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...dreadlocked revelers smoked celebratory reefers in the streets, no armies of conservatives protested, the Mexican media raised no hullabaloo. Quietly and with little ado, Mexico last week enacted a law to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all major narcotics, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and crystal meth. Anyone caught in Mexico with two or three joints or about four lines of cocaine can no longer be arrested, fined or imprisoned. However, police will give them the address of the nearest rehab clinic and advise them to get clean...
Most surprising was how easily and painlessly the reform slipped into Mexican law. The bill was originally filed in October by President Felipe Calderón, a social conservative who is waging a bloody military crackdown on drug cartels. Congress then approved the bill in April - as Mexico's swine-flu outbreak dominated media attention. And finally the law went into the books without any major protests either in Mexico or north of the border. (See pictures of cannabis culture...
There is Champagne, France; Tequila, Mexico; and Parma, Italy - all places turned trade names known for their unique, high-quality foods. Now, if China has its way, there could be another: Puer...
...called six-party talks held during the Bush Administration - as well as a long-range missile development program that continues despite a U.N. resolution calling for its end. The North, moreover, has already attached an important condition to its re-engagement: last week, its diplomats told New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. under Bill Clinton, that Pyongyang would return to the negotiating table only if it could deal directly with the U.S. and not the other countries involved in the six-party talks...
...pages of congressional testimony and White House e-mails they say are evidence that senior aides to President George W. Bush played improper roles in the 2006 firings of nine U.S. Attorneys. The documents indicate that political strategist Karl Rove placed an "agitated" phone call complaining about New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, who was later pink-slipped. (Rove insists he did nothing wrong.) The scandal led to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; a criminal probe continues...