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WASHINGTON – Opium poppy cultivation worldwide was down 22 percent in 2005, a United Nations report said Monday, part of a generally favorable, albeit inconclusive, trend in efforts by governments to contain illicit drug production. The U.N.’s 2006 World Drug Report also found that cocaine use is reaching alarming levels …

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday urged respect and sensitivity in the debate over gay marriage, but ducked a question about her own views on the question. “This is an issue that can be debated and can be discussed in our country with respect for every human …

ALBANY, New York – People in New York state convicted of burning crosses or defacing property with Nazi swastikas will face tougher penalties under a law signed Thursday by Gov. George Pataki. Lawyers at the New York Civil Liberties Union and a professor at the University of Denver’s Sturm College …