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GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's effort to end a tax-evasion dispute with Washington hit a major setback yesterday when lawmakers blocked a treaty that would have seen the largest Swiss bank give US authorities files on thousands of American clients.
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DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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Time for more heroes
June 3, 2010
Dear Sir,
I was very pleased to hear that Bermudian citizens are being called upon to nominate someone to celebrate as a hero for the 2011 National Heroes Day. This has been a long time coming. Since the conception o...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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China says it will keep blocking online content
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BEIJING (AP) -- China vowed Tuesday to keep a tight grip on the Internet, saying it would continue to block anything considered subversive or...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp reported a stronger-than-expected 4.8 percent rise in worldwide May sales at established restaurants, but said it expects a weak euro to take a bite out of full-year profits.
Roughly a quarter of McDona...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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Early Stieg Larsson work uncovered in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Two early science fiction stories by the late crime novelist Stieg Larsson have been uncovered at the Swedish National Library in Stockholm.
Library spoke...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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Bermuda Electric Light Company Ltd. (Belco) announced yesterday that the company had received an industry award recognizing improvements in customer service.
The 'Expanding Excellence Awards' are presented annually to utility companies during Custom...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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U.S. interracial marriages double from 1980-report
NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters Life!) - Nearly 15 percent of all new marriages in the United States, twice the number from 1980, are between partners of different races or ethnicity, according to a new re...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Some countries overthrow their politicians. Some endure them. In Britain, they just laugh at them.
The renowned British sense of humour is on display in a new London exhibition that charts 300 years of the anarchic artistic spirit that ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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Senator Marc Bean has said he will stand by his statements on the failing education system, even if it costs him his career in politics.
Though he apologised to the Progressive Labour Party for publicly criticising the party's handling of public scho...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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By Kim Dixon and Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate took up legislation to help the unemployed, businesses and cash-strapped states Tuesday as the White House defended continued job creation efforts despite concerns for long-term budg...
DATE: Jun 09, 2010
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