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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 News Round Up By admin @ 3:22 AM :: 333 Views :: 0 Comments ::   News Round Up   British pint, mile continue to measure up under EU ruling CBC.ca, Canada - 17 hours ago The European Parliament on Tuesday voted to allow Britain to continue using imperial measurements including the pint and the mile. The decision overturns a ... Britain wins a victory: The pint won't be renamed The Associated Press - 20 hours ago LONDON (AP) — British beer drinkers found a measure of good news Tuesday amid a flood of economic downers: The fabled pint won't have to be renamed. ... Europe takes measures to protect Ireland's pint Irish Times, Ireland - 20 hours ago The nation's drinkers breathed a sigh of relief this morning after news emerged from the European Parliament that Ireland can keep pouring pints ... EC to scrap bid to ban imperial measures Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 23 hours ago The European Commission is set to abandon its efforts to get reluctant member states to complete a total switchover to metric measurements. ... 'EU backs down on pint ban' The Publican, UK - 1 hour ago By Gabrielle Jaffe Britain has won the last round of its battle to keep pints and miles, Euro MPs ruled yesterday. Decades of wrangling between London and ... Make mine a pint Herald.ie, Ireland - 3 hours ago Ireland's drinkers were raising their glasses to Europe last night after bureaucrats called time on scrapping the much-loved pint. ... Beer drinkers win decision against metric system Tampabay.com, FL - 10 hours ago By Times Wires When beer drinkers in Britain go to the pub, what they want is a pint. They do not want a half-liter. Ever. But the European Union had ... EU saves our pints and miles The Sun, UK - 11 hours ago BRITISH Euro MPs yesterday won the battle to save the country’s pints and miles. A vote in Strasbourg ended decades of wrangling between London and Brussels ... Imperial measures safe to the pint of no return Conservatives in the European Parliament, Belgium - 23 hours ago Strasbourg, 16th December 2008 -- The pint and mile are finally safe after the European Parliament today agreed to exclude them from EU legislation on units ... Government saves the Pint and the Mile eGov monitor, UK - Dec 16, 2008 The future of the pint of beer and the mile have been secured, after the Government's victory in removing European legislation that would have required the ...