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Independent MP Wayne Furbert has denied being a hypocrite on party financing despite calling for it to be opened up last week whereas three years ago he appeared to be saying the opposite.
In a story from The Royal Gazette from December 2006, Mr. Fur...
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday thanked musician Stevie Wonder for creating "a style that's uniquely American" as he presented the singer-songwriter the nation's highest award for pop music.
Obama, who called Wonder the soundtra...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world's largest owner of supertankers, posted a bigger-than-expected 74 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit and cut its dividend as oil demand slumped and a gain from the sale of assets wasn't ...
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LONDON (AP) — Carphone Warehouse Group PLC, Europe's largest mobile telephone dealer, said yesterday that it plans to eliminate 450 head office and support jobs in Britain, but said retail outlets will not be affected.
The planned cuts, subject to a ...
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The Berkeley Institute student alleged to have attacked a girl from Warwick Academy at the Hamilton Bus Terminal last week has been charged with assault.
The 14-year-old's mother told The Royal Gazette that her daughter was charged after attending Ha...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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A Police investigation, a private detective and even the promise of a $10,000 reward failed to reveal the whereabouts of Norman Palmer's missing body parts.
And yesterday, after Coroner Khamisi Tokunbo recorded his long-awaited verdict on the cause o...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland reported the biggest loss in British history yesterday and said Britain's stake could rise as high as 95 percent after it stumped up billions to insure risky bank assets.
RBS said Britain would inject a furth...
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LONDON (Reuters) — Companies in Britain's dominant service sector slashed jobs at a record rate in the three months to February as sales and profitability dived, a survey showed yesterday.
The Confederation of British Industry said firms selling serv...
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Hamilton Island is one of 74 islands in the Coral Sea, which is situated between the Great Barrier Reef and Queensland coast. It is the largest inhabited island in the Whitsundays.
On the same latitude as Honolulu and Mauritius, it has a year-round t...
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Missing body parts victim Norman Palmer was partly responsible for his own death for failing to heed the medical advice of an emergency room doctor, a Coroner ruled yesterday.
Khamisi Tokunbo said the 57-year-old's refusal to be admitted to hospital ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2009
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