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A petition calling for action to free more than 12 million modern day slaves has broken the 25,000 mark.
The Royal Gazette's Break The Chains campaign has been marking the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade by urging world leaders to end...
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, fighting to keep his job, has been given two more days to respond to a finding that he violated ethics rules when he arranged a pay raise for his companion, bank officials said.Wolfowitz w...
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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Nabors Industries Ltd., the world's largest onshore oil and natural-gas driller, said US securities regulators concluded a probe of backdated options grants to executives and don't plan to take enforcement action.U...
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Dear Annie: I’m a 60-year-old woman, married 22 years. My husband, “John”, quit his job in order to work at home and monitor our 17-year-old son, who has refused to go to school and has been in court and on probation several times. John is depressed ...
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During any visit to The Swizzle South Shore, you’re sure to come across the friendly, smiling face of Stanford Bradshaw, the manager of the newly renovated pub and restaurant.
“I’ve been with the company since it opened, and I’m having a great time,”...
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A sensitive Planning application to upgrade security at the Premier’s private residence was fast tracked through the Government process and approved in five weeks.
That is three times as fast as the average processing time in the last fiscal year.
Ac...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A delegation of Chinese business leaders on yesterday committed to buying $4.3 billion in US technology, hoping to soften a political backlash to the massive trade imbalance dividing two of the world's economic powers.The agreeme...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Media conglomerate News Corp. said yesterday it would be "carbon neutral" across all of its businesses by 2010, putting a time frame on when it plans to cut energy usage.The declaration comes after News Corp. chief executive Rupe...
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The Witch of Portobello
(HarperCollins. 268 pages)
LIKE his other novels, Paulo Coelho’s latest, The Witch of Portobello, is an incredibly beautiful read. And, like many of his other novels, it features an unusual and complicated main character.In th...
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Today in HistoryToday is Thursday, May 10, the 130th day of 2007. There are 235 days left in the year.
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In 1940, Winston Churchill took over as British prime minister following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. Germany invaded Luxem...
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