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While Western nations have celebrated the New Year for around 400 years, it was the ancient Babylonians who started the observance some 4,000 years ago. Circa 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year commenced with the first visible crescent of the moon afte...
DATE: Dec 29, 2006
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The name Jumeirah is synonymous with breath-taking hotels across Dubai and all over the world.
At a staggering height of 321 metres, the company’s most celebrated creation, the spectacular Burj Al Arab, dominates the Dubai coastline. It is the world’...
DATE: Dec 29, 2006
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THIS is a "short" story - literally - about a Bermudian who traded his island lifestyle for the adrenaline rush of smoke jumping above the burning forests of Montana. When he returned with his beautiful American wife five years ago, he took a simple ...
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HSBC Bank of Bermuda's internet banking services were back to normal yesterday after being inaccessible to some customers for much of Wednesday — all because of an earthquake off the southern tip of Taiwan.
The 7.1-magnitude quake damaged underwater ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2006
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GIFT EXCHANGE: What you end up receiving is based on your memory. A passive game requiring four or more players.Two decks of cards and six to eight good, small, inexpensive prizes (wrapped or unwrapped, but not cheap throw-aways which no-one would wa...
DATE: Dec 29, 2006
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A classy affair for Bermuda's youngsters is set to get underway at the Ozone night club for New Year's Eve.
The Borderline Entertainment NYE Party is being managed by Unit? Event Marketing and Promotions.
Belcario Thomas, of Unit?, said they were pla...
DATE: Dec 29, 2006
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A luxurious five star hotel complex creating hundreds of new jobs and a land bridge over South Road could soon be built in Bermuda — with the developers of the world’s most opulent hotel lined up as its operators.
Conceptual drawings show a two-phase...
DATE: Dec 29, 2006
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Scott Neil
Bermuda?s local birds are increasingly under threat as more and more of their natural homes are replaced by man-made developments, wildlife lovers warn.
Less than half the birds on the Island are now local or migrant species, according to the latest ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street surged higher yesterday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials past 12,500 for the first time as year-end bargain hunters picked up stocks across a variety of sectors.The auto industry was in focus after a meeting between exe...
DATE: Dec 28, 2006
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Bermuda has the third-highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of the 113 countries given ratings by renowned analysts Standard & Poor?s (S&P).
And the S&P report on the Island, a copy of which was obtained by The Royal Gazette, showed the lev...
DATE: Dec 28, 2006
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