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...While all this voting may sound like democracy, it actually undermines the entire point of our representative government. America is a democratic republic. If representatives don't do what voters ask, they get booted out of office. But all these referenda (and their cousin, the voter initiative), while they seem like the very heart of populism, are really a way of bypassing the splendid democracy our founding fathers created...
...would be no trouble in the village and we could go back," says Mushtaq, who chooses to live in the nearby town of Lunawada and commute to his farm 25 kilometers away. Local police say the accused instigators have disappeared, but TIME met two?Raisingh Pula Baria and his cousin Salam Abha Baria?living openly in the village. Both identified themselves as members of the BJP, but denied they were involved in the killings. "We have talked to the Muslims and asked them to withdraw the charges," said Raisingh. "They know what they have to do but are being misguided...
...DIED. PRINCE AHMED BIN SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, 43, owner of numerous prize race horses including 2002 Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem, of a heart attack; in Riyadh. Prince Ahmed's death was the first of two blows to the Saudi royal family. His cousin Prince Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah, 41, died in a car accident on his way to Prince Ahmed's funeral. RETIRED. MIKA HAKKINEN, 33, two-time Formula One champion; announced in Hockenheim, Germany. Born in Vantaa, Finland, the 'Flying Finn' recovered from a near-fatal crash at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix...
...Communists didn't acknowledge Warhol and his art either, and so the relatives were left wondering. "I knew he was a painter, but I thought he worked as a house decorator," says Jan Zavacky, 57, a Warhol cousin. In fact, the relatives put so little stock in the value of Julia's correspondence, sketches and even Warhol's famous shoe designs that came in the mail a few times that, at one point, they threw them in the river...
...China's biggest author since Mao. But circulation of illegal copies has cut into her official sales. One thing's for sure: diehard Hogwarts fans will be less than dazzled by the imposter's literary gifts. The book begins with Harry "lying in a luxurious bathtub," pondering his cousin "Dudley's face, which is as fat as Aunt Petunia's bottom." Genuine Rowling analogies fetch more than $1.80. You get what...