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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Wednesday, January 30, the 30th day of 2008. There are 336 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1649, England's King Charles I was beheaded.
In 1968, the Tet or New Year's Offensive began as local Communists, the...
DATE: Jan 30, 2008
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BERLIN (Reuters) — If Chancellor Angela Merkel still harboured any ambitions to push through reforms in the second half of her term, they will have died on Sunday after two state elections showed a clear shift to the left in German politics.
Merkel a...
DATE: Jan 30, 2008
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Customs on the frontline
January 15, 2008
Dear Sir,
Please allow me space in your column to address the concerns raised by Mr. Edward Hinds of Warwick in his letter to the Editor of January 11th entitled "A question of duty".
I read Mr. Hinds' commen...
DATE: Jan 30, 2008
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On January 15, 2008 an article entitled "Conscription Debate" was written by the editor of The Royal Gazette in which a number of points were made pertaining to the issue of conscription.
Some of these points have already been made by the anti-conscr...
DATE: Jan 30, 2008
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January 24, 2008
To all Bermudians
Today my friends I must leave you for a while, and begin my battle with something they call cancer. While I am certain my treatment and healing will be successful, but lengthily in time, I wanted to have this one op...
DATE: Jan 29, 2008
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Mr. Mayor, use your power
January 21, 2008
Dear Sir,
I understand that the Mayor of Hamilton has the power of veto on Corporation matters and decisions but that, in his words "this is rarely used".
Now of all times is the time that this power of veto...
DATE: Jan 29, 2008
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We have been asked by XL Capital Ltd. to clarify that XL's ratings from Standard & Poor's are A+ (financial strength rating) and A- (long term debt rating). An article appearing on Page 1 of Saturday's newspaper stated that XL Capital has an A- ratin...
DATE: Jan 29, 2008
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It is still January, but 2008 has already become an annus horribilis for the Corporation of Hamilton.
The year started badly when word leaked that it had given the Bermuda Society for the Arts, its tenant for almost half a century and the creative bi...
DATE: Jan 28, 2008
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Measuring true value
January 17, 2008
Dear Sir,
Cost of new office space added to City Hall: $700,000
Cost of preserving the arts and the programmes that nurture them, in the heart of our island community, at a place of prominence, in the BSoA Galler...
DATE: Jan 26, 2008
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Flag mystery
January 23, 2008
Dear Sir,
As I drove past earlier this week and the days since, I noticed a large Italian flag flying from the flagpole on the balcony at Flanagan's.
This could indicate three possibilities in my mind:
1. MEF Group have...
DATE: Jan 26, 2008
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