Dutch Abortion Ship Sets Sail to Portugal
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DEN HELDER, The Netherlands  - A Dutch floating  abortion clinic set sail for Portugal Monday despite an attempt  by the Dutch government to restrict its activities and after  visits to Ireland and Poland stoked controversy.
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LISBON - Portuguese voters were deciding on Sunday whether to legalize abortion in a referendum which could bring the overwhelmingly Catholic country closer into line with most other European ...Comment
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Portugal warned it would use force to keep a Dutch boat with an abortion clinic on board from entering its territorial waters as activists vowed to fight to find a way for the vessel help women terminate unwanted pregancies.
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A UK ship carrying  a controversial load of weapons grade plutonium sets sail for France from the US.
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In Portugal the campaign for Sunday's referendum on abortion reform has ended.
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One of the world's most famous cruise ships -- the Queen Elizabeth 2 -- set sail Sunday on its final global voyage before being turned into a floating hotel, media reported.
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A Dutch cargo ship is listing in high winds in the North Sea 90 miles off the coast of Aberdeen.
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Portugal's parliament approves abortion on demand after a referendum last month failed to settle the issue.
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FARO, Portugal  - British couple Kate and Gerry McCann, named as suspects in their four-year-old daughter Madeleine's disappearance, headed home from Portugal on Sunday.
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Madeleine McCann's parents plan to stay in Portugal to clear their name and find their daughter, their friends say.
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Portuguese voted on Sunday on whether to legalize abortion in a referendum that could bring the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country closer into line with most other European states.Comment
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The operators of a Dutch boat made into a floating abortion clinic vowed to take Portugal to court after the country refused permission for the ship to enter its territorial waters.
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The parents of missing  four-year-old Madeleine McCann are leaving Portugal to attend an audience with the Pope in Rome.
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A 41-foot raft made of reeds and wooden planks set out Wednesday on voyage from New York to Spain, a daring and perhaps foolhardy attempt to prove people in the Stone Age could have crossed the Atlantic.
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A ship carrying the remains  of the mother of Russia's last tsar set sail on Saturday from  Denmark for Russia, where they will be laid to rest next to her  late husband in accordance with her wishes.
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Queen Elizabeth II has arrived in the Netherlands to mark the 400th anniversary of Amsterdam's English Reformed Church and to visit the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
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Screening human embryos for a rare genetic condition leading to bowel cancer in order to select embryos lacking the pre-disposition has been given the go-ahead in the UK.