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Exit polls showed conservative challenger Angela Merkel's party leading in German parliamentary elections Sunday but falling short of the majority she needed to form a center-right coalition as the nation's first female chancellor. Gerhard Schroeder refused to concede defeat and said he could still theoretically remain in power if talks with other parties were successful. "I feel myself confirmed in ensuring on behalf of our country that there is in the next four years a stable government under my leadership," he said to cheering supporters at his Social Democrat party headquarters. But Merkel claimed her party received a mandate from...

"Explicit statistical evidence of massive ballot tampering in Palm Beach, Fl" "Explicit statistical evidence of massive ballot tampering in Palm Beach, Fl" Errors only Occurred in Presidential Races? Editor's Note: The following statistical analysis was sent to me by Robert Cook, PE, a nuclear engineer, with an MS in statistical quality control, a software testing specialist and QA manager, who has a track record for analyzing and correcting trends, errors, and mistakes in heavy construction projects (ships, power plants, nuclear reactors, military and aerospace vehicles, etc. for more than twenty years. Robert Cook presents here a remarkable statistical analysis of...

Chad Chads - a huge issue in the 2000 election A chad is the tiny piece of paper punched out of a ballot when a vote is cast, and in the wake of the disputed results became the most discussed word of the 2000 presidential election. In the tight race for votes in Florida, it opened the question of what really counts as a vote - a clear hole in a ballot paper, or a bulge? Voters were supposed to use a pointed instrument to knock out the small rectangles alongside their choice of candidate. But tens of thousands of...

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W A S H I N G T O N, Sept. 26 — Democrat Al Gore, criticizing President Bush as he tests the waters for another possible presidential bid, accused the administration Thursday of an "attack on civil liberties" and ignoring signs that Osama bin Laden had been planning a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. It was the former vice president's second scathing attack on Bush in a week.Speaking at a Democratic fund-raising breakfast in Wilmington, Del., Gore took issue with the administration's handling of intelligence information prior to the Sept. 11 attacks and for its treatment of some terrorism...