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HAMTRAMCK, Michigan (AP) — On Joseph Campau Avenue in this ramshackle but vibrant little downtown, they try to hide the fear that the auto industry, the source of their livelihoods, might one day collapse into a heap of steel and bankruptcy.
But stri...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — What struck the Brazilian woman most forcibly as she watched US election-night returns on television was seeing Barack Obama's two young daughters.
"I can't believe those two little girls with hair like mine will be in t...
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Melchisedec Gibbons hit top stride at BAA Field yesterday with a superbly taken brace that catapulted unbeaten Blazers back to the top of the Premier Division and through to the Premier's Dudley Eve Cup to be played ov...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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Bermuda-based bond reinsurer Ram Holdings Ltd. received a ratings blow as Moody's downgraded its reinsurance unit Ram Re's insurance financial strength rating to Baa3 from A3.
Moody's said the rating action reflected the expectation of greater losses...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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American lawmakers will waste no time in helping President-elect Barack Obama to fulfill his campaign promise to "shut down the tax havens", a leading US Senator has indicated.
Sen. Carl Levin said the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act — a bill which names Be...
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Bermuda joined countries around the world celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights over the weekend.
To commemorate the event, the Human Rights Commission hosted a 'global village' exposition in Par-la-Ville Park ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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Government backbencher Wayne Perinchief delivered a passionate speech urging his own party to quit playing the race card and encouraging all to stand up against prejudice.
Mr. Perinchief took to his feet during a lengthy debate on race in the House o...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief has launched a lawsuit after he was rejected for the post of Solicitor General in favour of a non-Bermudian.
The 64-year-old lawyer is suing the Public Service Commission (PSC), Governor Sir Richard Gozney and ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2008
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Fairmont boss Norm Mastalir says he is not put off by the results of a survey showing more than half the Island's visitors would find a new casino a turn-off.
Mr. Mastalir — whose lobbying was partly behind the launch of a feasibility study into allo...
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A memorial service has been held for Detective Superintendent Basil Haddrell, a Scotland Yard inspector who coordinated the arrests of Erskine (Buck) Burrows and Larry Tacklyn following a series of politically-inspired murders in the 1970s.
Mr. Haddr...
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