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A man left languishing in a Chinese prison for seven years as punishment for speaking up for the plight of the Communist country?s underclass will tell his story to Bermudians this week.
One message Ching ?Joseph? Shi wants to drive home is how influ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2005
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Devastating hurricane winds topping 160 miles-per-hour are likely to strike Bermuda at least once every 1,000 years.
According to predictive models, the Island could feel the force of a mega-power hurricane around once every millennium.
Hurricane exp...
DATE: Oct 18, 2005
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Two men seen fighting on Front Street in the early hours of yesterday morning were arrested by Police who had been called to a report of a disturbance outside the Docksiders pub and restaurant.
Officers who responded to the initial call could find no...
DATE: Oct 17, 2005
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A justice minister in Canada has called for the authorities to speed up the immigration process to allow a Russian family currently stranded in Bermuda, permission to return to Nova Scotia.
The family decided to settle in the province in July 2004 af...
DATE: Oct 17, 2005
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Parents at a special needs school have withdrawn their children from a class run by a physiotherapist who returns today after serving a suspension for allegedly hitting a young girl.
Laura Delgaty has been moved to handling teenagers at Dame Marjorie...
DATE: Oct 17, 2005
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Bermuda?s housing supremo David Burch is calling for a clampdown on people who keep apartments empty after figures showed the emergency housing list is on the up.
He believes people who keep flats unrented just to get the assessment number to run a s...
DATE: Oct 17, 2005
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Devonshire residents opposed to a Government housing project proposed for their area are still waiting for a decision from the Development Applications Board on whether the project can go ahead.
The DAB postponed making a decision on the proposed Ber...
DATE: Oct 17, 2005
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The commitment of local authorities to protecting women has been slammed after the recent acquittal of man who was accused of violating the privacy of a number of women.
The 20-year-old Sandys man ? who cannot be named for legal reasons ? was accused...
DATE: Oct 17, 2005
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A man is in a serious condition in hospital after been slashed by a machete in a daylight attack in Hamilton on Saturday.
The victim, who is 33 and from Paget, was attacked by another man who used the machete to cut his hands, forearms and top of his...
DATE: Oct 17, 2005
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Government will protect a former NASA tracking station site at Cooper's Island from development after a plan to turn it into a nature reserve received major approval from the public.
This week, Government reiterated it had already submitted a draft L...
DATE: Oct 17, 2005
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