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Yesterday's front page carried two fairly controversial stories.
One was on new measures being proposed by the Road Safety Council, including its plans to post extremely graphic pictures of road crash victims in bars and other public places in a last...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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Barack Obama staged his arrival in Washington to evoke Abraham Lincoln's, but the historical echo is faint. Lincoln's famous train ride to his 1861 inauguration traversed a landscape of bitterness and strife. He had to speed through Baltimore "like a...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Friday, January 23, the 23rd day of 2009. There are 342 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1937, the trial of seventeen leading Communists began in Moscow after they were accused of involvement in a plot led by...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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The following are editorial opinions from newspapers from around the world which may be of interest to Royal Gazette readers.
Aftenposten, Oslo, Norway,–on the Middle East
The absence of war is not the same as peace. The cease-fire that went into for...
DATE: Jan 23, 2009
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For the first time in a long time, the economy is the major area of concern for Bermuda residents, overtaking hardy perennials like crime, housing and education.
That's not surprising, and in a perverse way, it's good news, because it shows that the ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2009
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Today in Bermuda's history
In January 1955, Bermuda's lowest ever temperature – 41 degrees Fahrenheit – was recorded.
DATE: Jan 22, 2009
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Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address yesterday, as prepared for delivery and released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowe...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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The early analysis from the pundits is that President Barack Obama did not hit a home run in his Inauguration speech yesterday, but he did, to mix metaphors in a way he never would, hit all the right notes.
That in part is one of the burdens of being...
DATE: Jan 21, 2009
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Beach bar mystery
January 16, 2009
Dear Sir,
And lo, the Government taketh away with the one hand, and giveth with the other.
Thus it taketh away an already functioning beach concession on St. Catherine's beach in St George's, which provided for yea ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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By the time lunch is over today, President-elect Barack Obama will be President Obama.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, this is not the end of his journey – simply the end of the beginning.
For the next four years, the weight of the world will be on ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2009
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