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WASHINGTON — Leaders of the new Democratic-controlled Congress are vowing to fight it. An elite panel on Iraq has shown little enthusiasm for it. And even some military commanders are deeply sceptical about it.Still, US President George W. Bush is ex...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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Police are hunting a man who swung a “sword” at a motorcyclist in the early hours of yesterday.
The victim, a 56-year-old man from Warwick, told officers that he was riding west along South Road in Paget at about 2.45 a.m. when a light-skinned male w...
DATE: Jan 09, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of federal flood insurance rose sharply across the country last year as homeowners saw the devastation from Hurricane Katrina and realised that typical policies didn’t cover many losses.In the 12 months beginning in November 2...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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When Arisha Butterfield, 11, heard the first line of the winning Big Sister of the Year essay read out at a special Big Brothers and Big Sisters organisation luncheon, she knew it was hers right away.“My Big Sister should be Big Sister of the Year 20...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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Global equities demonstrated a dash of hesitation, at the beginning of the New Year, caused by worries about growth, inflation and central bank intentions. Meanwhile, bond markets are still pricing in a slowdown and commodities have undergone a corre...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Technophiles are eagerly waiting to learn whether the king of digital music can colonise an entirely new category of consumer electronics.Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computer Inc., is expected to launch at least one revo...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — The age of double-digit profit growth for American companies appears to be over.Investors made some pretty hefty portfolio gains in 2006 amid the stock market’s record run, a rally fed in large part by nearly five years of unprecedent...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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Only three people who sat on the 2006 Human Rights Commission board remain this year.
Last year the HRC came under fire after dismissing complaints about then-Premier Alex Scott and PLP Senator David Burch. It found Mr. Scott had not breached the Hum...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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A group of friends with working histories in the hospitality industry have pooled resources to take over Front Street bar and restaurant Flanagan’s.
For some it will be a case of realising an ambition to go from bar tender to owner, but all will be v...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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CHICAGO (Reuters) — A misunderstanding by financial markets of the so-called “strong dollar” mantra preached by US officials is helping keep the US currency overpriced and contributing to bloated external deficits, Harvard University economist Martin...
DATE: Jan 08, 2007
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