Swedes Guard Christmas Goat From Vandals
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By MATTIAS KAREN STOCKHOLM, Sweden - For 40 years it has been torched, vandalized, had its legs cut off and even been run over by a car.
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IF ONE stereotype doesnât fit, try another. Sven Goran Eriksson, pilloried in the summer for being an over-cautious Swede, inculcated during his Serie A career with a craven inclination to defend a slender
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Latvian authorities have given residents something to cheer about when they invited them to cut their own Christmas trees for free -- only to be chased away by forest rangers.
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A rampaging wallaroo. A unlicensed goat. Vanilla Ice.
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Looking for a last minute Christmas gift? Think goat!
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Bell ringers standing next to Salvation Army kettles are one of the true signs of the Christmas season. Few things exemplify the Christmas spirit more than the men and women who stand out in the cold for an
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By Jeff Hansel, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun. 4--FOUNTAIN -- To the vandals who ravaged the Root Prairie Lutheran Church, the parishioners have a message for you.   They want you to know that they'll forgive you.  "You can break into a church.
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Last year&#39;s Christmas Bird Count in Missouri turned up a green heron, rarely seen in the state in the winter. Randy Korotev, one of the organizers, has no idea what birds will delight this year&#39;s counters.
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Police probe audacious cargo-hold robberies Swedish police are quizzing "people of limited stature" with criminal records following a spate of robberies from the cargo holds of coaches - possibly carried out by dwarves smuggled onboard in sports bags.â¦
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By Bryce Petersen Jr. Standard-Examiner  MANTUA, Box Elder County  -- Rocky Mountain goats are thriving on top of Willard Peak and Ben Lomond.
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A Roman Catholic priest on Saturday led one of the first cheerful Christmas Day celebrations in Bethlehem in years, after fighting, military curfews and a general glum had kept most visitors away since the late 1990s.
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In the birthplace of Jesus, Muslims and Christians used to celebrate the season in peace. A TIME correspondent recalls holidays past in a troubled land
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A drunk moose staggering through your backyard and nibbling on apples fallen from your tree may sound like an amusing anecdote to tell your friends, but for those Swedes who each autumn come face to face with the angry beasts, it's no laughing matter.
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Officials in the central German city of Erfurt called for stronger laws Monday to protect the rights of animals amid allegations that workers at the city's zoo killed some goats, sheep, pigs and other beasts to sell them for their meat.
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Sweden&#39;s prime minister on Sunday appealed for calm following an Al-Qaeda death warrant on two journalists for a cartoon portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a dog and threats to attack top Swedish firms.
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Poultry farmers around Europe were on guard Monday against the possible spread of bird flu across the North Sea from infected Britain
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WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory - A woman let her dog out and heard the low growl of a wild mountain goat that decided to take refuge in her back yard on Wednesday. "I certainly wasn't expecting that when I got up this morning," said Jennifer Moorlag.