UK Foxhunters Vow to Fight on After Court Loss
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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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More than 250 hunts will meet legally the day after the ban on hunting with dogs comes into force, campaigners say.
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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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LONDON  - Tens of thousands of hunters and their hounds raced through the countryside on horseback Saturday, opening a fox-hunting season that could be one of Britain's last.
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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. Some hunting supporters vowed to defy the ban.
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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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The British goverment has negotiated a secret legal deal that will allow fox hunting to continue next year, despite a ban passed in parliament, The Times newspaper alleged on Thursday.
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Lawyers defending the husband of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto failed to stop the Islamabad government from pursuing a lawsuit against him in the English courts.
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An international animal welfare group vowed to pursue a lawsuit accusing Japanese whalers of killing hundreds of whales within an Australian sanctuary despite Canberra's own reluctance.
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A judge's ruling Wednesday in a dispute between Fox's "The Next Great Champ" and a rival boxing TV show favored Fox. But round two is set for next month.
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Campaigners vow to continue fighting airport expansions as the government commits to schemes a two airports.
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Pro-hunt campaigners are preparing a legal challenge to the Parliament Act, which was used to force through a ban on hunting with dogs.
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Ending years of bitter argument, Britain  finally banned the centuries-old pursuit of fox hunting on  Thursday -- but only after a last-minute attempt by the  government to delay its demise until after the next election.
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Security was stepped up around parliament and Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to urgently review safety after hunting supporters broke in during a debate on banning foxhunting with hounds.
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LONDON - Defeated in Parliament, British hunting supporters went to court Friday seeking to uphold their right to chase foxes. The Countryside Alliance, which staged mass demonstrations in the losing battle
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The government says it will not oppose any legal move by the Countryside Alliance to delay the ban on hunting.
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If hunting is banned in Britain, the pro-hunt lobby says its supporters will continue to hunt illegally.