Bush and Clinton rally voters in tight Florida races
President Bush tours the Deep South and allocates time for Jeb Bush in a bid to mobilize GOP voters for Senate and gubernatorial contests. Clinton campaigns with Bill McBride in Miami, stressing turnout while Florida pivots toward a 2004 rematch dynamic.
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Saxby Chambliss
Max Cleland
East Tennessee
Ilinois
Springfield
John Shimkus
Collinsville
Jim Ryan
Senate
Bill McBride
South Florida
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Miami
South Beach
U-S-A
United
Miami- Dade Community College
Blountville
Tenn
Lamar Alexander
Bob Clement
Fred Thompson
Jeb
al Gore
McBride
Jesse
Miami-Dade Community College
U.S. Senate
Frank Lautenberg
Newark
Voter apathy yields a divided Louisville government
A Louisville analysis notes that with three of five Americans not voting, the Congress and state governments are likely to stay finely divided. Nonvoters weaken partisan polarization, potentially widening gridlock as turnout is expected to hit a 56 year low and policy stalemate grows.
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Congress
Danish Pressure Rises Over Zakayev Extradition
Russian lawmakers protested outside Denmark's embassy on Saturday to press Copenhagen on extraditing Akhmed Zakayev, a Chechen envoy detained on suspicion of aiding terrorist plots and linked to the Moscow theater siege that left 19 dead. Denmark seeks stronger evidence before approving any transfer, while Zakayev has long advocated Chechen independence in Western capitals.
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Moscow
Akhmed Zakayev
Aslan Maskhadov
Russia
Copenhagen
Zakayev
Chechnya
Judge Denies Public Access to Malvo Sniper Hearing
A federal judge refused open access to a hearing for 17 year old John Lee Malvo amid the Washington area sniper case. Magistrate James Bredar ruled the public interest did not outweigh the juvenile suspect’s right to privacy. The Associated Press Washington Post Baltimore Sun and New York Times had sought attendance at the Monday hearing to decide on federal juvenile detention.
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James Bredar
Associated Press
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New York Times
Malvo
President expands probe power for FBI in new law
President Bush signed a law expanding the Justice Department inspector general’s authority to investigate FBI agents without AG approval. The bill, part of a reauthorization package, also aims to strengthen FBI computer systems and internal policing, and requires multiple congressional reports including DOJ oversight of Project Carnivore.
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FBI
Justice Department
Congress
Justice Inspector General
John Ashcroft
Americans evacuated from Bangui as uprising tightens grip
U S and other nationals were evacuated from Bangui early today as coup forces appeared to control key roads out of the Central African Republic capital. About 150 Americans were in the country, many missionaries, with the city running short of food amid ongoing unrest.
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AU S. Air Force
U.S
Als
Pat Barnes
U.S. European Command
Stuttgart
Germany
African Republic
Francois Bozize
Ange-Felix Patasse
Muammar Gaddafi
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Patasse
Congo
Bozize
Bangui
Boali
Chad
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