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Government’s plans to identify derelict buildings and use the force of the law to get them renovated is, on the whole, welcome.
No one should think that renovating derelict buildings and returning them to the Island’s housing stock is a panacea for t...
DATE: Apr 13, 2007
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) — Iran’s announcement that it has achieved the capacity to make nuclear fuel on an industrial scale drew international scepticism, but it may open an opportunity for negotiations with the West.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared...
DATE: Apr 12, 2007
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During the past two months, three people have passed whom I believe deserve to be recorded in Bermuda's history as true heroes. These persons were my cousin, the Honourable Gloria McPhee, Mr. Albert (Peter) Smith and Dr. Pauulu Kamarakafego. I had th...
DATE: Apr 12, 2007
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Today in HistoryToday is Thursday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2007. There are 263 days left in the year.
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In 1606, King James I decreed the design of the original Union Flag, which combined the flags of England and Scotland.
In 1961, the ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2007
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Where are the textbooks?
April 3, 2007
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Why bother to comment, I think, yet I still do. I was just wondering if the current teacher walk out at CedarBridge will cause any further delay in the text books for Southampton Glebe school. We are i...
DATE: Apr 12, 2007
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Creating a monster
April 10, 2007
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It truly doth amaze me that there is so much organised opposition to the closing of The Medical Clinic at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. I am sure that the protestors have no idea of the origin of ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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Many people are no doubt confused by the controversy over the Medical Clinic, not least because the Premier, who wishes to close it, and the people who want to keep it open both make good cases in support of their own viewpoints.
The former Indigent ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, April 11, the 101st day of 2007. There are 264 days left in the year.
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In 1945, US soldiers liberated the notorious Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany.
In 1968, US president Lyndon Johnson si...
DATE: Apr 11, 2007
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Tax the renting of docks
April 9, 2007
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I believe Government needs to take another look at the taxing method on private docks. The Government needs to take into consideration the use of the dock. Old-timers that own a dock purely for the kid...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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Today in HistoryToday is Tuesday, April 10, the 100th day of 2007. There are 265 days left in the year.
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In 1981, imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was declared the winner of a by-election to the British Parliament.
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DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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