EU agrees reform package to admit up to a dozen new members
Bleary EU leaders wrapped a marathon summit agreeing to reform voting procedures and allow up to twelve new members in the coming years, mainly from the former Soviet bloc. Four candidate nations Slovakia Czech Republic Slovenia and Hungary welcomed the accord but warned more work was needed for 2004 readiness.
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Nice
France
European Union
Jonathan Faull
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Slovenia
Hungary
U.S. led panel seeks to ease Mideast violence tour
A U.S. led commission met Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Jerusalem as it begins a three day regional tour. The group will rely on written reports and skip chronic trouble spots, while Palestinians push for a broader inquiry into a conflict that has killed 313 people since late September. Palestinian officials and groups urge field work and call for an on the ground professional body, with a boycott urged by the Palestinian Committee for Human Rights.
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Tinian
Hanan Ashrawi
Israel
Commission
Palestinian Committee For Human Rights
Court hears arguments in Bush v Gore recount case
The Supreme Court resumed hearing on the Florida recount dispute as justices grilled both sides over a possible standard to determine voters intent. Kennedy and OConnor pressed for a uniform rule across counties while Gore and Bush aides offered cautions about varying practices. Demonstrators gathered outside the Court amid mixed signals on the case’s fate as political tension remained high.
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William Rehnquist
George W. Bush
Richard Cheney
Albert Gore
Anthony Kennedy
Bush
Theodore Olson
Gore
Florida Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
David Souter
Sandra Day O'Connor
Legislative
Florida
Congress
O’connor
David Boies
Kennedy
Chads
Joseph Lieberman
Jesse Jackson
White House
Jeb Bush
Clinton
Supreme Court
Santa Claus
Martha Burns
Washington, D.C
Antonin Scalia
Optical scan voting endures in local elections
Goepfert notes voters still mismark ballots and rely on hand recounts for errors and unreadable marks. County saves 5000 to 6000 dollars in a recent state race recount while optical scan handles mailed absentees curbside and provisional ballots with envelopes for later board review. Officials in Cleveland and Lincoln counties affirm accuracy though some voting remains non electronic.
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Goepfert
State Commissioner of Labor
Cleveland
Lincoln Counties
Heidi Gilbert
Lincoln County
Debra Blanton
Cleveland County
Defense questions Kennedy past drug activity in Carruth case
Prosecutor Thomas Porter testified Kennedy was not charged in a 1994 assault after a videotape allegedly showed he was not involved in a shooting. Investigators questioned why Kennedy’s drug dealing ties were not pursued, while defense attorney Rudolf argued prosecutors rushed the case against Carruth to hide Kennedy’s history and avoid exposing informants.
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Michael Eugene Kennedy
Carruth
Kennedy
Adams
Watkins
Thomas Porter
Porter
Indiana
M.L. Conner
Conner
Rudolf
Fense
Bill Ward
Ward
Charlotte
J.R. Ensminger
Ensminger
Associated Press
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