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Cash or the chance to be owed a big favour by the United States are just two possible reasons why Bermuda could have accepted four Uighurs released from Guantánamo Bay.
But according to former Secretary of Defence advisor Charles Stimson, the Island'...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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“Am I going to resign? Absolutely not.”
That was the reaction from Premier Ewart Brown this afternoon as he faced the prospect of a no confidence vote in Parliament tomorrow.
He believes he retains the support of his party but acknowledged that his o...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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The four Chinese Uighurs who arrived in Bermuda last week from Guantánamo Bay "cannot and should not go back" there, Sir Richard Gozney said yesterday.
The Governor told a press conference that though Britain viewed the "exchange of notes" between th...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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MPs are set to debate the motion of no confidence in Premier Ewart Brown tomorrow.
Speaker Stanley Lowe has given permission for the United Bermuda Party's motion to proceed, Opposition House Leader Cole Simons revealed last night.
Despite reports th...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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The Chairman of the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Organisations, Human Rights and Oversight is expected to meet the four Uighurs this weekend.
Congressman Bill Delahunt is to travel to Bermuda to meet the former Guantanamo...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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A Warwick postman has been taken off the road for giving a false name – that of his younger brother – when pulled over by Police.
Hopde Burrows, 29, entered a guilty plea in Magistrates' Court for perverting the course of justice.
He told Senior Magi...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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As Spirit of Bermuda heads towards Charleston, South Carolina, in the latest leg of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge, skipper Simon Colley last night sent this despatch on the progress made since departing Bermuda on Monday with the rest of the Tall...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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Rally organiser Janice Battersbee yesterday hit back at Premier Ewart Brown's claims that Tuesday's Cabinet demonstration stemmed from whites' anger at their loss of privilege.
"I'm not white," pointed out lifelong Progressive Labour Party supporter ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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The New York tourism office has been "flooded" with cancellations from US tourists since four former Guantanamo detainees were granted asylum in Bermuda, according to an Opposition MP.
Despite the four Chinese Muslims being cleared for release under ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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Bermuda's business community has condemned the Government's "drastic" decision to bring four Guantánamo detainees to the Island without due process, and asked that those in power now begin to repair relations with the UK and China.
The Bermuda Intern...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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