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end up in the dock of international courts on a human rights rap over proposals to dump tons of asbestos in the sea.
The blast came after US-based international human rights lawyer Ian Anderson warned that Bermuda could land in trouble if asbestos du...
DATE: Dec 24, 1996
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from home for nearly a week.
Andrea DeSilva, 18, was last seen by her mother at their Southampton home on Tuesday evening.
She left the house shortly after 6.30 p.m. and has not contacted home since.
A Police spokeswoman said: "Andrea is known to fre...
DATE: Dec 23, 1996
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trip from Hamilton.
The incident happened on Saturday night after a young man was picked up outside Oasis nightclub around 10.20 p.m.
The passenger was taken to the Green Acres/Chaingate Hill area and asked the driver to wait while he picked up cash ...
DATE: Dec 23, 1996
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Canada's anti-stalking laws -- similar to legislation drafted in Bermuda -- have failed to bite, a study shows.
Of 1,110 stalking cases in 1994, 39 percent were dropped and ten percent ended in acquittals.
Just 36 percent resulted in a guilty verdict...
DATE: Dec 23, 1996
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Parts of Bermuda were "all shook up'' yesterday when earth tremors were felt between Devonshire and Warwick.
The Royal Gazette was besieged by telephone calls shortly after 4.15 p.m. when the tremors struck, rattling windows and shaking the ground.
W...
DATE: Dec 23, 1996
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education audit.
The $45,000 report, prepared by a team led by associate professor of educational administration at Iowa State University William Poston, is expected to completed by next year.
Chief Education Officer Joseph Christopher last week conf...
DATE: Dec 23, 1996
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redeployed in the fight against crime over the Christmas holidays. That is as it should be and as it is most years because none of us want to be hit by crime over Christmas.
Police Commissioner Colin Coxall is quoted as saying that he is monitoring t...
DATE: Dec 23, 1996
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Dumping asbestos in the sea could mean Bermuda being hauled before the European Union and a UN court, a top international lawyer warned yesterday.
For New York-based human rights lawyer Ian Anderson said Bermuda is covered by the European Convention ...
DATE: Dec 23, 1996
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
week.
As of Friday, the Commercial Crime Unit had collected 14 counterfeit $100 notes in one week, spokesperson Evelyn James Barnett said.
The serial numbers of the seized counterfeit notes were C/I 060619, C/I 069267, C/I 079361, C/I 079362, C/I 079...
DATE: Dec 23, 1996
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West Africa.
Spokesperson Evelyn James Barnett said the letters, from Nigeria and Ghana, ask for assistance in transferring funds out of the country.
Recipients were advised against giving out requested account numbers or providing a sample of a sign...
DATE: Dec 23, 1996
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