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Britain should offer the hand of friendship to the four Guantánamo Bay Uighurs and grant them citizenship, their lawyer said yesterday.
Richard Horseman told The Royal Gazette "At the moment, they are in legal limbo and effectively imprisoned in Ber...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) – The recession-era tale 'Up in the Air' led Golden Globe film contenders yesterday with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.
Other drama picks wer...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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LONDON - Britain's leading share index shed 0.56 percent, snapping a three-session rally with banks hit by some renewed sector caution, while oils and miners fell as a strengthening dollar weighed on metal prices. At the close, the FTSE 100 was 29.57...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More Americans are becoming nearsighted, but it is not clear why, US researchers reported this week.
They found more than 40 percent of Americans aged 12 to 54 developed myopia between 1999 and 2004, compared to just 25 percent...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Bermuda's secondary schools received $30,000 each for participating in PartnerRe's fourth annual Dollars for Hours project.
The project pairs student volunteers with charities to work on community projects.
Education Minister El James attended a priz...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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The youth of Bermuda are gearing up to descend on Par-la-Ville Park in a rally against violence.
Organised by Bermuda Youth Peace Builders, a group of public and private school students, the rally on Friday is intended to unify the public against gro...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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Three sailors were rescued from a stricken French yacht at the weekend.
The rescue took place some 690 miles east northeast of Bermuda at midnight on Sunday.
The French yacht sent out a satellite phone distress signal at 4.45 p.m. on Saturday. Accor...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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On Sunday, the Diego berthed in Dockyard to discharge around 4,000 metric tons of cement, before departing yesterday.
That same day, the Odergas arrived in St. Georges carrying liquid propane gas for the Island.
The Oleander arrived in port on Monday...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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TORONTO (Reuters Life!) — As music lovers approach a new decade in this still-young century, a recording technology once considered old and obsolete — vinyl — has been making a strong comeback.
Vinyl albums, which began to be replaced by CDs in the m...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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AM Best has affirmed the ratings of two Lloyd's syndicates managed by Bermuda re/insurer's Ariel Re's London-based subsidiary, Atrium Underwriters Ltd.
Syndicates 609 and 507 (United Kingdom), both maintained the Best's Syndicate Rating of A (Excell...
DATE: Dec 16, 2009
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