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Pope’s View On Legalizing Drugs: Just Say No

“Let me state this in the clearest terms possible,” he said. “The problem of drug use is not solved with drugs!”

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis condemned the legalization of recreational drugs as a flawed and failed experiment as he lent his voice Friday to a debate that is raging from the United States to Uruguay. Francis told delegates attending a Rome drug enforcement conference that even limited steps to legalize recreational drugs "are not only highly

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Czechs Condemn Euthanasia Proposal For Disabled Children

Mitloehner said the society should have a courage to agree to “legally end their life in the course of pregnancy or immediately after the birth.”

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PRAGUE — A senior university lecturer and Czech government adviser has been forced to resign for proposing to legalize euthanasia for children born with birth defects, officials said Friday. Miroslav Mitloehner drew strong protests after he argued in a recent article published in the Journal of Medical Law and Bioethics that "it makes no sense

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US Blacklists Thailand, Malaysia Over Trafficking

The United States has blacklisted Thailand and Malaysia for failing to meet its minimum standards in fighting human trafficking.

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WASHINGTON — The United States has blacklisted Thailand and Malaysia for failing to meet its minimum standards in fighting human trafficking, a move that could strain relations with two important U.S. partners in Asia. The State Department, however, improved its rating of strategic rival China. The department cited Beijing's steps to abolish

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India Cracking Down On Foreign-Funded Charities

The crackdown reflects India’s struggle to balance industrial and economic development with protecting and elevating its staggering number of poor.

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NEW DELHI  — India is cracking down on foreign-funded charities after receiving an internal report alleging they are costing the country up to 3 percent of its GDP by rallying communities against polluting industries. The national Investigative Bureau's report — a copy of which was obtained Thursday by the Associated Press — also accuses the

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US: Better College Stats Needed On Dating Violence

The Education Department announced Thursday it is proposing a rule change to provide a better picture of these problems on campuses.

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants colleges and universities to compile more thorough statistics on stalking, dating violence and domestic violence. The Education Department announced Thursday it is proposing a rule change to provide a better picture of these problems on campuses. The change falls under the Clery Act, which requires

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A Divided House GOP Ready To Pick New Leaders

The contest to replace McCarthy as whip seemed a tough call among three rivals, with added doses of unpredictability because personal relationships matter and because Thursday’s voting is by secret ballot.

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin McCarthy seems likely to inherit defeated Rep. Eric Cantor's No. 2 House Republican leadership job, but GOP restiveness along ideological and regional lines is on full display in a wide-open race for the party's next-ranking post of majority whip. McCarthy, R-Calif., who has climbed quickly since arriving in Congress in

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Poll: Miami Cuban-Americans Support End To Embargo

About half of Cuban-Americans surveyed in Miami support an end to the U.S. embargo of Cuba.

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MIAMI — About half of Cuban-Americans surveyed in Miami support an end to the U.S. embargo of Cuba. Even more support resuming diplomatic relations with the communist island's government. That's according to a Florida International University poll released Tuesday. It's the latest in a series of polls conducted by the university since 1991 that

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