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Kabul
Falls to Northern Alliance
Jubilant
Northern Alliance Fighters
Near Bagram, 11/12/01
Excerpts
from articles describing the latest advances in the Northern
Alliance and U.S. military moves to drive the Taleban out of
power:
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Taleban
forces have abandoned Kabul, fleeing south overnight as contingents
of Northern Alliance troops entered the city amid scenes of
jubilation.
The
BBC's John Simpson, who arrived in the Afghan capital on foot
ahead of the Northern Alliance, says huge crowds gathered in
some areas of the city shouting "death to Pakistan"
and "death to the Taleban".
As
looting broke out in the city some Arab volunteers serving with
the Taleban were summarily shot and a BBC camera crew was attacked.
Another
BBC correspondent, William Reeve, says columns of Taleban troops
were seen fleeing towards their southern stronghold, Kandahar,
as small groups of Northern Alliance troops entered Kabul. ...
Source:
Analysis:
The Taleban Collapse
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It
took the Taleban nearly four years to capture much of northern
Afghanistan and the capital Kabul - between 1994 and 1998.
It
has taken just a few days for the Islamist militia to abandon
its hard-fought gains. ...
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Early
Indications are that Flight 587 Crash an Accident
Excerpts
from article describing the investigation into the tragic crash
of Flight 587 in New York:
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Investigators
say preliminary evidence points to mechanical failure rather
than terrorism as the cause of Monday's air crash in New York.
Emergency
workers in New York have so far recovered 265 bodies from where
the American Airlines jet crashed, near the city's John F Kennedy
airport. Up to nine people were still missing on the ground.
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Gore
Counted Out of White House Too Early, Study Finds
Excerpts
from article describing the investigation into the way in which
the U.S. Presidential election was decided:
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George
Bush would probably have still won Florida and the presidency
last year if either of two limited recounts - one requested
by Al Gore, the other ordered by the Florida Supreme Court -
had been completed, according to a study commissioned by a media
consortium.
But
if Mr Gore had found a way to trigger a statewide recount of
all disputed ballots, or if the courts had required it, the
result would have probably been different. An examination of
uncounted ballot papers found enough of them clearly intended
for Mr Gore to have given him a win.
The
study showed that if the two limited recounts had not been short-circuited,
Mr Bush would have held his lead over Mr Gore, with margins
ranging from 225 to 493. But the study also found that whether
dimples are counted or a more restrictive standard is used,
a statewide tally favoured Mr Gore by 60 to 171 votes.
Mr
Gore's narrow margin in the statewide count was the result of
a windfall in over-votes - papers on which a voter may have
marked a candidate's name and also written it in. These were
rejected by machines as a double vote and most would not have
been included in the limited recounts.
The
study by media groups, an unprece-dented effort that involved
examining 175,010 ballots in 67 counties, underscores what began
to be apparent as soon as the polls closed in the nation's third
most populous state - that no-one can say with certainty who
won Florida.
Under
every scenario used in the study, the winning margin remains
fewer than 500 votes out of almost 6 million cast. ...
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