PANAMA CITY - Panama City Pets may soon lose their ties.

The Commission will review the town first reading of an ordinance that would ban the practice of fixing the cats and dogs to stationary objects in order of birth.

If the commissioners show their support for the ordinance at a meeting of Committee 4 pm today, a second reading and public hearing will be held. Violation of the ban could come with a minimum fine of $ 50 plus impoundment fees for the first offense.

The Commission intends to order at the request of Marcella Durr, who said she is concerned about the welfare of animals that are left attached for long periods and public safety if an animal breaks attached Free.

The cost of making and receiving calls over the holidays around Europe fell again after the European Commission (EC) has cut its cap on roaming charges, the BBC reported July 1. The EC is the maximum cutting mobile telephone companies charge for international calls each year between 2007 and 2015, when he hopes the charges will be the same for home users or traveling in the EU. A local man from visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy's shoulder and pushed him against a fence before being arrested in southwestern France, CNN reported on June 30....

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The annual Billabong ISA World Surfing Games got underway today at Playa Venao’s perfect three-to-five foot lefts and rights. The race for the Fernando Aguerre ISA World Team Trophy has begun with 27 countries in contention, which over the next six days will narrow down to only one champion of the premiere world team surfing event.

All of the 173 registered surfers in the Open Men, Open Women and Longboard divisions surfed today with qualifying round one action. A total of 48 heats were completed in a day full of action and emotion, in two simultaneous surfing venues, located 250 meters from each other.

Australia, Brazil, New Zealand and South Africa are the only countries that made it through the first day without losing any surfers into the repecharge heats. Defending Team Champion Peru, USA and France, all of them powerhouse surfing nations, had at least one surfer that will now surf the do-or-die heats in the repecharge rounds.

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