Bug with .ics files !!

Hi
I have a web based calendar that sends me bookings and deletions via .ics files. I believed that iCal was fully functional with vCalendar format.
ICal will accept the booking but will not delete it. (Outlook works fine with these files)
The code is:
Bookings
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:[email protected]
DTSTART:20101022T070000Z
DTEND:20101022T080000Z
LOCATION:Look In The Diary
UID:[email protected]
DTSTAMP:20101004T074311Z
SUMMARY:Session with Max Scianna
DESCRIPTION:Email address: [email protected]\nTelephone: 07968 238846\nNotes: Test session 71
PRIORITY:5
CLASS:PUBLIC
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
Delete:
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:CANCEL
BEGIN:VEVENT
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:[email protected]
DTSTART:20101022T070000Z
DTEND:20101022T080000Z
UID:[email protected]
DTSTAMP:20101004T074311Z
STATUS:CANCELLED
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
Am I missing something obvious here or is it a bug?

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