circles after a Bermudian judge waded into the middle of a bitter and ongoing Ontario child custody battle. ---- Page 2 DILL DEFENDS ISOLATION ROOM ED Dill defends isolation room Education Minister Jerome Dill yesterday defended Government's plans to put "isolation rooms'' in middle schools. And he has called on education critics to get behind Government's education plans. ---- Page 3 INSURANCE MERGERS QUESTIONED BUC Insurance mergers questioned A leading Bermuda reinsurer has questioned the wisdom of mergers by some of the world's largest insurance companies. PartnerRe president and CEO Herbert Haag has said in a letter to shareholders that the prices paid by the insurers for rival companies was "very high''. ---- Business, Page 9 MINNOWS TAKE ON TOP TEAMS SOC Minnows take on top teams Three top teams face tricky quarter-final ties against opponents from the Second Division on January 26 after yesterday's FA Cup draw produced just one all-First Division Cup tie. ---- Sport, Page 17 FRIENDS RALLY BEHIND SICK GIRL COM FNR Friends rally behind sick girl Nursery school teachers, classmates' parents and members of the community have rallied behind four-year-old Ashlee Kelly, born with a brain disorder that has left her mother with more than $100,000 in medical bills. ---- Community, Page 21