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Cooks in parts of Indonesia—a nation that executes drug traffickers—say they use tiny amounts of crushed marijuana leaves or seeds as a spice in certain dishes.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Vice President Yusuf Kalla said there was "no way" Indonesia would legalize or decriminalize marijuana as some countries in western Europe have done.

"It is all right to use it as a food seasoning, but it should not be fully legalized," Kalla was quoted as saying by The Jakarta Post.

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WASHINGTON For years rumors of corruption surrounded an ambitious World Bank project for a system of reservoirs and water tunnels in the mountains of Lesotho in southern Africa. In 2002, the project director was convicted of graft and sent to jail.

But it took the bank another four years to bar two engineering companies convicted on bribery charges from getting future contracts, during which time they collected $14 million in fees from the bank. Combating corruption was a signature issue for Paul Wolfowitz in his two years as bank president.

But the corruption issue was also a source of anger at the bank, contributing to Wolfowitz's forced resignation last month amid charges of favoritism toward his bank employee girlfriend.

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"God has infinite resources at His command to make His message of salvation known. He could write in the sky, make His voice heard to everyone in the same moment or send angels to every people-group in the world. Instead, He makes His appeal through us." - Reinhard BonnkeBeginning July 1, Christian City Fellowship will present "Fire Conference," an eight-week campaign designed to rekindle the flame in believers' hearts and to set them "on fire" to spread the Gospel message around the world.

The Full Flame series is produced and narrated by Evangelist Reichard Bonnke in partnership with Integrity Media and Christ for All Nations.As an international Evangelist, Bonnke is known for his passion for the lost and his dynamic speaking with disarming simplicity.In the last six years, more than 40 million individuals have made commitments to Christ through his ministry, most of them on the continent of Africa.The entire community is invited to join Christian City Fellowship on S...

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Ocean Drive Media Group, which publishes Ocean Drive magazine among others, is merging with luxury publishers Greenspun Media Group and Niche Media Holdings.

The new entity will have a combined distribution of more than 750,000. The titles reach more than 4.4 million readers, the companies said.

Ocean Drive Media Group's portfolio includes Art Basel, Atlanta Peach, Bal Harbour, Ocean Drive, Ocean Drive Espanol and Florida InsideOut. Greenspun's portfolio includes City Center, Vegas, Venetian Style and Wynn; Niche Media's luxury magazine collection includes Aspen Peak, Boston Common, Capitol File, Gotham, Hamptons and Los Angeles Confidential. All the titles will operate under one umbrella as Niche Media.

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London - Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline PLC has agreed to donate 50 million doses of H5N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization in an attempt to create a pandemic vaccine stockpile for poor countries, company officials announced Wednesday.

The vaccines will be delivered over a three-year period and should provide enough doses for 25 million people; two shots per person will be needed.

"This is excellent news," said Dr. John Oxford, a professor of virology at London's Queen Mary School of Medicine. "It's just what we need to reassure countries like Indonesia that they will get something in return from the viruses they provide, which will form the basis of these vaccines," Oxford said.

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