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As US bombs rained down on Baghdad last night, a group of American college students was in Bermuda safely sheltered from the war.
But like their families and friends back home, they have been agonising over the merits of the conflict and, like the na...
DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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The shock of learning that her son may be fighting in the Gulf War still has not really hit MSA teacher Margaret DiGiacomo - and she is sure it won't until she receives that final phonecall from him to tell her he is leaving for Kuwait.
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DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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It looks like it could be business as usual for the ruling Progressive Labour Party (PLP) as far as candidate selection for Sandys parish constituencies is concerned.
Unless, that is, one assumes that Finance Minister Eugene Cox will retire from poli...
DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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Despite the official beginning of war in Iraq on Wednesday night, passengers on the British Airways flight arriving in Bermuda from Gatwick Airport in London last night not only appeared unrattled by travelling but they also did not notice any height...
DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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The number of registered vehicles on the Island's roads went down by 700 in the year 2001, according to the latest statistics digest, which was released by the Statistics Department this week.
But by the end of 2001 there were 300 more private cars o...
DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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Airlines last night said they were monitoring the war on Iraq - but said it was too early to say what impact the military action would have on their businesses.
Flights were operating as usual in and out of the Island, and most passengers in Bermuda ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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New National Drugs Commission Chairman Rev. Andrew Doughty yesterday announced the appointment of a drug prevention officer.
Kimberley Jackson, who has been acting in the post, will take on the post full-time and take the anti-drug message into the s...
DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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The Commission for Unity and Racial Equality (CURE) and the Human Rights Commission are jointly sponsoring a proclamation ceremony at the Bermuda National Gallery at 12.30 today.
The event is in commemoration of the United Nations International Day f...
DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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The Institute for Talented Students (ITS) is this weekend going to be searching for gifted youngsters in need of some additional tutoring.
The out-of-school programme was launched for the first time last year, but now the institute is looking for mor...
DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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The Royal Gazette yesterday went out onto the streets of Bermuda to find out what people felt about the US military attacks on Iraq.
Emotions were mixed and often extreme as residents toyed with whether or not George Bush's Government was right to b...
DATE: Mar 21, 2003
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