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RABAT (Reuters) —- Compare and contrast: in Algeria, a triple suicide bombing kills 33 people in the heart of the capital; in Morocco, six Islamists blow themselves up in the course of a month, but just one other person is killed.Intelligence agencie...

Some answers please April 26, 2007 Dear Sir, Dr. The Hon. Ewart Brown MP, JP, etc., etc. was recently patting himself on the back for the 22 percent increase in tourist arrivals. Hmmmm! Raises a few questions, doesn’t it? 1. How many of the ‘tourist ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The prospect of rare senior-level talks this week between the United States and Iran offers some hope of defusing a confrontation between Tehran and the West, but the odds of success are long and risks abound.The drama is set f...

Keep up the good news April 25, 2007 Dear Sir, Whew! I was about to give up on The Royal Gazette. I am a Bermudian living in the States. My mother just happens to be Pat Ferguson. I bet you know who she is! Nonetheless, I keep up with the Bermuda new...

Taking on white privilege April 26, 2007 Dear Sir, “In any struggle to end a system of oppression, those on the bottom of the hierarchy have an obvious motivation to resist the system: to remove from their lives the source of the oppression. But what...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush and congressional Democrats don’t agree about much when it comes to the Iraq war, but one of the areas where they disagree the least is the need to measure the Baghdad government’s progress.That makes the issue ripe f...

Today is Monday, April 30, the 120th day of 2007. There are 245 days left in the year. ON THIS DATE In 1789, George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States. In 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened in S...

The recent controversy over the level of security that Premier Ewart Brown needs has drawn a surprisingly heavy response from all sides of the community. At least part of the reaction has been sparked because of the unprecedented Cabinet Office entou...

Thank you, angels April 27, 2007 Dear Sir, I sustained a minor injury on Front Street on Wednesday evening and I would like to commend all those who jumped into action, helping to get the horses on their feet and calmed down before they could go any ...

Unforgettable holiday April 5, 2007 Dear Sir, My daughter and I recently visited your beautiful Island. we spent six days and five nights at the Grotto Bay Beach Resort. During our stay we visited the Parish of St. George, where we met a remarkable c...