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WASHINGTON Are white Americans really, truly prepared to elect an African-American president? Seriously, is a nation with such a long and shameful history of brutal slavery, Jim Crow segregation and persistent racism actually going to put a black man...
DATE: Aug 07, 2007
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Last March, I said the Government's request for public comment on the plan for a hotel at Southlands would be nothing but an empty exercise.
Today, I can say without fear of contradiction that this was indeed the case. The Brown Government's verbal c...
DATE: Aug 04, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP) In times of disaster, presidents are expected to be comforters-in-chief, yet since Hurricane Katrina President Bush has a blemished record in that role.
He reacted quickly to the Minnesota bridge collapse by scheduling a visit, but on...
DATE: Aug 04, 2007
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Offensive statements
July 20, 2007
Dear Sir,
Today, in reading the article on MP Jamahl Simmons rejoining the PLP, I was interested in his comments regarding his move.
Mr. Simmons was quoted as saying that he was undermined by bigots in the UBP who w...
DATE: Aug 04, 2007
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Cup Match is upon us once again.
This is, far and away, Bermuda's favourite holiday, a much needed two-day break in the high heat of summer.
And while most of the emphasis is on spending time with friends and family at the Game, on the beach or water...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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Drivers put safety first
July 31, 2007
Dear Sir,
Re: Concerns at DPT
First, I would like to advise the public that the Public Transportation Board is now a Government Department and is now called the Department of Transportation (DPT). The Board now ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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August 1 marks the anniversary of the Emancipation of the Slaves in the British colonies in 1834. However, Robert Nesta Marley reminds us "none but ourselves can free our minds". For me, those lyrics sum up a realistic focus for celebrating this mile...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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The comptroller general of the United States Government Accountability Office, David Walker, uses Al Gore's term inconvenient truth to bring attention to what he calls a 'fiscal cancer.' By this he means the massive federal debt that will collide wit...
DATE: Jul 31, 2007
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Young people aren't dumb
July 30, 2007
Dear Sir,
I am a young (24 years old) black Bermudian male. I am writing this letter in regards to the front page of today's newpaper. I was in attendance at the Collie Buddz concert when the premier took the st...
DATE: Jul 31, 2007
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BRUSSELS ¿ The European Union's planned new reform treaty is in real danger of being toppled next year by Ireland, undermining moves to pluck the 27-country bloc out of a two-year institutional crisis.
At present, Ireland is the only country set to h...
DATE: Jul 31, 2007
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