No UN troops without Israeli agreement says Annan UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that no peacekeeping forces can be sent to the area without the cooperation of Israel. The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, has called on neighboring countries to forge a military alliance with its own security doctrine. The president of the Russian central electoral commission left Moscow for the United States Saturday to observe the U.S. presidential election Tuesday. The State Police are supervising Rick Lazio's travels across the state in the campaign's final days - because the Republican Senate hopeful has received several death threats, The Post has learned. Even death can't stop some voters.
Records show illegally cast ballots are common.
Polls give Bush narrow lead A hundred million Americans will put an end to a grueling 16-month marathon today, electing the 43rd president of the United States. George W. Bush of Texas, the Republican nominee and the son of the 41st president, ended the campaign with a modest lead in most polls, but Al Gore of Tennessee, the vice president and the son of a United States senator, is close enough to make the race too close for pollsters to confidently call. A U.N. spokesman denied that U.N. forces opened fire on protesters over the weekend in an incident that injured at least 13 people. New Chinese Missile Could Form Menace To Taiwan, Expert Says A new missile which China has shown to the public for the first time could pose a grave threat to the defense of Taiwan if deployed. The Justice Department said Monday it is dispatching 317 federal observers to nine states to monitor the treatment of minorities on Election Day.