Dutch group scraps attempt to smoke biggest joint
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A plan to roll and smoke the world's largest joint was cancelled at short notice in Amsterdam when the organisers realised they could be breaking the law.
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BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND -- Northern Ireland&#39;s largest and most violent outlawed group, the Ulster Defence Association, announced yesterday it will desist from further attacks and wants to rejoin peacemaking efforts.
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Beijing's first smoke-free restaurant chain faces going out of business after its customers deserted it in droves after the ban was enforced, state media reported on Friday.
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Unocal Corp. and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group are withdrawing from a natural gas exploration project in the East China Sea, the companies said Wednesday, citing &quot;commercial reasons.
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Scottish and Newcastle said Thursday it had rejected a new takeover bid from Danish group Carlsberg and Dutch peer Heineken that was worth 7.4 billion pounds.
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British brewer Scottish and Newcastle on Thursday rejected a takeover bid from Denmark's Carlsberg and Dutch peer Heineken worth 6.8 billion pounds (9.7 billion euros, 13.9 billion dollars).
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A consortium led by British insurer Prudential PLC has dropped its bid for a major South Korean state asset managing company.
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The final excuse for smoking -- that it might reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease -- has just been stubbed out, findings from an animal study suggest.
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Protesting villagers have forced the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos. to cut oil output in the volatile Niger Delta, hampering efforts by the Anglo-Dutch oil company to recover from earlier protests last month, a company spokesman said Thursday.
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Labor unions on Saturday called off a strike aimed at overturning a government hike of automobile fuel prices, ending a four-day work stoppage that shut down most major economic activity in Africa's biggest oil producer, officials said.
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In a move that would finally separate it from the tobacco business, Loews said it planned to divest its interest in Lorillard Tobacco, the maker of Kent, Newport, Maverick and True.
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PetrÃ³leo Brasileiro, the Brazilian energy company known as Petrobras, canceled a meeting of its executives and Bolivian government officials after Bolivia took steps this week to take over the companyÂs oil operations in the country. Petrobras said the Bolivian measures, which included the takeover of two refineries, the only ones in Bolivia, and its distribution system, would render its Bolivian operations Âunviable.Â The meeting had been scheduled for Friday.
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Altria Group Inc., the world's largest tobacco company, plans to spin off Philip Morris International after being pressured by investors who want faster overseas growth and less risk from US smokers' lawsuits.
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Dutch authorities order 33 sex clubs in Amsterdam's red light district to close over suspected criminal activity.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., the world's largest brewer, Friday auctioned off its 20 percent stake in Chilean brewer Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA for about $300 million, according to the Santiago stock exchange.
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An independent takeovers panel has headed off Woolworths&#39; attempts to force a resolution in the takeover battle for liquor retailer Australian Leisure and Hospitality (ALH).
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Hoping Ottawa will take a new tack in its anti-smoking fight, a group of lobbyists and health care professionals say the federal government must turn its attention away from smokers and instead focus on stripping cigarette-makers of their image as