Latvians seeking free Christmas trees anger rangers
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Latvian authorities have given residents something to cheer about when they invited them to cut their own Christmas trees for free -- only to be chased away by forest rangers.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 27--The stereotype of conservatives has them admiring a stand of old-growth trees, then waving in the backhoes and logging crews to turn the forest into cash.
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Basman Sabah doesn't feel it's Christmas. He'll stay home and skip Mass. Most of his friends and relatives have fled the country. He didn't even buy a Christmas tree.
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Bob Lemos of Lemos Farm on Highway 92 near Half Moon Bay is optimistic about the Christmas tree season. He started selling trees last weekend, he said.
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VILLAGERS campaigning to save the trees in thei
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White Christmas is expected only in Latvia's eastern regions; rain and sleet are forecast in other parts of Latvia, according to the Latvian Hydrometeorology Agency.
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The Norwegian Embassy in Latvia closed on Nov. 1, days after Latvian law enforcement agencies warned that the Baltic state had received information from the United States, Norway, and Estonia about a possible terrorist attack.
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Thieves in central Canada stripped an orchard of some 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of ripe Saskatoonberries, leaving police and farmers baffled at the work needed for a relatively low-price haul.
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For the nation's forest rangers, the serenity of the woods increasingly is giving way to confrontations with unruly visitors.
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Christmas tree growers in Denmark are charged after being accused of trying to rig prices of festive firs.
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Police in Russia hunt two men who robbed a house while dressed as the Russian version of Santa-Claus.
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With up to one billion cards and six million trees set to be thrown out, the government calls on Britons to recycle this Christmas.
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AURORA, Ore. The National Christmas Tree Association is hoping a push of designer trees will renew consumer demand for live trees.
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A Sunday story in St. Louis Post-Dispatch caught my eye. It s a story about -let s call them what they are-illegal immigrants in the U.S. This particular family comes from Latvia.
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Thousands of workers at a plastic Christmas tree factory in southern China clashed with police after a 10-day strike, news reports said Saturday.
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For hockey-mad Canadians, tickets to an NHL game are the ultimate Christmas gift. This year, though, they are worthless after NHL owners locked out players in a labor dispute
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By HANNAH ZITNER  VANCOUVER (CP) - Three B.C. mayors are demanding the federal government help thousands of homeowners pay for removing mountain pine beetle-infested trees.