money laundering criminals. ---- Page 2 Assistant defends Allaire The controversial Canadian businesswoman whose job is under scrutiny because she attacked a Police officer has been defended by her own assistant. ---- Page 3 MAN BROUGHT IN CANNABIS CTS Man brought in cannabis A man who imported drugs worth $60,850 from America was caught after Police tracked the consignment in a package also containing toys, a court heard yesterday. ---- Page 5 C&W TURNS PR GUNS ON GOVT.

BUC C&W turns PR guns on Govt.

Cable & Wireless' war of words with Government went nuclear today when the company began a public advertising campaign picturing a perplexed model wrapped up in telephone cord. "Compete? If only we could,'' the ad says. ---- Business, Page 8 ODYSSEY RE SOLDIERS ON BUC Odyssey Re soldiers on The Bermuda office of Odyssey Re (the former Sphere Drake) has been hit by the departure of two key underwriters as top executives await the results of an ongoing operational review. ---- Business, Page 9 CONFRONTING CHILD ABUSE LIV HTH Confronting child abuse During a recent lecture on child abuse before a church group, Sgt. Clarke Minors held up a long, computer print-out sheet covering 1,100 calls and told his audience, "This is the extent of the problems we are having in Bermuda!'' P---- Living, Page 25 PLAYERS BANNED AFTER BRAWL SOC Players banned after brawl Two players at the centre of a fracas which forced abandonment of the recent FA Cup semi-final between Vasco and North Village have been slapped with bans, The Royal Gazette has learned. ---- Sport, Page 37 PERNFORS, JESENS TO RETURN TNE Pernfors, Jensens to return Tennis crowd favourites Luke and Murphy Jensen and Mikael Pernfors -- the winner of the inaugural Bermuda XL Open tennis tournament -- are returning for this year's event. ---- Sport, Page 37