15 November: BBC publishes evidence that mass killings are still going on in Darfur, committed by government-backed militia; estimated 70,000 civilians have been slaughtered in ethnic cleansing there... Sec. of State Colin Powell handed his resignation to Pres. Bush on Friday, story only surfaced today; Powell will stay on till replacement found ... 3 more resignations expected today, including Secs. of Energy, Education... Fighting still intense in parts of Fallujah, combat has left still-armed bodies lying in street, BBC reports dogs, cats now treating bodies as carrion, serious health risk emerging... Red Crescent aid workers have been kept from entering the battle scene, some describe scene of absolute destruction, with some mosques among the ruined rebel outposts; while US Marine Col. Shupp said he didn't believe there were any civilians trapped in the city proper, Reuters news agency interviewed at least one family in the Hay al-Dubat neighborhood...
14 November: Basque separatist party, Batasuna, expected to call for end to all violence by ETA, commitment to peaceful means... Tests show that water in Bhopal, India, still contains levels of toxins 500 times WHO safe-maximum, 20 years after catastrophic gas leak that killed tens of thousands... Carbon emissions have reached record high of 6.8 billion tons, a 4% increase over 2002, 400% since 1950 (EPI) ... Palestinian officials announce Presidential elections will be held on 9 January 2005, to elect a successor to Arafat... NYT reports gunfire in Gaza aimed at top figure in Arafat succession contest...
13 November: Exodus of foreign residents from Côte d'Ivoire continues, as state broadcasts what are described as "messages of hate"... After 3 days of violence, turmoil, reports of insurgents seen patrolling streets of Mosul, Iraq's 3rd largest city... VP Cheney rushed to hospital with shortness of breath; despite history of heart illness, a spokesman speculates cause is "bad cold"...
12 November: At least 10 are killed when train veers into ravine in Philippines... Yasser Arafat's funeral to be held in Cairo, his body to be interred at Ramallah headquarters; Blair, Bush talk of need to push for Palestinian statehood, call for democratic elections to determine new face of Palestinian leadership... Elections across Africa mean hope, conflict, uncertainty as nations test democratic systems... Divers discover Napoleonic-era shipwreck off coast of Wales...
11 November: Yasser Arafat dies of multiple organ failure, while in coma in Paris; PA declares 40 days of mourning; new talk of chance for peace between Israel, Palestine...
10 November: Privacy concerns flare as public records, internet converge to deliver private data to con-artists, identity-thieves... Felon laws, with careless execution of "purge lists" bar 600K FL residents from voting; margin in FL was 380,000... John Ashcroft, Don Evans resign from Bush cabinet; Ashcroft declares "objective achieved" in securing nation...
9 November: Bush cabinet said to be overturned soon as administration enters 2nd term...
8 November: Referendum in Macedonia to repeal rights of minorities fails to win voter support... Allawi authorizes major Coalition offensive on Fallujah, Ramahdi... French troops fire over demonstrators in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to prevent outbreak of violence; rebels call for French tanks to retire to base... Analysts say southern US vote could turn to Democrats, if party recognizes appeal of small-landowner Jeffersonian vision...
7 November: Al Gore to serve as Chairman of new investment fund integrating sustainable development principles to return higher yield on long-term investments... Macedonian vote on minority rights raises fears of new ethnic divisions in Balkan state; issue had previously brought country near to civil war...
6 November: FL touchscreen voting machines were still not clearly defined as fully legal by election day; Rep. Wexler of FL had brought suit, which was re-opened in September, less than 6 weeks before November vote...
5 November: Palestinian officials negotiate process for replacing Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority...
4 November: BUSH WINS: George W. Bush yesterday claimed victory, after his Democratic party challenger, John F. Kerry, conceded defeat in a phone call... At least 1,100 complaints were filed on Election Day of electronic voting glitches or fraud, including touchscreen machines which seemed to have a default setting selecting Bush instead of Kerry...
3 November: US unable to decide presidential election in one night; key swing state of Ohio remains undecided, as provisional and absentee ballots are counted and complaints heard... Florida court hearing today will examine failure of state to deliver absentee ballots to thousands of voters in heavily Democratic Broward County; the ACLU is seeking extra time for affected voters to cast absentee ballots... AP reports GOP charges of fraud in Philly may be fraudulent, no evidence; voters in rural PA (Mercer) had problems with new electronic ballots, in Allegheny precincts ran out of ballots, had to request more... Bush aides say president will declare victory before all votes are counted... Daschle appears to have lost seat in S. Dakota; Obama wins in Illinois by 51% margin; Republicans poised to increase hold on Congress... CA voters back $3 billion stem-cell research initiative, to counteract Bush's federal funding ban... 11 States vote to ban same-sex marriage... Arctic ice melt is speeding up; new report cites global warming as direct cause of acceleration... Violence on the rise in Baghdad, with more car bombings on heels of assassination of vice-governor of Baghdad... EPI reports Bush foreign policy is undermining US credibility, harming US economy...
2 November: Federal Court rules to permit GOP party representatives to challenge voters' right to cast ballots, from inside polling stations... Financial Times predicts 20 million new voters will take part in today's election... La Vanguardia shows six major US polls, with Gallup and FOX News (both thought to favor Bush) showing tie in voter support, at 49% and 46% respectively... Director Michael Moore has campaign in place (with at least 1,000 volunteers) to film what takes place at polling stations, to ensure no voters are turned away or intimidated... IUCN will present list of 12,000 most endangered species, says as many as 30% of all Earth's species face danger of extinction within 50 years... Russian nuclear scientist Leonid Grigorov surrendered 14 ounces of weapons-grade plutonium-238 to authorities; he said he had hidden it in his garage for 8 years to avoid "tragic consequences"...
1 November: 2 more moderate magnitude earthquakes rock Japan, capping month of persristent tremors and aftershocks... Venice suffers days of flooding, threat from natural environment; some criticize government inattention for crisis... Lancet study estimates 100,000 civilians have been killed by Iraq invasion, most by Coalition airstrikes; this figure is shocking in part because it indicates an extremely high degree of inaccuracy in media reports (IBC media survey estimates 15,000 reported civilian deaths)... 3 FL counties deny access to international elections monitors...
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