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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Greenlandic MP on Friday refused to speak Danish during a debate in the Danish parliament and instead spoke in her native Inuit language, frustrating uncomprehending lawmakers and highlighting strained relations between Denmark and Greenland. | 10:53am
Michael Konschak of Carmel, N.Y., said in court that he's ashamed of what he did and "it was never my intent that morning to harm the victims' pets," having told authorities that while hunting deer he killed and skinned what he thought were two coyotes, only to discover they were a family's German shepherds.
The loss of the holiday - created more than 300 years ago when a Danish bishop merged several minor holidays - has triggered a backlash throughout the country
Lawmakers voted 95-68 to scrap Great Prayer Day, a religious holiday observed since the 17th century.
The extra day of work will provide an additional $400m to the economy.