plans to investigate complaints of several systemic problems with this month's elections. (CNN)
--- Ohio law requires state officials to perform a recount when called for by candidates on the ballot, but a federal judge today declared that the results can be declared final before the recount occurs. (CNN)
--- Justice Through Music has posted a minimum $200,000 reward for specific evidence of vote fraud in the recent election in light of the many instances of reported voter irregularities. (eMediaWire)
--- Israeli Defence Force officer claims, he was right to repeatedly shoot an unarmed 13-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza, saying he would have killed her even if she was three years old. {Link without Title}
Despite earlier reports that Ukraine 's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko had agreed to hold talks over the country's Heavily Disputed Elections , this now seems unlikely. Protests continue, with an official election result due to be announced at around 1400 UTC. (BBC)
