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Plans were unveiled today to dissolve the Commission for Racial Equality (CURE) with its work being taken over by the Human Rights Commission (HRC).
Minister of Culture Neletha Butterfield made the announcement at a press conference this morning.
She...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Iron Man 2" dominated the weekend box office. The sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. as Marvel billionaire superhero Tony Stark debuted with $128.1 million, landing the record for the fifth-biggest opening weekend behind "The Dark ...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — British Airways chief executive officer Willie Walsh must decide whether to stand his ground against cabin crew workers and ride out a strike that may cost the equivalent of 75 percent of projected annual profit.
The Unite union,...
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Paget East is like the rest of the Island — it cannot escape the growing problems of crime and gangs, according to the area's MP Grant Gibbons.
Dr. Gibbons, however, said residents in the area were fighting back with neighbourhood watches and groups ...
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Today is Wednesday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2010. There are 233 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Ber...
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Some tourism ideas
May 6, 2010
Dear Sir,
I was overjoyed to read Dr. Eva Hodgson's letter published May 5, in which she asked readers to recommend solutions to "our current tourism challenge". It was such a positive letter, asking for constructive in...
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shippers and ports on the Gulf of Mexico are prepared for a worst-case oil spill impact, including vessel delays for cleaning, but ships so far had passed through the mess without contamination, officials said.
"We have seen no im...
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METZ, France (AP) — It's France's newest architectural wonder, and it looks something like an enormous white floppy sun hat. Or a giant swimming manta ray, or maybe an alien spacecraft.
The new Pompidou Center art museum in the eastern French city of...
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Cottages at Elbow Beach Hotel have undergone a multi-million dollar upgrade, which general manager Frank Stocek believes will result in a more up-market feel to the resort.
And Mr. Stocek said he is looking forward to a busier summer, with bookings d...
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd., the only active insurer of newly issued bonds, fell the most in almost 11 months after reporting first-quarter operating earnings that were lower than analysts forecast, and rival MBIA Inc.,...
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