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...state with political reform and all these innovative ideas--then we fall on our face," says Stephen Levy, director of the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy in Palo Alto. "That's pretty embarrassing." Nobody is more embarrassed than Davis, who has seen his state taken for billions by energy speculators and threatened with being downgraded to junk-bond status by Wall Street. He might argue that none of that was his fault. But California is also the land of no-fault divorces. --With reporting by Matthew Cooper/Washington and Sean Scully/Los Angeles
Which means that if the system's flaws are to be fixed, they must be fixed from within. And because prosecutors have great control over how a murder case is investigated and whether it deserves the death penalty, they will have to drive any meaningful reform. So where do you find a D.A. willing to both ignore public opinion and challenge his colleagues in the criminal-justice system? Surprisingly, in the heart of Texas...
...Because the Chinese leadership backed Tung," notes Shi Yinhong, a political scientist at People's University in Beijing, "the standing of the central government itself is on the line." Hong Kong's chief has made his city emblematic of a smoldering Chinese issue: the funereal pace of political reform. --By Liam Fitzpatrick
...Pedro Alonso, head of the Hospital Clinic of the University of Barcelona and director of Saude Manhiça's research clinic. Early results should be available in 18 months. - By Maryann Bird Referendum Rejected CORSICA In a surprise result, Corsicans narrowly rejected a Paris-sponsored referendum proposing administrative reform and greater autonomy for the island. Only 16 days before the referendum, opinion polls had the yes camp ahead by 6%. "Corsicans realized this was a doctrine of decentralization being applied to Corsica, not a studied plan to address our problems," said François Tatti, deputy mayor of Bastia...
...Many more events in France's annual calendar of 650 arts fests are also expected to fold, depriving hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers of their summer culture fix. The demonstrations by performance workers - from actors and choreographers to roadies - are part of a rising tide of opposition to the reforms planned by the government of conservative Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and President Jacques Chirac. In May and June, public-sector workers launched crippling nationwide strikes, and a week ago Corsicans narrowly rejected a referendum intended to launch Raffarin's effort to decentralize power to regional capitals. But as arts...