 — An investigating magistrate has ordered the American financier George Soros and three others to stand trial next year on charges that they took part in a 1988 insider-trading scheme involving shares of a French bank, Société Générale, which had been privatized the previous year, people close to the judiciary said today. Charges against seven other people were said to have been dropped.
It was not immediately clear what specific charges the four defendants would face. French magistrates have been investigating the case for 12 years.
A message left with a spokesman at Soros Fund Management in New York after business hours was not immediately returned.
Along with Mr. Soros, the others ordered to stand trial, these people said, were Charles Naouri, a former senior official in the French finance ministry; Samir Traboulsi, a Lebanese businessman who was convicted on unrelated insider-trading charges in 1993; and Jean-Pierre Peyraud, a former French banker.
Le Monde, the newspaper,
reported today that the four were suspected of benefiting from
privileged information during an operation to try to buy up part
of the capital of Société Générale.
Source: Russia Today - December 22nd
CHISINAU, Dec 22, 2000 -- (Reuters) The Moldovan parliament's fourth attempt to pick a president foundered on Thursday after the center-right majority boycotted the vote to block a Communist hopeful and demanded a compromise candidate instead. The 101-seat assembly, which earlier this year changed the constitution and abolished direct presidential elections, needed at least 61 deputies to attend the presidential vote after its previous three attempts failed to produce a clear winner.
Full story here.
Source: Russia Today - December 22nd
MINSK, Dec 22, 2000 -- (RFE/RL) Yauhen Babrou, deputy head of the Belarusian KGB's Center for Information and Public Relations, said on a Minsk radio station on 20 December that the KGB has exposed 120 agents of foreign special services as well as an unspecified number of Belarusian "helpers" in the past 18 months, Belarusian Television reported.
Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 20th
Milovan Jaukovic, foreign editor at the independent daily Danas, said most journalists in state media were the same as during the Milosevic era. "They actually only changed sides," he said. "It is a not a real change."
Natasa Kandic, a human rights activist and director of the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Center, took a similar line.
"I must admit that what I see in the media, and especially in the media that call themselves 'liberated', they simply compete with each other in who will speak more badly about those who were in power," she told the weekly magazine NIN.
Aleksandar Djordjevic,
information officer at the European Commission's office in Belgrade,
said state media had become
more open but still lacked professionalism. "The approach
is the same; to be positive about whoever is in power."
Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 20th
BELGRADE, Dec 20,
2000 -- (Reuters) Zoran Djindjic, poised to become Serbia's next
prime minister after elections this
weekend, said on Tuesday he aimed to transform his country into
a source of stability after years of turmoil in the Balkans.
"It will not be a job for the government. We will not give orders to arrest Mr. Milosevic but we will let the courts do their work and I cannot imagine that Milosevic can avoid facing justice in this country," he told Reuters in an interview.
"With the intention to build a non-corrupt system in Serbia, we have many enemies. And many special interest groups are very well organized and partly connected also with parts of the former opposition. But we don't have an alternative."
Djindjic said he
was willing to compromise with Milo Djukanovic, the president
of Montenegro who wants more
autonomy or independence, to reach a deal which would keep the
two republics inside a single state.
"All he wants is just symbols for us. It's not so important who is in charge of the (federal Yugoslav) state -- it can be six months for Montenegro, six months for Serbia," he said.
Asked if the current post of Yugoslav president occupied by Vojislav Kostunica would remain, Djindjic replied: "Maybe not in the sense as now. From my point of view, Mr. Kostunica would also be a perfect Serbian president."
"I think we will succeed and we will stay together long enough to establish conditions for normal democratic politics in Serbia," he said.
We had enough of Milosevic
and DOS. Beat it loser! Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 20th
BELGRADE, Dec 20,
2000 -- (Reuters) Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica said
on Tuesday a buffer zone bordering Kosovo should be narrowed
to give Belgrade more means to "cleanse" the area of
ethnic Albanian rebels because NATO had
failed to do the job.
"We have to
cleanse this zone of terrorists and use that term (cleanse) because
it cannot be achieved by the one-sided
presence or intervention of KFOR," Kostunica said, referring
to the NATO-led peacekeeping force in post-war Kosovo.
"KFOR has shown itself incapable of hermetically sealing the frontier between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia, on the contrary they have made it very very porous.
"We still have
terrorist activity, murders and other violence, so we need another
solution," Kostunica said, urging a U.N.
Security Council session on the issue scheduled later on Tuesday
to come up with a practical alternative.
"Inside the (current) zone, our police can use only 7.62mm light arms while the terrorists have heavy weapons and all the rest," Kostunica said, alluding to support arms such as mortars said by Belgrade to have been fired from inside the zone.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: Kostunica's real face shows
up, ethnic cleansing is his ultimate goal. Pure, white orthodox
and socialist Serbia forever Russian colony. He usually likes
to argue that Kosovo is part of FRY and that's why there must
be federal jurisdiction over Kosovo but now he complains that
KFOR didn't seal borders between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia!?
What gives? Does he want Vojvodina to be also sealed from the
rest of Serbia? Kostunica needs another solution presumably final
solution as Milosevic pursued in 1999. That's why he needs Milosevic's
special forces with mortars, tanks, helicopters, napalm bombs,
nerve gas and bio weapons. Not long ago he complained about NATO
using uranium shells and use of excessive force against FRY.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 20th
BELGRADE, Dec 20, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) Belgrade will respond with "all possible means if attacked by terrorists" in the tense southern Serbian region bordering Kosovo, deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic said Tuesday, quoted by the Beta news agency.
Covic said that Belgrade's security forces have counted "1,600 terrorists" in the demilitarized zone five kilometers (three miles) wide between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia, noting that snipers were also seen in one of the villages.
And former army
chief Momcilo Perisic, one of the leaders of the Democratic Opposition
of Serbia (DOS), the coalition
backing reformist President Vojislav Kostunica, said he was convinced
the problems in the area would be solved "by diplomatic
means."
But he insisted that the Yugoslav army and the police "could solve it in couple of hours," Beta reported.
Kostunica said Tuesday
that NATO-led peacekeepers were unable to solve the unrest in
the region and called for other ways
of tackling the situation to be considered, including a possible
reduction in the size of the buffer zone.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: It seems that DOS and Kostunica are considering another campaign of terror and ethnic cleansing of those who oppose tyranny and dictatorship. Those who fight for freedom are labeled "terrorists". Belgrade is always open to negotiations and diplomacy but refuses even to consider any reasonable deal with political representatives of those who are supposed to be citizens of FRY. Government in Belgrade is not people's government but government of terror and oppression that only wants to exploit its own people and label all those who are against it as "terrorists". They do not kill women and children as FRY's army and police does, they just fight for their survival against well armed and trained military and police force.
What a fine bunch of leaders in DOS. Kostunica, Serbian Nazi, Covic, former member of Milosevic's SPS, former of mayor of Belgrade whose legacy was sending police to brutally beat up workers of Belgrade public transportation, denying them their right to strike and jailing them, Momcilo Perisic, Milosevic's general who organized army terror in Slovenia and Croatia, siege of Sarajevo and ethnic cleansing campaign in Bosnia. Kostunica wants international community to give up on human rights issues in FRY and legitimize state terror, Covic and Perisic threaten with force if this doesn't happen. What really surprise me here is Perisic's statement that Yugoslav army and the police could solve it in couple of hours!? Does he have an amnesia or just continues with Stalinist rhetorics of Milosevic? If situation could be solved in just couple of hours then how come that Kosovo crisis was never resolved that way and how come that Kosovo is not under control of federal government? During Milosevic's days tens of thousands of "terrorists and their families have been slaughtered and yet that didn't help resolving burning political issues regarding Kosovo.
This is the reason
why FS Net as well as all other people in FRY who want freedom
and see the end to the state terror doesn't support DOS. DOS
is identical to Milosevic's SPS, the only difference between
them is that DOS is more cooperative with the West but that is
the result of necessity induced by destroyed economy and conversion
of state into criminal entrepreneurship that needs more money
for its existence from abroad. Their "winning" streak
is the result of dirty deals between Putin-KGB and Clinton-Gore
administrations and certainly not "will of the people"
who live today even worse than ever before. DOS is more preoccupied
with foreign policy and military exercise of force rather than
the problems of ordinary people and their struggle to survive
years of prolonged and devastating state terror that deprived
them from their private property, money from their savings accounts,
salaries, pensions and even their lives. DOS more stands for
Dictatorship (of Kostunica) and Oppression (of people) of Serbia
than Democratic Opposition of Serbia. They even introduced new
democratic rules similar to those in former German Democratic
Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Cuba, Iraq or
Putin's KGB Russia. Elections are now obsolete, there is no need
for campaigning, there is no need to have election issues and
contests like in America, there is no need to wait for results
and finally there is no need to wait and see who will be new
ministers and members of parliament. This is true interpretation
of Marxism and communist philosophy. You don't need political
experts or even psychic network to predict outcome of Serbian
elections on December 23rd. It is already known that between
70%-80% of voters will cast their ballots (Albanians included),
that DOS will win almost all seats in parliament (80%-90%), that
the new Serbian PM will be Zoran Djindjic, that everything will
be no irregularities during elections including foreign observers
who pledged to close their eyes and let DOS and Milosevic do
what ever they want to. So much about OSCE, Human Rights Watch
and Soros' non-government non-political organizations. Who gives
a damn about democracy. We would like to call all of you to boycott
elections but again you have already voted for DOS although you
don't know that yet. They will tell you later, like they told
me after elections in September although I haven't been in Serbia
once for the past ten years. I was previously casting my vote
for Milosevic and now I cast my vote to DOS and you thought that
if you are not physically present and you are not even citizen
of FRY that you can't vote. Wrongo!!! says Grinch or should I
say Milosevic, Kostunica and the rest of the politicians and
gangsters in Serbia. I really can't imagine democracy can go
further down in Serbia then it is today. This is the worst and
the most corrupted hypocrisy and perversion of an idea of democracy
in the history of the world that can be only rivaled by similar
cases in the countries I already mentioned above. It is truly
said that these things happen in the 21st century in the year
we all dreamed about readin and watching Space Odyssey 2001.
Source: NY Times - December 19th
MIAMI, Dec. 19 — In one of the first signs of political fallout from the bitter struggle over the contested presidential vote here, a Republican-led group is seeking to unseat three Florida Supreme Court justices who ruled in favor of hand recounts sought by Vice President Al Gore.
The group, the Emergency Florida State Supreme Court Project, has sent letters to some 350,000 voters inside and outside of Florida asking for donations to help oust Chief Justice Charles T. Wells and Justices Leander J. Shaw Jr. and Harry Lee Anstead.
All three justices were appointed by Democratic governors to six-year terms. Justices Anstead and Wells are scheduled to face Florida voters in 2002 in a yes-or- no judicial retention election. Justice Shaw is scheduled to retire in 2003, when he will be 70.
The letter, mailed out Friday, is signed by Mary McCarty, a Republican county commissioner in Palm Beach County. In the letter, Ms. McCarty, a 10-year incumbent commissioner, calls the Florida Supreme Court's behavior in the presidential election "an outrageous, arrogant power- grab by a left-wing court which is stuck in the liberal 60's."
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Source: Russia Today - December 17th
MOSCOW, Dec 17, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) A former leader of the racist Ku-Klux-Klan group has arrived in Moscow to launch a new book which has Russian human rights activists up in arms.
"Russian people also have a much greater knowledge of the power of International Zionism and the dominant Jewish role in orchestrating the immigration and multiculturalism that is undermining the West," he said.
Duke said he devoted his time and money to making sure that the book, a Russian version of which is being printed here, would appear as soon as possible.
Duke also delivered a speech in August to a cheering crowd of die-hard radicals only a couple of miles away from the Kremlin, praying that "Mother Russia be strong, free and always white".
Putin finds international
supporters of his latest policy towards Jews. Full story here.
Source: BBC - December 15th
Russian tax authorities have filed a suit asking the courts to liquidate several key outlets of the Media-Most group, owned by the Russian tycoon, Vladimir Gusinsky, who is currently in detention in Spain.
Earlier the office of the Russian prosecutor-general announced efforts to seize Mr Gusinsky's property abroad.
Putin revives nationalization.
Full story here.
Source: Russia Today - December 14th
MINSK, Dec 14, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) Belarus's KGB chief Wednesday accused the United States and the OSCE pan-European security organization of teaming up with Belarus's opposition to subvert the existing state order.
"U.S. diplomats have put themselves above Belarussian law and international norms, actively helping Belarus's radical opposition which wants to overthrow the state order," Leonid Yerin of the KGB, Belarus' domestic intelligence service, said.
The KGB is ready for the fight, Yerin responded on Wednesday.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: Finally some vigilance from
good old KGB. Enough of hiding behind the bushes especially now
when Bush has become the 43rd president of U.S.A. It's now or
never or Lukashenko may lose his Stalinist dictatorship next
year.
Source: Russia Today - December 14th
MADRID, Dec 14, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) The chief prosecutor of the Spanish court which will decide whether to extradite detained Russian media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky has said the extradition demand is not political, and should therefore be accepted.
"This concerns
a common law offense, Russia is a democratic country which
has signed the European convention on
extradition," said Fungarino in remarks printed in the El
Pais newspaper.
"You cannot say this is a political process, or more precisely, lawyers will use that argument but we should not take notice of them because we cannot question the legality of the procedure in Russia," he added.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: These things happen when communist elements take power in the West. Fortunately, this was not the case during Stalin's purges in '30s. Just imagine Trotsky and millions of others being deported back to Russia because "we cannot question the legality of the procedure in Russia"!? Only a die hard Stalinist would say such a thing. Spanish court must and I repeat must fully investigate charges brought by Russian government against Gusinsky including all the evidence and potential witnesses as well as allowing Gusinsky and his attorneys to defend themselves against these ridiculous charges. China frequently charges dissidents with "hooliganism" although most of them do nothing more then practicing passive resistance.
But this is no surprise
because of recent extradition demands for Pinochet requested
by another Spanish court. What we don't understand and we are
therefore surprised is what the hell was Gusinsky doing in Spain?
He was aware that Russia would seek international arrest warrant
and knowing what is going on in Spain everyone would avoid it
as plague. Why didn't he go to Cuba or North Korea instead?
Source: Yahoo - December 14th
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shortly before Election Day, Democrat Al Gore openly mused that if he failed to win the White House, he might return to a career in writing.
If this former best-selling author and investigative reporter does so -- perhaps while gearing up for another White House bid while serving as a university president or some sort of public crusader -- he could begin with a mystery: ``Who really got the most votes in Florida in the 2000 race?''
Gore is convinced he did. But the definitive answer may never be known since voter intent could forever be an unfathomable question on thousands of disputed ballots.
``I really don't know what Al will do next, and I'm not sure he does, either,'' said a longtime adviser. ``He could go back to writing or a college campus. That could be a good place to begin to another run for the presidency.''
Full story here.
Watch Al performing in Vegas last night disguised as Tony Clifton here.
If you believed that Al won presidency,
Al won presidency.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is
cool.
Source: Yahoo - December 13th
Al Gore on Wednesday night gave up his bid for the White House, accepting George W. Bush as the 43rd president of the United States. ``I accept the finality of this outcome,'' the vice president said.
``Now the U.S. Supreme Court has spoken. Let there be no doubt,'' Gore said. ``While I strongly disagree with the court's position, I accept it.''
Full story here.
Source: Yahoo - December 13th
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Al Gore rode an emotional roller coaster during much of the 2000 White House race before a divided U.S. Supreme Court derailed him.
The court's decision on Tuesday against a hand count of thousands of disputed ballots in Florida effectively ended his hopes of winning the state and the White House.
Full story here.
GEORGE W. BUSH, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. ALBERT GORE, JR., ET AL. (PDF)
Source: Yahoo - December 9th
The Supreme Court, divided 5-4, intervened once again Saturday in the deadlocked presidential race, granting George W. Bush's plea to halt the Florida vote count on which Al Gore had pinned his best hopes of winning the White House.
The high court ordered both sides to present oral arguments Monday on the underlying legal issues in the marathon recount case and one justice suggested that Bush might hold an upper hand in the court's eventual decision.
The court's decision froze the recount of thousands of ballots in dozens of Florida counties just hours after they had started. By midday, Gore had picked up two votes, reducing Bush's lead to a bare 191 according to an unofficial Associated Press count.
Full story here.
Source: Yahoo - December 8th
At the brink of defeat, Al Gore won new life Friday as the divided Florida Supreme Court ordered an immediate hand count of about 45,000 disputed ballots and put the Democratic candidate within 154 votes of George W. Bush in the state's seemingly endless presidential contest.
Bush had been awarded the state's electoral votes less the two weeks ago but the high court ruled 4-3 to reopen the state's vote count. The decision came on a tumultuous day when two other Florida courts rebuffed Democratic efforts to find more votes for Gore and the Republican-controlled state legislature convened to protect Bush's state-certified victory.
Full story here.
Florida Supreme Court Election Rulling (PDF)
Editor's commentary: Florida Supreme Court Pledges
Allegiance to Fidel Castro
Source: BBC - December 7th
The former Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, has strongly criticised the present head of state, Vladimir Putin, for supporting the reintroduction of the Soviet-era national anthem.
Mr Putin is in favour of scrapping the current wordless anthem and using the old Soviet tune, but with new words.
Just like Putin's current
Russia politics, old KGB style with new makeup. Full story here.
Source: BBC - December 4th
The Russian authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for the media baron, Vladimir Gusinsky.
A warrant for Mr Gusinsky's arrest was issued three weeks ago, when he failed to turn up at the Prosecutor-General's office for questioning on his business affairs.
Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 4th
BELGRADE, Dec 4, 2000 -- (Reuters) Police on Sunday found the body of a Yugoslav judge involved in several politically-explosive cases who disappeared in Belgrade a month ago, a local radio station reported.
Simeunovic had refused to issue an arrest warrant on October 3 for two Yugoslav opposition leaders and 11 organizers of a miners' strike on the eve of a popular uprising that forced President Slobodan Milosevic from power.
Simeunovic was also investigation judge in murders of the head of uniformed police in Serbia, Radovan Stojicic-Badza, in 1997, and of federal Defense Minister Pavle Bulatovic last February. Neither of the two cases has been solved.
Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - December 2nd
BELGRADE, Dec 2, 2000 -- (Reuters) The kidnapped eight-year-old son of a retired Yugoslav tennis star and his popular folk singer wife has returned home after six days, the child's parents said on Friday.
Belgrade media said he was kidnapped on Thursday last week near his home in a Belgrade suburb and that the kidnappers had demanded a 2.5 million German mark ($1.12 million) ransom as well as no publicity or police.
The family was due to leave Yugoslavia later on Friday for the United States, and Zivojinovic said he did not know when they would return from their home in Florida.
Slobo needs money for
upcoming elections. Full story here.
Source: GameSpot - November 30th
Interplay announces
that its stand-alone expansion to the squad-based strategy game
is on its way to stores.
Interplay has announced that Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business
has shipped to stores. The stand-alone expansion
features new maps, new characters, and new weapons, but it uses
the same turn-based tactical combat system as the original Jagged
Alliance 2. For more information about the game, read our in-depth
preview. Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business
will soon arrive in stores, and it has an estimated retail price
of US$19.99.
What are you waiting
for? Do you want Milosevic back?
Source: BBC - November 30th
The leaders of Russia and Belarus have agreed the introduction of a single currency for their two countries.
The move was announced after a meeting between Presidents Putin and Lukashenko in the Belarusian capital, Minsk.
Toillet paper becomes
official currency. Full story here.
Source: Yahoo - November 30th
Gore, who leads in the national popular vote in the Nov. 7 election and says he would have won Florida if all its ballots had been counted, launched a media offensive on Wednesday, appearing on three major networks' evening news programs to argue his case.
The judge handling the Gore lawsuit in Florida, Leon County Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls, granted a request from Bush's lawyers for all 1.16 million ballots cast in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties to be shipped to the state capital for possible recounting, not just the nearly 14,000 disputed ballots requested by the Democrats.
Sauls said the ballots should all be transferred to Tallahassee under police escort to await his ruling on Saturday on whether a count -- and how big a one -- is necessary.
Gore aides said they were concerned that delays in the circuit court would ``defeat the rights of the people of Florida to have their votes counted.''
After a slew of polls this week showed that up to 60 percent of Americans believed that Gore should concede the election, CBS News and The New York Times issued a poll on Wednesday showing that only 42 percent wanted the Democrat to give up now.
Forty-eight percent said that it was too soon for any concession. The poll of 1,012 adults was taken on Monday and Tuesday after Gore began appealing directly to the American public for what he described as a full and accurate count of all votes cast.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: Just remember what we told you about those phony polls in Serbia couple of months ago, they were all fake and paid by Clinton-Gore administration. Serbia was just testing ground for bigger scam, this time in America. If any of you regularly read NY Times then you know that there wasn't a single neutral and objective editorial regarding American presidential elections. NY Times has become propaganda tool of DNC that brings us back to the glory days of Hitler and Stalin propaganda. We also told you long time ago that Radmila Milentijevic, Milosevic's former information minister and propaganda chief regularly visited NY Times influencing them and paying them to support Milosevic's genocidal campaigns in Bosnia and Kosovo. You sure do remember Chris Hedges and his epic stories about great Serb "hero" Radovan Karadzic and his "environmental cleaning" campaign. Online community voted 68% that Gore should concede on Netscape home page yesterday. No one is rigging the vote there, just simple people who express their opinion.
In recent NY Times editorial, Al Gore's mercenaries mentioned that he will not respect any decisions of U.S. Supreme Court because majority of them was appointed by Republican presidents!? You can disrespect someone only if there is something illegal going on but not if your people are not there. FS Net doesn't respect government of Fascist Republic of Yugoslavia not because we don't have our people there but because FRY was formed illegally by the decision of a dictator Milosevic, not by the will of the people. Al Gore would respect decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court if there would be more Justices appointed by Democratic presidents and not because current Justices were illegally appointed and obstruct justice in favor of Republicans. That is the difference of constitutional proportions, difference between totalitarianism and democracy. Gore's argument that Bush didn't respect Florida Supreme Court decisions is untrue because Bush legally challenged their decision in the U.S. Supreme Court that has the jurisdiction over the state supreme courts and their decision is always final. Only Gore knows why would Florida Supreme Court stand above the U.S. Supreme Court and their final decision. If he wants he can run for governorship against Jeb Bush but not presidency of The United States of America. President is elected according to federal laws and rules not local state rules and there is nothing to discuss here. Florida can't itself invent extra rules and laws or abolish federal laws and rules when presidency of USA is in question. In every state federal regulations, rules and laws must be respected or the presidency would have no legitimacy. If all votes must be recounted if the difference between two candidates is less than half percent then this must be a federal regulation, rule or law that applies on all states of the Union not just Florida. Florida laws are not applicable on election procedures for federal institutions. That's why Bush and his team complained about and that's what the U.S. Supreme Court will consider before they reach final and ultimate decision that can not be appealed. If someone doesn't want to respect U.S. Supreme Court then he should not run for the post of the president. It is simple like that although Gore's mercenaries from NY Times like to confuse people and put the pressure on the U.S. Supreme Court for the sake of cold hard cash obtained through money laundering operations. It is hard to believe that there are any serious and professional journalists there.
Gore's "will of the people" is reminding us of People's Republic of China or Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Communists do like to call their tyranny "will of the people" but reality is something completely different. This is probably caused by large money donations to Gore's campaign from those countries where "will of the people" is so "respected", in countries where people vote for the rule of secret police and abolishment of privacy and private property. Everyone is laughing in Serbia about Milosevic's famous phrase "I love you too" in response to cheering crowd of his supporters that had to be paid to attend his rally. Gore's term "will of the people" means that vote rigging should be legitimized and those who do that should be awarded. What else to say when he insists that dimpled votes or even those where two candidates were selected be counted as his votes!?
You
can try this at your home. Take 20 sheets of paper and try to
staple them with ordinary 15 page stapler. Check out 16th page
and the rest where staple did not come through. It is crystal
clear that those ballot cards were punched by someone who punched
10 or hundred of them at the same time. Only top three cases
should be counted and there is nothing to discuss about it. No
one is supposed to decide what voters had in mind but just how
many voted for candidate of their choice. Just think of what
will happen with the school system in USA if this becomes practice.
Students asking for recounts, explaining that their choice was
under c) not d), that only 15% of the box was filled and that
should count, bringing attorneys to help them pass the tests,
attorneys giving diplomas to their clients after court battles
etc. This happens when someone doesn't want to accept facts,
that people don't want him.
But where Al finds his inspiration for all this? He is obviously big fan of Jim Carrey and his movies like "Liar, Liar", "Me, Myself & Tipper", "Man On The Moon", "How The Goreinch Stole Christmas" and "Dumb & Dumber" featuring Al and Bill. Check out 27th Annual People's Choice Awards and clips from these movies. Too bad they don't have our favorite clip "How about we say that the vote was rigged and then we demand recount". Don't worry we have it. Rollover your mouse here.
Source: Yahoo - November 26th
Florida's secretary of state certified George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore Sunday night in the state's near-deadlocked presidential vote - but court challenges left in doubt which man will be the ultimate victor and 43rd president of the United States.
If the certification stands, Bush would win 271 electoral college votes - one more than necessary for victory - to 267 for Gore.
Full story here.
Source: BBC - November 25th
The former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, has been re-elected chairman of his Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS).
In a defiant speech to a party congress, Mr Milosevic denounced the mass uprising that forced him from power nearly two months ago.
Full story here.
Source: BBC - November 23rd
A hardline Serb nationalist, Mirko Sarovic, has won the presidency of the Bosnian Serb Republic.
The SDS has been described by a Balkan think-tank, the International Crisis Group (ICG), as "a party designed to commit war crimes".
Western-backed Prime Minister Milorad Dodik came a poor second in the election with 25.9%.
A spokesman for President Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia was quoted by the Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA as welcoming the nationalist victory.
"This is a victory for a patriotic and democratic policy."
Victory of war crminals
is another disaster of Clinton-Gore administration. Full story
here.
Source: Russia Today - November 22nd
"We must together pave the way for a power that will last for decades and perhaps even centuries," Lukashenko told parliament in Minsk.
A well-known authoritarian, Lukashenko also ruled out what he called "any Yugoslav variant" in the next presidential elections in September 2001.
Welcome to Lukashenko's
version of Third Reich. Full story here.
Source: BBC - November 21st
The former
Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, has made a surprise television
appearance - his first since conceding electoral defeat on 6
October.
Mr Milosevic, indicted as a war criminal by the international tribunal in The Hague, lashed out at his opponents, accusing them of fomenting discord in the party's ranks.
Mr Milosevic insisted the party could do well in parliamentary elections in Serbia scheduled for 23 December.
Mr Milosevic is reported to be living in a spacious villa in the exclusive Dedinje district of Belgrade, protected by dozens of loyal, well-armed paramilitary troops.
Serbian Grinch wants to steal another Christmas in Serbia.
Full story here.
Source: BBC - November 20th
Six weeks after ending their propaganda role for the Milosevic regime, Serbian state TV and radio journalists are in dispute over a new set of politically-appointed media chiefs.
Journalists' unions at state-run Radio-Television Serbia (RTS) briefly blanked out screens on Sunday night in protest at the appointment of the new management team by the country's transitional government.
Full story here.
Source: Yahoo - November 17th
The count of absentee votes from overseas was the final installment in Florida's routine vote-counting process. With returns from 65 of 67 counties, Bush picked up 1,057 votes and Gore 597, giving the Republican a 760-vote statewide lead - up from 300 when the day began.
Cries of foul came from both camps as the overseas ballots were counted. More than a thousand votes were thrown out as officials from both parties analyzed registrations, postmarks and other details.
``One of the problems with those ballots is it is so difficult under Florida and federal law that you almost have to be a rocket scientist to comply,'' said Thomas Spencer, a Miami attorney working for Bush.
``There are more attorneys than there are ballots,'' said Bob Edwards, chairman of the Republican Executive Committee for Walton County, where five absentee votes were tossed out, including those of four people who had already voted. In Orange County, officials discarded 117 of 147 votes received.
``I want to be clear neither Governor Bush, nor the Florida secretary of state, nor I will be the arbiter of this election,'' Gore said shortly after the high court ruling. ``This election is a matter that must be decided by the will of the people as expressed under the rule of law.''
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: So much about "the will of the people". People's ballots have been tossed out because of technicalities called by dozens of attorneys. If machines make mistakes they don't favor candidates. That's why machine counting is better than attorney counting of ballots. You don't have to wonder then why people hate attorneys and tell jokes about attorneys at the bottom of the sea. What's next, bringing psychiatrist to implant false memories into voters heads and tell them for whom to vote? "You don't want to vote for candidate X, you want to vote for candidate Y and no one should vote for candidate Z. You have to remember while you were a kid that candidate X increased price of a chewing gum and candidate Z banned candy bars from your local grocery store. Candidate Y allowed firecrackers to be sold to the minors and that's why you should vote for him. Once again, what is the name of the candidate you are going to vote? Putin! Wrong, damn it! Will they ever update those Stalinist manuals on how to convince voters what is the best for them."
We all have to go back to Serbia in 1996 and see what happened during elections. Check out following articles:
Opposition coalition "Together" won convincingly local government but Milosevic's attorneys appealed to the election commission and changed outcome of elections. Results are annulled and Milosevic's coalition SPS-JUL won local elections. Coalition "Together" appealed but they were told that the decision is final and not appealable. After 3 months of protests, results of elections were reversed and coalition "Together" scored huge victory. Now we know that Al Gore's role model is Slobodan Milosevic, war criminal, Stalinist, fascist, gangster and Moscow's pawn. From VICE presidency to the sewers (Milosevic's habitat).
Don't forget to check 1997 and these articles as well:
Believe it or not
Serbian military sports club Partizan won two soccer championship titles thanks to their attorneys. Unfortunately, it was too late and other teams had to represent Yugoslavia in European Champions Cup (it's a league now). And you thought that the most important things to win the championship are players and coaches. Think again, POWER OF ATTORNEY is everything!
Source: BBC - November 17th
A severely disabled French boy has won a landmark case against medical authorities for allowing him to be born rather than aborted.
Full story here.
Source: Russia Today - November 17th
MOSCOW, Nov 17, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) Russian President Vladimir Putin has suffered a minor setback in popularity, with his approval rating slipping to 66.3 percent from 71.5 percent a month ago, an opinion poll published Thursday showed.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: Is there an idiot who believes
in this crap? Not even during Stalin days Russians approved leadership
with more than 70%. Half of population was in gulags while other
half approved Stalin to save their lives. Lack of public executions
like the one on Galina
Starovoitova and journalists of RFL is probable cause for
rating slip. KGB is dissatisfied with that and since they are
the one who approve or disapprove Russian leadership then it
is understandable why Putin lost 5 percent. Don't worry, recent
charges brought against Gusinsky and Berezovsky and attempt to
destroy free speech in Russia will have Putin win his 5% back.
And when KGB monuments and statues become erected and gulags
reopened approval rating will soar to 100%.
Source: NY Times - November 16th
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"I propose that
Governor Bush and I meet personally, one on
one, as soon as possible, before the vote count is finished,
not to negotiate but to improve the tone of our dialogue in
America."
- VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE,
How about Survivor
Series this Sunday? Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Triple H
Source: NY Times - November 16th
In an odd twist to the bitterly contested race in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, Republicans accused their Democratic opponents yesterday of inappropriately gathering dozens of votes from hospitalized psychiatric patients.
Although most New Jersey residents institutionalized with mental illness retain the right to vote, the Zimmer campaign said it believed that Democratic Party workers had gone into state psychiatric hospitals with absentee ballots and coerced patients into voting for Mr. Holt, in some cases even filling out the ballots. So far, the Republicans said they had identified 120 ballots cast from a Hunterdon County psychiatric hospital, and were examining votes from at least five other centers.
"We find it troubling that this very close election could be decided by institutionalized patients who were preyed upon by overzealous Democratic operatives," said Steve Schmidt, a spokesman for the Zimmer campaign. "Should these people be the deciding votes in this election? We believe probably not."
"We thought it was some kind of mock ballot, like the kind schoolchildren fill out, but then we learned it was real," said Ms. Kraft, a retired secretary and registered Democrat from Bethlehem Township. "This is beyond the pale. She shouldn't be voting. This is a woman who says that God tells her what shampoo to buy."
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this story.
Source: Russia Today - November 14th
"We are capable of responding to the deployment of NMD (national missile defense system) and we have the necessary technological means for this," said the head of the ministry's security and disarmament department, Yury Kapralov.
He told a press conference that Russia "will not respond to the deployment with a similar step" but "has many other means to neutralize the NMD," without elaborating further.
"Do not force us to choose another path than a peaceful one," he said.
Outgoing President Bill Clinton in September postponed a decision on whether to deploy the USD 60 billion NMD system, saying his successor would make that call.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: If Clinton lacks guts to challenge
you then we do. Send your plans to our E-Mail address so we can
examine them carefully and then tell Americans if they stand
a chance against your response. Your last response against Reagan's
Star Wars was devastating. Eastern Europe was swept with democratic
reforms and Russian tanks were out while USSR collapsed. We are
so eager for your response that we can't wait to see what you
have in mind. Financing American politicians to sabotage NMD
doesn't count. You must respond with something else like Kirov
ships, cloned soldiers, iron curtain, mind controlled squids.
Playing Red Alert 2 in Kremlin lately? Just keep playing and
let Russian people live as they should. Defending crime, prostitution
and decay of Russian state is not in the interest of Russian
people.
Source: BBC - November 14th
In a country known for its intolerance of any opposition, a disturbing new trend is emerging - opponents of the government are beginning to disappear.
Full story here.
Source: BBC - November 14th
The Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro abandoned the Yugoslav dinar on Monday, making the German mark the only legal tender in the republic.
Montenegro had introduced the mark as a parallel currency alongside the dinar in June.
Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - November 13th
"I am sure that it is not the will of people at this moment to destroy institutions such as the army and police," Kostunica said in an interview with the pro-government daily Politika.
"Nor is the will of the people to replace everybody in the various institutions just because they were members of (Slobodan Milosevic's) Socialist Party of Serbia."
Kostunica's backers, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), responded with dismay and one source close to the leadership forecast a split with the president, who rode to power in September on a wave of popular support.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: We told you long time ago that DOS is bunch of losers. This whole election swindle was about Milosevic fooling West and getting sanctions lifted while he retires peacefully. Kostunica is just Milosevic's Moscow replacement. Everything stays the same but West believes that some change happened in FRY. The name of the country is the same (Fascist Republic of Yugoslavia) and Nazi dictator rules the country while people starve.
Regarding Kostunica's comments I would like to say:
1. Kostunica is not elected president of FRY. He declared himself a president as Al Gore declared his victory in Florida.
2. Institutions of army and police are already destroyed especially after their participation in Kosovo genocide in 1999. People want to rebuild those institutions by sending those responsible for war crimes to the Hague tribunal and getting rid of others who were their accesories.
3. No one asked for
replacement of SPS and JUL deputies in federal parliament but
for replacement of those who were appointed by previous administration
for key posts. People of Serbia didn't vote for Nebojsa Pavkovic
(army chief) or Rade Markovic (chief of state security). They
were appointed by Milosevic himself and because he is out of
his office there is no need to keep those unless Milosevic still
rules FRY and he doesn't want them to be removed. Kostunica acts
as Milutinovic, Milosevic's lackey who does only what Milosevic
tells him.
Source: BBC - November 13th
Prosecutors in Russia have issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Gusinsky, the owner of the influential private television network NTV, after bringing criminal charges against him.
Mr Gusinsky's lawyer said he had not been told the nature of the charges, but the Interfax news agency reported that they were related to the alleged illegal transfer of assets abroad.
Correspondents say the Kremlin under Mr Putin has come to regard the Media-Most group as a thorn in its flesh.
Full story here.
Source: Yahoo - November 10th
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican George W. Bush's campaign declared victory on Friday in the decisive state of Florida but Democrat Al Gore's camp said the presidential election was not over and the legal system must ``run its course.''
The Associated Press, quoted by CNN, said that with all 67 counties in Florida recounted, Bush was ahead of Gore by a mere 327 votes out of an estimated 6 million in the state, giving him the White House if the recount is confirmed and remains in his favor after absentee ballots are tallied.
Full story here.
Source: Russia Today - November 9th
MOSCOW, Nov 9, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) Russia's election process is far more democratic and easier for voters to understand than the U.S. presidential ballot, a top Moscow observer said in an interview published Thursday.
"The producers of this grandiose show called the Presidential Elections suddenly made everyone doubt that it is indeed the voters who decide the final outcome," Kommersant remarked.
In Russia, President Vladimir Putin won the March 26 election in the first round, although Western media reports later charged that the ballot had been rigged by local officials in a number of regions.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: Everything is simple in Russia,
you either vote for KGB or you get shot on sight. What is CIA
doing, Russians wonder.
Source: Yahoo - November 9th
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Al Gore on Thursday challenged the results of Tuesday's presidential contest in Florida as a crucial recount that would finally resolve the disputed election was delayed.
Officials in Palm Beach County, at the center of a growing dispute because of the confusing layout of its ballot, said they would count the votes again by hand on Saturday, although they would not release the recount figures until Monday.
Gore campaign manager William Daley told reporters in the state's capital of Tallahassee that the vice president would not accept the outcome or concede the election to Bush.
Senior Bush campaign officials accused the Gore camp of making inaccurate and distorted claims and damaging U.S. democracy by refusing to accept the results of the election.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: All sexy cheerleaders 18-25
to report to Al Gore's office for hand job. Votes need to be
counted by hand. Bring lots of lubricant please. All mental patients
and retards that weren't able to punch holes to report to the
specialist for mental problems, Tipper Gore. She will properly
instruct them how to punch just one hole instead of two. Alligator
Voters Society of Florida also complained about regularity
of elections. Alligator president Mr. Wally Gator send a letter to Attorney General
Janet Reno complaining about discrimination against alligators
and their right to vote. All rumors about members of election
committee being eaten by our members are untrue and maliciously
distributed by shoe makers who vote regularly for Republicans,
Mr. Wally Gator said during press conference.
Source: CNN - November 8th
(CNN) -- The presidency of the United States hinged on fewer than 1,000 votes in Florida early today, as what may be the closest presidential race in American history kept either Texas Gov. George W. Bush or Vice President Al Gore from declaring victory.
"I would caution both candidates not to make any definitive statements," Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth said in a statement issued early today.
Butterworth promised the recount would be done "in a relatively short period of time," but said county election supervisors should give their poll workers a chance to rest first.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: Gore, Media, Elections
Source: CNN - November 8th
CNN) -- With Senator Conrad Burns' victory in Montana, the GOP retains control of the Senate. Burns defeated businessman Brian Schweitzer.
Full story here.
Source: CNN - November 8th
(CNN) -- The Republicans will retain their majority in the House of Representatives after a strong GOP showing in key contests in the East and Midwest offset Democratic gains in the West.
Full story here.
Source: CNN - November 7th
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first sitting first lady to win an elected office when she beat Republican Rep. Rick Lazio in her New York bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate,.
Earlier, President Clinton had said he would help his wife her write her acceptance speech.
"I'm the first president in history with a wife in the Senate, and I like it," he said.
Full story here.
Editor's commentary: This is the second biggest
achievement of Bill Clinton after he was not booted out of the
White House. Too bad that he is not the first one to do this,
to use his presidential influence to help his wife's realize
her political ambitions. Mira Markovic, wife of war criminal
and dictator Milosevic, won her seat in Yugoslav parliament in
recent elections. Hillary ran for Senate in the state of New
York, democratic stronghold although she established her residency
there when campaigning started. Pozarevac, where Mira Markovic
was elected is her home town.
Source: CNN - November 6th
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- More than 1,000 inmates have rioted, setting fire to prison records, over conditions in one of Yugoslavia's largest jails.
Full story here.
Source: Yugoslavia Today - November 4th
"It was pathetic to see the flag of FRY (the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) being hoisted two nights ago over East River," said Veton Surroi, an independent politician and publisher of Kosovo's influential Koha Ditore newspaper.
"The flag of
a dead country was lowered, and the flag of a dead country was
hoisted instead," he wrote in a commentary, referring to
the new Yugoslav flag raised at the UN and the previous one with
a big red star representing the old
socialist federation.
He said Yugoslavia was not a country, but a "disintegration process", and that changes in Belgrade had reached no further than the presidency.
Full story here.
Source: BBC - November 4th
Yugoslavia's new government includes a strong Montenegrin contingent made up of long-standing supporters of the ousted Yugoslav leader, Slobodan Milosevic, not least among them the prime minister-designate.
But in many ways, the key decisions lie not with the federal government but with the republican administrations in Serbia and in its increasingly estranged partner, Montenegro.
Full story here.