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LONDON (Reuters) ? The UK government said yesterday it plans to allow judges to sit without a jury in complex fraud cases, a move attacked by civil rights campaigners who believe the proposal might set a wider trend of doing away with juries.
The mea...
DATE: Nov 17, 2006
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LAST week, the local newspapers had a field day of articles related to war veterans from Bermuda and elsewhere. This is a good thing, for many men went missing in action and many have gone missing in the archives, that is to say from the historical r...
DATE: Nov 17, 2006
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IT was a momentous announcement that slipped out almost unnoticed. Last Friday new Health Minister Nelson Bascome revealed that "we will not be breaking any virgin land to build a new hospital".
In that one sentence, Government's once-irreversible de...
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A Pembroke man is behind bars today after he admitted having sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Wilbur Clyde Burt, 38, pleaded guilty to two charges of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl aged between 14 and 16, in March 2004.
At a sentencing hearing yeste...
DATE: Nov 17, 2006
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Bermuda is attracting tourists at a level not seen since before the September 11 terrorism attacks of 2001. And suggestions that it has come at a high price, mainly through handing out big bucks to airlines in order to attract their business, is way ...
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Police investigating a rape in Pembroke in the early hours of Sunday were yesterday questioning a man in custody.
The Royal Gazette understands the victim was forced to withdraw cash from an ATM at one point during her ordeal.
Releasing brief details...
DATE: Nov 17, 2006
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Art for Christmas Giving at the Lighthouse Restaurant Showcase
IT is unusual when the outstanding works in an art show are not paintings.This, however, is the case at Art for Christmas Giving at the Lighthouse Restaurant, a show that opened last Sund...
DATE: Nov 17, 2006
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THE Progressive Labour Party (PLP) yesterday denied former Premier Dame Jennifer Smith had resigned from her seat in St. George's.
The Party released a statement amid rumours of a by-election in the constituency, necessitated by Dame Jennifer's depar...
DATE: Nov 17, 2006
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A SUSTAINABLE Development Plan remains on the cards for Bermuda despite its omission from the recent Throne Speech, an advocate for the policy believes.Environmentalist Stuart Hayward said Premier Ewart Brown was likely to take a different approach t...
DATE: Nov 17, 2006
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NEW YORK ? Emmitt Smith danced off with the mirror ball.
The three-time Super Bowl champion, who proved to be as nimble on his feet in the ballroom as on the football field, was named the winner of ABC?s ?Dancing with the Stars? Wednesday night. With...
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