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(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:50 GMT
Reuters - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products. Some two dozen guests, surrounded on all sides by media, crammed into a small room off the main parliamentary restaurant to hear speeches backing the annual hunt off Canada's East Coast, which the EU says is inhumane.
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Canada Parliament eats seal to defy "ignorant" EU
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:49 GMT
Reuters - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.
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German Catholics to investigate abuse charges
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:33:44 GMT
 AP - Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday — one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother and another more general look into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.
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Govt. concerned over new Myanmar election laws
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:31:16 GMT
 AFP - Britain expressed "regret" Wednesday that Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces exclusion from her own party and is barred from standing in polls this year under new election laws.
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Fashion world hails McQueen's unfinished collection
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:18:20 GMT
 AFP - Alexander McQueen's final, unfinished collection has garnered rave reviews after being unveiled in Paris, fashion editors saying Wednesday that the collection's medieval, otherworldy look reminded the industry of what they had lost.
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Talks between BA, cabin crew reach no agreement
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:05:15 GMT
AP - Talks between British Airways and a cabin crew union aimed at averting a strike have broken down with no agreement, the airline said Wednesday, again raising the possibility of a walkout by thousands of employees.
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Deforestation conference to turn plans to action
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:56:16 GMT
AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change.
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Italy, FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:55:41 GMT
AP - The FBI arrested a reputed U.S. mobster Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian counterpart operating in Florida — part of an international sweep aimed at further crippling the storied Gambino organized crime family and disrupting its ties to the Italian mob.
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Italy parliament passes justice measure
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:30 GMT
 AP - Silvio Berlusconi's allies pushed a controversial measure through parliament on Wednesday that shields the Italian premier from prosecution in two ongoing trials.
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Iceland opposition toughens on new "Icesave" talks
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:40:05 GMT
Reuters - Iceland's opposition turned up the heat on the center-left government on Wednesday to hold out for a tough new "Icesave" debt accord with Britain and the Netherlands, after a referendum rejection of its previous deal.
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Threatened Muhammad cartoonist has no regrets
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:02 GMT
 AP - A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Wednesday he has no regrets and believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals.
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Russian drivers forced to act as shield
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:27:49 GMT
AP - Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway — and remain inside — to block a fleeing criminal suspect, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Turkish officials lower quake death toll to 41
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:26:59 GMT
 AP - Turkish officials on Wednesday lowered the death toll in this week's magnitude 6 earthquake from 51 to 41.
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Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:27 GMT
AP - A Spanish aid worker who spent 100 days as a hostage of al-Qaida's North African offshoot arrived home tired and grateful after being released Wednesday, and said she hopes two colleagues abducted with her in Mauritania will follow her soon.
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2 men held for theft of Cyprus ex-leader's corpse
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:43:32 GMT
 AP - A suspect's remorse over his alleged role in the theft of the body of Cyprus' former president led to the corpse's discovery and three arrests, a police official testified Wednesday.
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European Parliament backs UN report on Gaza war
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:21:24 GMT
AP - In a move likely to worsen EU ties with Israel, the European Parliament urged its 27-member states Wednesday to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes in Gaza.
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Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:57:31 GMT
AP - First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said Wednesday.
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UN expert concerned about missing Chinese lawyer
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:51:15 GMT
AP - A U.N. torture investigator said Wednesday he is very concerned about the fate of missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng and believes he has been severely tortured.
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Record 237 nominations for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:34:31 GMT
AP - The committee that selects the Nobel Peace Prize winner will consider a record 237 nominations for the 2010 award, a Nobel official said Wednesday.
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Hungary makes Holocaust denial a crime
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:26:40 GMT
AP - Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom has signed a law making Holocaust denial punishable by three years in prison.
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