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Today in HistoryToday is Tuesday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2007. There are 293 days left in the year.
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In 1781, the planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
In 1884, the US Congress adopted Eastern Standard Time for the Dist...
DATE: Mar 13, 2007
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COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) — Philippine negotiators and the country’s largest Islamic guerrilla group are talking of a breakthrough in efforts to end one of the world’s oldest Muslim rebellions, but they may be overly optimistic.Analysts an...
DATE: Mar 13, 2007
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Julian Hall once memorably described Sen. David Burch as a slow motion public relations train wreck and on Friday, Sen. Burch once again proved Mr. Hall right.
In a bad tempered debate with Opposition Sen. Gina Spence Farmer, the Housing and Public S...
DATE: Mar 12, 2007
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Today in HistoryToday is Monday, March 12, the 71st day of 2007. There are 294 days left in the year.
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In 1664, King Charles II granted land in the New World known as New Netherland to his brother James, the Duke of York.
In 1857, the ope...
DATE: Mar 12, 2007
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This was published in the February issue of the Bermuda Diocesan News:On March 24, there will be major celebrations in the UK, especially in London, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade by the British Parliament. It...
DATE: Mar 10, 2007
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Hector, as you must now know, likes the odd tipple or two after a stressful day of work. After a particularly bad day this week, he made arrangements to meet a buddy at a new watering hole in town — 10. Hector was late — a move which had escaped his ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iran’s decision to attend a regional meeting in Iraq with US officials reflects a more conciliatory approach in its foreign policy and Tehran’s hope it might ease tensions in nuclear and other issues.But analysts say Iran remains w...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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Hard law to enforce
February 27, 2007
Dear Sir,
As my wife and I are about to vacation on the Island, I like to look into The Royal Gazette to get up to speed on local issues. The story on mobile phone usage while driving (February 27, 2007), caught ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2007
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RIYADH (Reuters) — Saudi and Iranian leaders may have pledged at a rare summit to fight sectarian strife in the region, but the scale of their rivalry means they are unlikely to resolve crises in Iraq and Lebanon.While sectarian violence in Iraq, a c...
DATE: Mar 08, 2007
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Indisputable negligence
March 5, 2007
Dear Sir,
May I begin this letter by stating my very immediate interest in the following issue beyond and unconnected with the political haymaking, which so has surfaced.
The catastrophic dump fire was not only p...
DATE: Mar 08, 2007
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