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The United Bermuda Party?s decision to change horses comes as something of a surprise, not least because the process of change, begun some four months ago, has been done so quietly and smoothly.
That stands in contrast to the bloodletting that accomp...
DATE: Jan 16, 2006
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WASHINGTON — Was his insolent claim that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” the reason Kanye West didn’t win the prestigious “Album of the Year” and “Record of the Year” awards he deserved at the Grammys the other night? That’s just part o...
DATE: Jan 14, 2006
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January 12, 2006
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What a shame that Smelling a rat (January 9, 2006) did not check first to see if the Bondarenko family actually has permission to enter Canada. They do. I happen to be a Bermudian living part-time in Nova Scotia and the sto...
DATE: Jan 14, 2006
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NEW ORLEANS ? Wherever you go in this ghostly town, you hear the against-all-odds determination to rebuild. You hear it from evacuees picking through the remains of the Lower Ninth Ward and returnees in Lakeview wearing masks to keep out the mold and...
DATE: Jan 14, 2006
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I see that the Bondarenko family has promised the Immigration authorities to put to sea by the 17th January, either to Halifax or south to some Caribbean destination. At this time of year they should be strongly discouraged from either option as thei...
DATE: Jan 14, 2006
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tangeyon Wall shivers, partly from anger and partly because it’s a chilly New Orleans morning and there’s no heat in her gutted home.There’s no electricity, gas, sewer service or drinkable water either.
It’s been months since Hurri...
DATE: Jan 13, 2006
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Slowly, the debate on the way forward in Iraq appears to be moving onto a new track, as the death toll in the country quickly rises. It is not surprising that the criticism is sharper, and the debate has a new intensity and scope.
Last week, Presiden...
DATE: Jan 13, 2006
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The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., on ethics in Congress (January 10):
One would think Newt Gingrich lecturing Republicans about ethics in government would be like race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. talking to a driver's ed class about speed limits. Yet ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2006
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Deal with the issuesJanuary 10, 2005
Dear Sir,As a young Bermudian mother I have no choice but to fly the anti-independence flag because I have only to look at my beautiful son to think of more pressing issues than national pride. It should come as n...
DATE: Jan 12, 2006
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Hector is back after a long Christmas lay off but 2006 still sees the politicians’ appetite for nonsense continue unabated. Hector’s absolute favourite was Michael Dunkley’s call for Bermuda’s prisoners to be sent overseas. Although nothing new — Way...
DATE: Jan 12, 2006
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