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 Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:16 am Post subject: EU drops forcing Britain to go metric |
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EU drops forcing Britain to go metric By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer
Wed May 9, 6:10 PM ET
LONDON - The European Union threw in the towel Wednesday and abandoned its plan to force Britain to phase out the use of feet, inches, pounds, ounces and gallons.
The old imperial measures will be allowed to coexist with the EU's metric system of meters, grams and liters, rather than be dropped by 2009, the EU said.
Some British politicians celebrated the decision as a victory for common sense, and the Metric Martyrs lobbying group said it felt vindicated for its struggle against the plan that began when a trader was convicted in 2001 for refusing to sell bananas by the kilogram.
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