Tots' dots banned at Swedish daycare: report
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A Swedish daycare has banned children and employees from wearing clothing with polka dots and stripes because the patterns give a staff member migraines, a Swedish newspaper reported Thursday.
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"But they are asking for an apology and a promise that I never again publish a similar image ... and that I cannot do."  Swedish Muslims demonstrated Friday against a newspaper that published a drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body and demanded its chief editor apologize.The rally outside the newspaper Nerikes Allehanda in Orebro followed formal protests by the governments of Iran and Pakistan over the cartoon by Swedish artist Lars Vilks.Sweden's prime minister called for mutual respect between Muslims, Christians and nonreligious groups in an attempt to avert a wider conflict. Last year, fiery protests erupted in Muslim countries after a Danish newspaper published 12 cartoons of Muhammad. Read more
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Ban on farm-to-farm movements in Norfolk and Suffolk after new case of bluetongue disease is found.
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Just stick 'em in the giant pyramid Comments: Toddlers have been banned from practicing yoga in a Somerset church hall, because the activity is "unchristian" and promotes other spiritualities. The interesting image of toddlers doing yoga aside, at least one of you dove straight into the gutter:â¦
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Â· Trade group urges ban for chemical additivesÂ· Anger over burden on parents to check labels
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Much ado about nothing? Swedish prosecutors have launched another invesigation into suspected child pornography, shared through the controversial bittorrent site The Pirate Bay. However, this time police aren't theatening to blacklist the Swedish website. "The Pirate Bay are not suspects," prosecutor Cathrine RudstrÃ¶m told Swedish newssite The Local. Police have requested logs from The Pirate Bay, including IP addresses.â¦
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All artificial colourings in food and soft drinks should be banned, a parliamentary committee urged  yesterday in a  report on the effect of diet on the brain
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Norwegian soccer champions Rosenborg Trondheim are violating sex equality laws by barring female journalists from the changing room, Norway's gender equality watchdog says.
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Rules banning Swedes from importing alcohol are "unjustified" and may breach laws, a European Court says.
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Razzle dazzle 'em Interactive whiteboards that are used in schools and colleges across the UK could potentially cause eyesight damage due to a lack of basic government guidelines.â¦
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A report criticises children's services at Clackmannanshire Council after a 12-month inspection.
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Models aged under 16 will be banned from London Fashion Week after a report issued on Friday called for them to show a health certificate before being allowed on the catwalk.
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The Nigerian high court today banned a planned general strike that would target oil plants in the worldâs seventh largest exporter.
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A UK study published in this weekâs issue of THE LANCET (p 963) provides further evidence that measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunisation is not associated with the development of autism or other pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) in children.
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Britain's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has urged food producers to stop using a food coloring used in sausages and burgers following advice that it may cause cancer in animals.
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Computer-generated child abuse images and cartoons should be banned, Home Secretary John Reid has said.
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VIENNA, Austria (AP &#151; St. Nick, nein! A ban on St. Nicholas at Vienna's kindergartens is taking some of the ho-ho-ho out of the holidays for tens of thousands of tots this year. And it's creating a political ruckus, with opposition parties accusing City Hall of kowtowing to a growing Muslim population by showing Europe's Santa the kindergarten door.