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LONDON (Reuters) — The use of high-level diplomacy to end the stand-off over 15 British sailors held by Iran offers hope progress could eventually be made towards a compromise over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.Analysts said the involvement of the top f...
DATE: Apr 10, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown missed a golden opportunity to lead by example when he announced Government’s plans to limit the numbers of vehicles on the roads last week.
That’s because Dr. Brown and his Cabinet, through their use of GP cars, are the leading e...
DATE: Apr 09, 2007
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Today in HistoryToday is Monday, April 9, the 99th day of 2007. There are 266 days left in the year.
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In 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in central Virgini...
DATE: Apr 09, 2007
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Churchill’s example
March 26, 2007
Dear Sir,
Such a brilliant letter in your columns this morning over the pseudonym “Appalled in Warwick” that I feel obliged to let the writer know how strongly I agree with him (or her), and this is the only way of ...
DATE: Apr 07, 2007
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — With George W. Bush struggling to stay relevant in his final 22 months in the White House, his administration is looking more and more like the incredible shrinking presidency. He finds himself increasingly hemmed in by public ...
DATE: Apr 07, 2007
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Bullying tactics
April 1, 2007
Dear Sir,
As a frequent visitor to Bermuda for many years, I feel compelled to respond to the article written by Amanda Dale with regards to a gay cruise docking in Bermuda in July.
Mr. Kaminisky “urges” the Churches of...
DATE: Apr 07, 2007
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Today in HistoryToday is Saturday, April 7, the 97th day of 2007. There are 268 days left in the year.
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In 1862, Union forces defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
In 1945, American planes intercepted and effecti...
DATE: Apr 07, 2007
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WASHINGTON — Here’s what the Bush administration has done to the values, traditions and honour of the United States of America: An accused terrorist claims he confessed to heinous crimes so that agents of the US government would stop torturing him, a...
DATE: Apr 07, 2007
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These are excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
The Lima (Ohio) News, on funding the Iraq war (March 29):
Congress, by a 50-48 vote in the Senate and a 218-212 margin in the House, passed a bill that attaches ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2007
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney raised over $20 million (euro15 million) each for their presidential bids in the year’s first three months. Republican candidates Rudy Giuliani and John McCain and Democrat...
DATE: Apr 04, 2007
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