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Ritual Sacrifice? Not on my street, some Belgians say

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The ritual sacrafice of sheep by Muslims at Eid al-Adha in Belgium has caused a political impasse with animal rights activists and the local population. A 1988 Belgian law prohibits the ritual sacrafice of animals at home so there is conflict as Muslims take sheep to the local abbatoir for slaughter. Mohamed Mimoun was given a ticket by a policewoman because the sheep in the trunk of his car was not wearing a seatbelt in the back seat.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Public affairs, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Religious aspects, Islamic religious practice, Brussels, Belgium (City), Animal sacrifice, Eid al-Adha

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EU Weighs Deadline for Microsoft

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European Union regulators are planning to fine Microsoft Corp. approximately $5 million a day for breaking with antitrust orders. Microsoft Corp. is in defiance of a March 2004 court order to license particular software codes to competitors under "reasonable and nondiscriminatory" agreements.

Prepackaged software, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Antitrust Law, Interpretation and construction, Computer software industry, Software industry, Microsoft Corp., Discipline, MSFT, Antitrust issue

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Why Belgians shoot horses in Texas for dining in Europe

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Animal rights activists have spurred legislation passing through the United States Congress to shut down horse slaughterhouses in the United States. There are just three and all are Belgian-owned, supplying horse meat to butchers worldwide.

Animal Slaughtering and Processing, Meat Products, Horsemeat, Political aspects, Slaughtering and slaughter-houses, Slaughterhouses, Horse meat, Animal rights activists

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