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...fact, the issue has spread statewide across Colorado after an initiative in Denver was successful. If the proposal carries in any of the three states, it would push the question of across-the-board legalization to the national forefront. However, many opponents maintain that marijuana is a gateway drug to harder substances that, if pot is legalized, would easily find its way into the hands of minors...
...initiative, dubbed Amendment 42, say that raising entry-level pay in the state to $6.85 would hinder job growth. They ran a TV ad showing Moses pleading with God for divine intervention to stop the wage initiative. "We can't let the people make this mistake," God responds. "Go. Spread the word. Vote no on 42!" Voters don't seem to be heeding that call, though. In a Rocky Mountain News/CBS poll, 74% said they would definitely or probably support the wage boost, with just 20% saying they wouldn...
...million last year. The lack of cooperation extends to matters of public health, too. When authorities in northern Cyprus announced last year that they had identified a case of avian flu, Greek Cypriot authorities refused to acknowledge the warning and accused Turkish Cypriot authorities of trying to spread alarm and discourage tourism. Meanwhile, officials continue to bicker over cases like the Guzelyurtlu murder. "We won't recognize the [Turkish Cypriot] courts because that would mean recognizing the government," says Attorney General Clerides. For his part, a senior Turkish Cypriot official told Time that the northern authorities have no intention...
...Hizballah allies say that a unified government is necessary precisely because the country is divided and angry, and because of fear that the hostility between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq could spread to Lebanon. "This is a critical moment in Lebanese history, and in a region that is boiling from Baghdad to Gaza," said Ali Hamdan, a spokesman for the Amal Movement, a Shi'ite party allied with Hizballah. "It would be helpful for Lebanon to face these challenges with one heart...
...villains of Abu Ghraib, had been ordered back to their country. Although Iraqi and Arab media have been slow to pick up on the story (the news cycle here tends to be a day or two behind the U.S.) many in Baghdad read about it online, and word quickly spread. The reaction was predictable: total outrage...