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...Oregon about whether a Beslan-style massacre could happen here. Al-Qaeda was thought to be behind the bombing of three Egyptian tourist sites popular with Israelis. While the White House welcomed the historic image of Afghans holding their first--and miraculously nonviolent--democratic elections, charges of possible fraud marred the picture of liberty working its magic...
...INDICATORS Not Over Yet U.S. regulators settled charges against Dutch retailer Royal Ahold and three former executives related to last year's 3900 million accounting scandal. Separately, a Dutch court rejected requests from the three - and one other exec - to dismiss fraud charges...
...living abroad for a large part of his life, mostly in Paris, where he danced for some of the leading conservatories. FIRED MARTA ANDREASEN, 49, the European Commission's chief accountant; for going public with allegations that the European Union's €100 million annual budget was vulnerable to fraud and abuse; in Brussels. She was hired in 2002 to clean up the E.U.'s accounting procedures but was suspended for disloyalty and breach of trust a few months later, after she complained about its lax accounting system. BARRED SAUDI WOMEN; from voting in the country's first nationwide municipal...
...important that Afghanistan makes its own future." HAMID KARZAI, Afghan interim leader, on the day of the country's first direct presidential election. The day would later be marred as some polling stations mistakenly used erasable ink to mark voters' thumbs, leading to allegations of multiple voting and fraud...
Opponents argue that the measure will do nothing to stop illegal immigration, that there has never been a problem with alien-voter fraud and that checking for illegals applying for benefits is too cumbersome and costly. Still, a recent poll showed that Arizona voters favor the measure 63% to 23%. Prop 200, says Democratic state chairman Jim Peterson, is "an assault on basic human rights that plays to the fears of Arizonans...