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Good-afternoon, I am here today due to what I consider to be an unfair and unjust system called conscription.
I am also here today to assert my right as a citizen of a British Overseas Dependent Territory. As such I am under no obligation whatsoever ...
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The following is a statement Larry Marshall gave to the Defence Exemption Tribunal in November. He gained a deferral for one year.
Good-afternoon, I am here today due to what I consider to be an unfair and unjust system called conscription.
I am also...
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Today in HistoryToday is Thursday, January 12, the 12th day of 2006. There are 353 days left in the year.
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In 1519, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
In 1932, Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the US Senate.
In 1945,...
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Deal with the issues
January 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...
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Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, January 11, the 11th day of 2006. There are 354 days left in the year.
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In 1757, the first secretary of the US Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was born in the West Indies.
In 1815, Sir John A. Macdonald, ...
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Iran risks losing influential friends — and giving foes long-sought leverage to haul it before the UN Security Council. But it seems ready to defy the world in its drive to master technology that could be used to make nuclear weapons.
The issue is ur...
DATE: Jan 11, 2006
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If the first few weeks of the year are any indication, the United Bermuda Party and the Progressive Labour Party are going to have to start paying attention to their ABCs and 1, 2, 3s: the All Bermuda Congress (ABC), a new political party.
Perhaps su...
DATE: Jan 11, 2006
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Tolerate our differencesJanuary 8, 2005
Dear Sir,I was born in Bermuda many years ago. I have lived here all my life except when I was at college in the US. In college I majored in sociology and history and I have a further degree in business. I have...
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WASHINGTON Some folks figure that the Jack Abramoff scandal unfolding in the US capital may fail to hold the interest of Americans beyond the Beltway. That would be a shame, because the story of Abramoff, a GOP lobbyist whose crimes include fraud, t...
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Tolerate our differences
January 8, 2005
Dear Sir,
I was born in Bermuda many years ago. I have lived here all my life except when I was at college in the US. In college I majored in sociology and history and I have a further degree in business. I ha...
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