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Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. maintained its profits for the second quarter, despite suffering $16.4 million of pre-tax storm losses.
The international specialty re/insurer saw its net income rise to $23 million, or 75 cents per share, in th...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The cancer drug rituximab can help heal the kidneys of patients with a common condition known as membranous nephropathy, Italian researchers reported on Wednesday.
The drug, sold under the brand name Rituxan by Genentech and Bi...
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Gazette Sports Editor Adrian Robson continues his series of profiles on Bermuda's Olympic athletes in Beijing.
Today he examines the careers of young long jumpers Arantxa King and Tyrone Smith.
ARANTXA KING
Age: 18
Event: Long Jump
Olympic coach: Ge...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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Dear Sir,
In 2005 legendary West Indian pace bowler Michael Holding stated, "Twenty20 cricket is bull-s—-, what is the point of telling youngsters to watch the game but not to copy the players' techniques? It is not cricket and is a total waste of ti...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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Director of Youth, Sport and Recreation Norbert Simons yesterday categorically denied that the Annual Bermuda Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony had been scrapped this year on account of a significant budget shortfall.
This year's ceremony was du...
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Colin Thompson
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, who use crack cocaine risk deterioration in their immune status, development of "AIDS-defining" illnesses, and death from AIDS-related causes, even if they adhere to pot...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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The following is the full transcript of a six-minute video posted by Premier Dr. Ewart Brown on the YouTube Internet site as an address to the people of Bermuda.
Hello…
It's not often I get the chance to talk with you directly and unfiltered. That's ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Signet Group Plc, the world's largest jewellery-store owner which is to redomicile in Bermuda, said a sales decline worsened in the second quarter as shoppers in the US and UK pared spending in the face of weakening housing marke...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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Premier Ewart Brown has released a short YouTube film in order to speak "directly and unfiltered" to voters.
Dr. Brown first appeared on the video sharing website in November to announce last year's General Election.
This time he lauds his party's ac...
DATE: Aug 08, 2008
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Don't politicise children
August 7, 2008
Dear Sir,
In The New Straits Times in Malaysia, Dame Jennifer Smith is quoted as saying: "The suitable age at which a child should learn about politics is from the moment he or she can talk."
This reflects the...
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