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The plan is intended to implement a 1987 referendum in which Italian citizens voted to ban nuclear power. Meanwhile, the leaders of Germany's Green Party, a junior partner in the ruling government coalition, are pushing a proposal to end the nation's dependence on nuclear power completely by 2018. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is trying to hammer out a compromise plan that would satisfy the Greens and insulate the government from lawsuits by energy companies. Nearly 11 percent of children in Tijuana, Mexico, have high lead levels in their blood, according to a three-year study by researchers from the University of California at Irvine. Most of the children contracted the lead poisoning by eating from lead-glazed cookware or being exposed to contaminated soil.