Under pressure from environmentalists, he recently promised to phase out the felling of old forests by 2010.

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The Anne Frank House told Judge Bade it was in favour of felling the tree, out of concern for the safety of the building and the hundreds of thousands of visitors it receives each year.

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Clinton Estates said it received a licence from the Forestry Commission to carry out the entire felling programme at the site, near Bicton, over spring 2012.

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He tags along on a 1960s expedition to Greenland and saves the day when the group runs out of food, by felling a polar bear with a single shot.

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