European lawmakers leave "green fairy" out of absinthe

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European lawmakers leave "green fairy" out of absinthe

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/european-lawmakers-leave-green-fairy-absinthe-165555915.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8JvdXPljy67nU2JNd0jHxQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-08T142448Z_1_CBRE927141F00_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-EU-ABSINTHE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A glass of St. George Sprits' Absinthe Verte is shown in the tasting room at St. George Spirits in Alameda" align="left" title="A glass of St. George Sprits' Absinthe Verte is shown in the tasting room at St. George Spirits in Alameda" border="0" /></a>By Teddy Nykiel BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Charles Baudelaire and Ernest Hemingway may well turn in their graves. Absinthe, the green-tinged alcohol that fuelled poets, writers and artists in 19th century France, does not have to contain its most important ingredient to be labelled &quot;absinthe&quot;, the European Parliament decided on Wednesday. In a vote, lawmakers declared there was no need for the spirit to contain a minimum amount of thujone, the wormwood plant toxin that is believed to give it its peculiar intensity. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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