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Jumeirah questions
February 1, 2007
Dear Sir,
January 31, 2007 Gazette headline is a cause of concern to me and should be to every other Bermudian regarding the supposedly “proposed” Southlands development (look at the Jumeirah Group website www.jume...
DATE: Mar 27, 2007
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Today in HistoryToday is Tuesday, March 27, the 86th day of 2007. There are 279 days left in the year.
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In 1981, the Soviet Union issued a statement attacking the Polish trade union Solidarity as counter-revolutionary.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
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DATE: Mar 27, 2007
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“Once we go home it is back to nine-to-five, dealing with your family, training in the evening twice a week and then trying to play with your club on Sundays and maybe Saturdays. We have to make a living so we have to put our jobs first and our crick...
DATE: Mar 27, 2007
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Appalled and outraged
February 17, 2007
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I am appalled and outraged at the recent actions of government as respects guest workers who have been expelled from the island. It is apparent that this island is rapidly moving away from democracy a...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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About half of the United Bermuda Party’s MPs have now come to the conclusion that Wayne Furbert is not the person to lead them into a General Election, which is now certain to come sooner rather than later.
Unless Mr. Furbert can make a convincing ca...
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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Today in HistoryToday is Monday, March 26, the 85th day of 2007. There are 280 days left in the year.
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In 1973, Anwar Sadat of Egypt took over the premiership, saying “the stage of total confrontation (with Israel) has become inevitable”....
DATE: Mar 26, 2007
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Part of public heritage
March 13, 2007
Dear Sir,
Thank you for publishing my views on Southlands. There have been many views expressed on the planned use of this lovely amenity by both developer and critic.
Let us not lose track of the fact that this...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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Today in HistoryToday is Saturday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2007. There are 282 days left in the year.
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In 1882, German scientist Robert Koch announced he had discovered the tuberculosis bacillus.
In 1944, in occupied Rome, the Nazis ex...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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ROME (Reuters) — Ransom rumours in Iraq and Afghanistan are nothing new, but Italy’s public admission of a “prisoner swap” with the Taliban sets a dangerous precedent which raises the stakes for Western hostages, analysts say.The government of Prime ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — Gordon Brown may lead efforts to revive the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as a way of tackling Iran’s atomic ambitions, his most pressing foreign policy challenge once he becomes British prime minister.After ten years as finance...
DATE: Mar 23, 2007
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