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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently stated that Iran, currently pursuing a nuclear energy programme widely believed to be a front for the development of thermo-nuclear weapons, represented the gravest threat to international security.This...
DATE: Mar 24, 2006
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Progressive Labour Party stalwart and former Government Minister Arthur Hodgson last night spoke in support of an Independence referendum separate from a general election vote.
Acknowledging his view was at odds with many in the PLP Mr Hodgson, who o...
DATE: Mar 24, 2006
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The father of slain Canadian teen Rebecca Middleton has lined up Cherie Booth ? wife of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair ? to launch a private prosecution if Bermudian prosecutors refuse to re-open the case.
Department of Public Prosecutions Director Vin...
DATE: Mar 21, 2006
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A law to bar discrimination against gays came a step closer yesterday when Government backbencher tabled a private members bill.
Progressive Labour Party backbencher Renee Webb hopes MPs will debate it soon after returning for the next session which ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2006
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March 14, 2006 "Power is the grim idol that all the world adores . . . that dazzles the senses, haunts the imagination, confounds the understanding, and tames the will. So in some countries, the most destructive animals are held sacred, despair and t...
DATE: Mar 17, 2006
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Social unrest will erupt in Bermuda if ?the politics of racial division, hatred and segregation? continue to be practised, a former PLP MP told a public forum on the weekend.
Julian Hall gave his warning at a meeting on Saturday night in which other ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2006
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IN recent times we have seen an unprecedented number of women being elected to high-level leadership positions in their countries. In several instances they have, in fact, become the first female leaders in their countries' histories.In Germany, afte...
DATE: Mar 10, 2006
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Government needs a London office so it will not be out-lobbied by rival British Overseas Territories who already have Offices in the UK capital, Premier Alex Scott said yesterday.
But the Opposition charged yesterday that the $500,000 a year office w...
DATE: Mar 02, 2006
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Bermuda?s constitution may appear as something for other overseas territories to aspire to but it is not without its faults, Premier Alex Scott has told Cayman Islands? politicians.
Limitations on the amount of freedom Bermuda has to make its own dec...
DATE: Mar 01, 2006
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PLP backbencher Glenn Blakeney stood by comments made earlier by Community Affairs and Sport Minister Dale Butler - that international business should be taxed.
“Why should be have to acquiesce to tax, no matter how slight,” Mr. Blakeney said.
He sai...
DATE: Feb 27, 2006
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