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Six European countries began talks on Tuesday for
membership in the European Union.
| Nations starting
negotiations for
membership
Tuesday
Nations currently
in negotiations
| Candidate nation waiting
to start negotiations
Current member states
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Germany #
Netherlands
Belgium
Great Britain
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AP
Power cut to goldfish blenders
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Ten goldfish were
swimming safely in their blender aquariums Tuesday after
power to the controversial art exhibit was disconnected, Dan
ish police said.
The display at the Trapholt Art Museum in western Den
mark had let visitors decide whether to turn on 10 blenders,
each containing a live goldfish and water.
Police ordered the power cut after two fish were killed at
Friday’s opening and animal rights activists filed a complaint.
Authorities launched an investigation after five more fish
were killed when the power was apparently left on over the
weekend. The museum replaced the fish.
Deputy chief constable Birgit Nielsen said Tuesday that the
blenders were disconnected from a power source Monday af
ternoon and it seemed the museum was following police or
ders. Museum director Peter Meyer still faced an undetermined
fine for failing to do so immediately, she said.
Meyer welcomed the publicity Monday as the case made
national headlines, saying the exhibit didn’t encourage peo
ple to blend the fish but addressed ethical questions about
death. He was not at the museum Tuesday and could not be
reached for comment.
The museum in Kolding, 125 miles west of Copenhagen,
is one of many smaller art exhibitors in the Nordic country.
It usually draws about 80,000 people each year, but had
1,000 curious visitors over the weekend — a very high off
season number, Meyer said.
Authorities also will investigate whether Meyer can be
held responsible for breaking animal protection laws, in
which case he and artist Marco Evaristti would face other
fines, Nielsen said. Police also could charge the visitors who
turned on the blenders if their identities could be established,
she said.
The display by Evaristti, a Danish artist, includes the
blenders on a table, a nude picture of the artist with blackened
eyes and a bazooka missile surrounded by tubes of lipstick.
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gers returned home; 74
hostages stayed in Britain
seeking asylum or considering
Mohammed Shamsullahsaii
hijackers’ goal was to seekai
for themselves and their famil
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pie on the plane were relative:
hijackers. Some passengers:
many as 40 were related.
The Ariana Airlines Boeing
was hijacked Feb. 6, shortly^
arriv al at the northern city ofils
e-Sharif after a flight fromfc:
Nine men jumped out of theirs
brandishing guns and knifes.
The hijacking ended Feb.'
Britain after a standoff with Bi
police at an airport outside Lon
The hijackers — 13 menb
been charged in a British coin
beat one man with a stick
warned others to keep their hi
between their knees, the f
hostages said.
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after the aircraft landed in
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nervous, refusing to let small
dren leave their scats. Then the
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treatment to their families, gi'
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