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Much of the work needed to introduce a public access information law to Bermuda has already been done by the Government's Central Policy Unit. A discussion paper it released in 2005 told residents what to expect if PATI legislation is passed here. Th...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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LONDON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Virgin Group will try to win over shareholders with a sweetened bid for Northern Rock on the eve of a speech by the British Chancellor to Parliament about the struggling UK bank, an unsourced Sunday Times report said.
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DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Placing the distraction of political unrest back home firmly behind her, Kenya's Florence Jepkosgei led from start to finish to take women's honours in Saturday's 10K.
Jepkosgei broke the tape at the National Sports Centre in a winning time of 34.16 ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Colin Thompson
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Japanese yen and Swiss franc firmed on Friday as a fiscal stimulus package failed to ease US recession fears, prompting investors to shun risky assets such as stocks and higher-yielding currencies.
US President Bush on Friday...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Veteran runner El Afoui Boubker burnt off Habtamu Bekele down Front Street's final straight to reclaim his throne as King of the International Race Weekend Marathon.
Not even 26.2 gruelling miles, in windy conditions, could separate the competitors w...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Kenya's Philip Koech smashed the International Race Weekend Half-Marathon record yesterday to complete a double triumph following his 10K win on Saturday.
Koech broke the tape in one hour, four minutes and 27 seconds, comfortably eclipsing the previo...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Millions of people all over the world use access to information laws every day to obtain official information, no matter the medium it is stored on.
Citizens in Jamaica have embraced their Access to Information Act since it was fully implemented in J...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Sam Strangeways
The Royal Gazette has today launched a campaign calling for the doors on Government secrecy to be opened.
The campaign comes in part due to frustration over the difficulties this newspaper, and the media generally, have in getting information of publ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Gregory Fox will never forget the sickening smell of thick black smoke from burning toxic waste which would fill his lungs as he played outdoors with his brothers and sisters back in the 1960s.
But that aroma is nothing compared to the stink he's thr...
DATE: Jan 21, 2008
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Tim Smith
