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LONDON (Reuters) — Somali pirates are shifting their focus towards the Indian Ocean as foreign navies operating in the Gulf of Aden become more successful in targeting the gangs, a senior shipping industry figure said.
Somali pirate gangs have caused...
DATE: Oct 21, 2009
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Two 16-year-old students allegedly involved in a fight at The Berkeley Institute have been arrested by Police after being released from hospital.
According to Police one of the boys was arrested for wounding and one on suspicion of possessing a contr...
DATE: Oct 21, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) - A disappointing report on housing starts made investors nervous about the economy yesterday and sent stocks lower even as profits at many companies exceed expectations.
Stocks fell from 2009 highs after the Commerce Department said ho...
DATE: Oct 21, 2009
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The Progressive Labour Party's reaction to The Royal Gazette's latest poll is noteworthy for two things.
One is its sheer predictability. When news from a poll is not as good as a politician might like, the knee-jerk reaction is to attack the methodo...
DATE: Oct 21, 2009
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock has praised Bermuda Archives for putting the Island's original slave registers on display.
Ms Brock — who published a damning report on the official repository of government records in July — said researchers told her they want...
DATE: Oct 21, 2009
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United Bermuda Party chairman Jeff Sousa rebuked party candidate Tillman Darrell for saying the UBP is acting like a "secret society" — claiming he should be able to find out what's going on by attending caucus.
Mr. Sousa also criticised Mr. Darrell ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2009
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Popular Government backbencher Dale Butler yesterday revealed he has turned down an approach to join Bermuda's new third party.
And a Royal Gazette survey shows the move would have been a massive coup for the fledgling group — with Mr. Butler enjoyin...
DATE: Oct 21, 2009
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — GMAC Inc., the lender that received two US bailouts, will sell its property-casualty insurance business to American Capital Acquisition Corp. after posting losses in seven of the past eight quarters.
The deal includes GMAC's US...
DATE: Oct 20, 2009
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Bermuda insurer Axis Capital's announcement of almost $400 million in writedowns and derivative losses will not affect its ratings with Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
Axis announced last week that the losses would impact forthcoming third-quarte...
DATE: Oct 20, 2009
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Traffic light questions
This letter was sent to the Ministry of Works and Engineering and copied to The Royal Gazette:
October 14, 2009
Dear Sir,
The residents of South Road in Southampton have had to endure traffic lights outside The Reefs Hotel for...
DATE: Oct 20, 2009
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