Elvis trademarks struck down in British court ruling
Elvisly Yours owner Sid Shaw won a court decision stripping Elvis Presley Enterprises of its British trademarks on the names Elvis and Elvis A Presley and Presley's signature for use on soaps toothpaste deodorant and cosmetics after a decade long dispute following Presley's 1977 death in Memphis.
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U N oil for food deal ships to Basra next week
The first U N oil for food shipment to Iraq will arrive next week with about 13 000 tons of rice from Thailand to Basra, Erik Falt said. Six ships are expected to follow in early April to Basra and Aqaba as part of the initial six month program.
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Too many teeth for queen’s sculpture sparks palace edit
Buckingham Palace ordered a sculptor to scrap a bronze relief of Queen Elizabeth II for showing too much teeth. Gordon Brown noted the queen smiles in photos leading to the toothy depiction. A second version without teeth will debut during the queen’s visit to Queen Elizabeth School in Mansfield.
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Albanians flood Italy as refugees find aid in Apulia
In Lecce and Apulia, Catholic charity volunteers like Rev. Luigi Dal Bianco prepare five busloads of Albanian refugees for transfer to processing centers. Meanwhile 1,600 more Albanians disembarked at Italian ports, swelling totals to about 8,500 since upheaval began. Public sentiment toward tougher immigration is milder in Italy due to demand for low wage labor and migrants’ tendency to move north.
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North Korean defector begins new life in South Korea route
Hwang Jang Yop, 74, author of Juche doctrine, lands at Clark Air Base in the Philippines under heavy security as he travels toward Seoul. Philippine officials confirm his covert exit after five weeks since seeking asylum at a South Korean consulate. China navigates between North Korea and South Korea, endorsing temporary harboring of the defector by Manila.
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Russian AN-24 crashes killing 50 aboard
A Stavropol Airlines AN-24 exploded and crashed near Cherkessk in southern Russia killing all 50 on board. The aircraft had been flying from Stavropol to Trabzon, Turkey, at 19 700 feet when it disappeared from radar. Rescue teams recovered bodies, with officials saying the cause is unknown and investigation to follow.
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