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The following are excerpts from newspapers from around the world which may be of interest to readers of The Royal Gazette.The Birmingham (Ala.) News, on flag desecration amendment“Constitutional vandalism.” That’s what The New York Times calls a prop...
DATE: Jun 20, 2006
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Today in HistoryToday is Tuesday, June 20, the 171st day of 2006. There are 194 days left in the year.
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In 1756, a group of British soldiers was imprisoned in India in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the “Black Hole of Calcutt...
DATE: Jun 20, 2006
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Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:The Buffalo News, on retirement funds:
We know many American families struggle financially after retirement, but an eye-opening new report pegs the future figure at more th...
DATE: Jun 19, 2006
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Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:Al Ahram (Cairo), on Somalia:
We’ve failed Somalia, just as we failed Sudan before it. We’ve failed to identify problems in their early stage and do something about them. T...
DATE: Jun 17, 2006
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Coffee shop chat about the Queen’s birthday parade led to talk that might not amuse Her Majesty, on the off chance she was passing through Hamilton and overheard.
“I’ve got no interest in that stuff. That’s nothing to me,” declared one member of staf...
DATE: Jun 16, 2006
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BELGRADE — Shattered buildings on the boulevard tell the story: Belgrade is the only European capital bombed by NATO and Serbia does not forget it.The cruise-missile ruins on “Tomahawk Alley” are totems of resentment of a people who feel misunderstoo...
DATE: Jun 16, 2006
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WASHINGTON — The decision not to charge Karl Rove shows there often are no consequences for misleading the public.In 2003, while Rove allowed the White House to tell the news media that he had no role in leaking Valerie Plame’s CIA identity, the pres...
DATE: Jun 15, 2006
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Special thanks to all
June 7, 2006
Dear Sir,
I would like to express a belated thank you to everyone who participated in the Fifth Annual Peter Grayston Memorial Walk held on January 22, 2006.
To those of you who gave donations to PALS, thank you so ...
DATE: Jun 15, 2006
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ROME — When he became prime minister last month, Romano Prodi promised his multi-party coalition would speak with one voice. Instead, it has sometimes been a political Tower of Babel.Hardly a week has passed in which one of his ministers or their aid...
DATE: Jun 14, 2006
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Time to go
June 8, 2006
Dear Sir,
Only in Bermuda could an UNELECTED person have seemingly so much "power", not to say vitriolic opinion which continuously and amazingly gets air time by the media. Sen. Burch clearly needs to go. Judging by his lates...
DATE: Jun 14, 2006
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