UK Lawmakers Begin Pushing Bill to Ban Fox Hunting
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government used fast-track rules to begin pushing a bill through the Parliament that will ban fox hunting with hounds, a traditional pursuit in the British countryside.
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A protestor is taken away by police outside the House of Parliament in London Sept. 15, 2004. More than 10,000 British pro-hunting protestors held a major rally outside the house of Parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers debated on a ban on fox hunting.
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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  - 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 - 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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A new political party campaigning for animal rights across the UK is to be launched.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government today will use fast-track rules to push a bill through the House of Commons that would ban fox hunting with hounds, a traditional pursuit in the British countryside.
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MPs vote to ban hunting with dogs by a majority of nearly 200 at the Bill's second reading.
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Britain's upper house of parliament was set to begin debating a controversial government plan to ban fox hunting, with House of Lords members set to push for a compromise that would allow licensed hunting.
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British foxhunters failed to overturn a ban on their ancient sport on Friday but vowed to fight on in court, sparing Prime Minister Tony Blair rowdy protests in the run-up to an election expected in May.
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Hunt supporters say they will continue efforts to overturn the ban on hunting, which comes into force on Friday.
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The British upper house of parliament, the House of Lords, watered down legislation to ban fox hunting in England and Wales, in a move that is likely to provoke a showdown with MPs determined to outlaw the blood sport.
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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.
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Supporters of fox hunting stormed Britain's parliament and scuffled with police at a mass rally, but failed to prevent lawmakers from moving closer to a ban of the blood sport.
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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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DEFIANT backbench MPs are today set to ignore Tony Blair's appeal for compromise and back a total ban on fox hunting in an historic vote which signals the death knell for the sport.
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Legislation to ban fox hunting in England and Wales will be rushed through the House of Commons next Wednesday, the government announced.