Amid Protests, House of Commons Votes to Ban Fox Hunting
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After a day of rowdy demonstrations that saw five protesters storm the chamber at the House of Commons, legislators voted today to outlaw the centuries-old sport of fox hunting with hounds.
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LONDON  - Britain outlawed fox hunting in England and Wales on Thursday as elected legislators won a dramatic standoff with the House of Lords to ban a popular country sport that is despised by many urbanites. Some hunting supporters vowed to defy the ban.
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LONDON  - A protest by pro-fox-hunting activists turned violent outside a governing Labour party meeting attended by three cabinet ministers Thursday, police said.
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The government faced looming battles with supporters of fox hunting in both the courts and the countryside after ramming through a law banning the centuries-old blood sport.
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Fox hunters furious at a ban on their  ancient pursuit vowed on Friday to harass Prime Minister Tony  Blair's government with a civil disobedience campaign in the  run-up to next year's expected British election.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: In Britain, the pro-hunting lobby is not giving up without a fight, after the Government forced a bill through Parliament that bans fox hunting.
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LONDON - In the second major security breach in London this week, five fox hunting enthusiasts stormed onto the floor of the House of Commons Wednesday to disrupt a debate on banning the centuries-old sport.    Guards hustled the men away, but the incident showed - as did the man dressed as Batman who scaled the walls of Buckingham Palace on Monday - the vulnerability of Britain's seats of power...
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LONDON -- In the second major security breach in London this week, five fox hunting enthusiasts stormed onto the floor of the House of Commons yesterday to disrupt a debate on banning the centuries-old sport.
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Five protesters burst onto the floor of Britain&#39;s House of Commons on Wednesday as lawmakers were preparing to vote on a ban on fox hunting.
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Peers are set to vote on the Hunting Bill for England and Wales when it returns to the Lords on Tuesday. Should hunting with dogs be banned?
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Supporters of fox hunting stormed Britain's parliament and clashed with police in the streets, but failed to stop lawmakers from voting by an overwhelming margin to ban the blood sport.
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The House of Commons was poised to ram through a ban on fox hunting in England and Wales, against the backdrop of angry protests from thousands of hunt supporters outside parliament.
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Fox-hunting supporters are preparing a five-year campaign on three battlefronts to overturn the ban on the sport imposed last week by the House of Commons.
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An outright ban on fox hunting with dogs in England and Wales appeared inevitable after a majority of over 100 MPs in the House of Commons rejected last-ditch compromises on the blood sport.
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Supporters of fox hunting took their battle to the courts after Britain's Labour government capped a seven-year debate by ramming through a ban of the centuries-old blood sport.
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Hunts in England and Wales meet for the first time since a ban on hunting was forced through Parliament.
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Facing a ban on their age-old sport, fox hunting enthusiasts have vowed to rally outside the House of Commons in a show of defiance to lawmakers.