LIMA (Reuters) – Lawmakers defiantly chewed coca in Peru’s Congress on Thursday while criticizing a U.N. recommendation to criminalize traditional uses of the plant.
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The coca leaf, the raw ingredient of cocaine, is used by millions of people to stave off hunger and fight altitude sickness. It is also used in teas, in cooking and by [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – The Florida Senate wants public school students to pull up their pants. Lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that could mean suspensions for students with droopy britches.
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It won’t become law unless the House of Representatives passes a companion measure.
Florida could join several southern U.S. towns and cities that have passed “saggy pants” [...]

LONDON (Reuters) – It is the one moment every man wants to get right — and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong.
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The luckless 28 year-old’s dreams of giving his sweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal have literally vanished into thin air.
Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $12,000 engagement [...]