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November 1, 2000

Renaissance entertainer Allen dies at 78
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The comic, actor and prolific musician and writer dies of an apparent heart attack.
'I couldn't believe they were going to take off'

A Singapore Airlines 747 crashes in Taiwan as a typhoon approaches. At least 70 people, including Americans, are killed.

Down the stretch he comes: the real Gore
PORTLAND, Ore. -- With six days left in one of the closest presidential campaigns in history, Vice President Al Gore says he has shed his image as a wooden surrogate of President Clinton and has become his own man.

Congress acts to thwart Information Act lawsuits
WASHINGTON -- After lobbying by industry groups and the Clinton administration, Congress moved this week to quash lawsuits by the St. Petersburg Times and a nuclear arms control group that seek information under the Freedom of Information Act about U.S. exports to embargoed nations.

Bush raids Democratic Northwest
SEATTLE -- Rallying supporters in two states he was expected to lose, George W. Bush spent Halloween night urging them to become Al Gore's worst nightmare.

Election 2000 in brief
Campaign shirts prove hot items in Israel

Nation in brief
First crew on way to space station

Palestinians, Israelis plan high-level talks today
JERUSALEM -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who shared a Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the 1993 Oslo Accords that once offered hope for a lasting Middle East peace, are expected to meet in Bethlehem today to try to stop the escalating death toll.

The world in brief
Ship sinks off France; chemicals on board  

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Decision 2000

  • Bush Pledges Iraq Arms Hunt Will Continue
  • 'Partial Birth' Abortion Ban Passes House

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