US Senator's Visit Could Herald New Myanmar Policy Aug 19, 2009
Winds Now Blowing at 135 mph, Could Strengthen Further Before Possibly Hitting Bermuda in Several Days. At Least 10 Killed as Bombs Go Off Within Minutes of Each Other Near Foreign Ministry, Parliament. (CBS News -- World)
Click to read:Hurricane Bill Powers Over Atlantic Aug 19, 2009
The most significant threat could be to Bermuda, which the storm could pass in three or four days, Kimberlain said. But it also could move directly between Bermuda and the eastern coast of the U.S. without making landfall. (CBS News)
Giant Pandas Headed for Extinction? Aug 19, 2009
Giant Pandas Headed for Extinction ---------------------------- Isn't that just south of Bermuda. by document7 August 18, 2009 1:30 PM EDT. (CBS News)
Ex-SKorean President Kim Dae-Jung Dies Aug 18, 2009
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season loomed far out in the ocean Tuesday, gaining power and moving on a track that forecasters said could take it close to Bermuda by the end of the week. A jury has sentenced a Texas mother convicted of mutilating her infant by cutting off his genitals to 99 years in prison, KPRC Local 2 reports. (Click2Houston, TX)
U.S.-Swiss Tax Deal Throws Scare into Rich Aug 16, 2009
Levin's initial list of 34 countries and other jurisdictions would include Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Hong Kong and Panama. "We should have put a clampdown on these tax havens a long time ago," he said in an interview. (CBS News)
Click to read:3 U.S., 1 French Dead in Afghanistan Aug 2, 2009
The sad thing is that Obama has emboldened the terrorists as they realize he's not going to harm a hair on their head, in fact sends them on nice vacations to Bermuda with $200 million in taxpayer dollars. Because of this, the only thing we can do now is hope that the Iraqi's are truly able to hold their own as the terrorists keep pouring back in because they have such a buddy in our White House. (CBS News)
Read the 'Cost of Freedom' Recap Jul 21, 2009
Recap of Saturday, July 18 - The Cost of Freedom - FOXNews. Recap of Saturday, July 18. (Fox News)
Tech.view: Have chip, will travel Jul 18, 2009
Since June 1st Americans re-entering the country by land or sea from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean have had to carry at least an Enhanced Driving Licence or a PASS card picture IDs the size of a credit-card with the bearer s identification number stored in an RFID chip. Certainly, chipped ID cards speed things up at borders. (The Economist)
Supreme Court leaves hanging the case of detained Uighurs Jul 1, 2009
Two weeks ago, four Uighurs were resettled in Bermuda and discussions are under way to send others to Palau in the tropical south Pacific. Willett says negotiations involve only a few of the Uighurs, not all of them. (Christian Science Monitor)
Vanity Fair on Palin: 'It came from Wasilla' Jul 1, 2009
"They can't quite believe that for two frantic months last fall, caught in a Bermuda Triangle of a campaign, they worked their tails off to try to elect as vice president of the United States someone who, by mid-October, they believed for certain was nowhere near ready for the job, and might never be.". ADVERTISEMENT. (Anchorage Daily News)
Stop feeding the monsters: hate, paranoia, and intolerance (2) Jun 28, 2009
poyntzc wrote on Jun 26, 2009 4:57 AM:" Since the election of the "The One", we now fear fellow Americans more than we do foreign terrorist! We are shutting down Gitmo, turning commited Terrorist lose, and even setting them up in tropical paradises! Why the Uighurs want to open up an eatery in Bermuda! Maybe they can name it "The Waterboarder"! After all of these years of constant whinning about listening into phone calls of terrorist, I wonder if there will be any kind of uproar over the "New... (Boerne Star, TX)
Read the story Jun 25, 2009
Those clever law enforcement types the US has on the boarder treat pretty much anyone with a drug conviction the same way they treat this guy , minus the special menu , special Bermuda only beach hut jail with jet skis and the few other perks "Haji" can expect. it s pretty much the same. (CBS News -- Evening News)
3 comments Jun 24, 2009
He quickly announced the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay and now finds his administration begging the likes of Palau and Bermuda to take a few detainees off its hands. His acceptance of Arabist insistence that all problems in the Middle East can be solved by getting an Israeli-Palestinian settlement has put us in the absurd position of pressuring Israel not to expand settlements by a single square meter but pledging not to "meddle" in Iran. (Human Events Online)
'Hall of Shame' Jun 22, 2009
The administration has asked at least 100 countries to take the Uighur prisoners, but so far, only Bermuda and Palau have offered to accept them. Gingrich has staked out his position both in a television appearance, in his regular column in the Washington Examiner, a free newspaper handed out at transit stations, and on his blog. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Media Love for Terrorists in Paradise Program Jun 22, 2009
Aside from Fox News, not one mainstream media outlet turned a critical eye to the former terrorism suspects flying to Bermuda on a private jet accompanied by President Obamas lawyer, White House Counsel Greg Craig ... U.K. news outlets reported that the British government was, ahem, Because of U.K. journalists, we know that the State Department ignored basic protocols by keeping in the dark Americas steadfast friend, which as Bermudas colonial master is responsible for its foreign... (Townhall.com)
Freed Uighurs Relishing Bermuda's Sun And Sand Jun 21, 2009
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jun ... Freed From Guantanamo, 4 Chinese Muslims Savor Weekend Of Freedom, New Home In Bermuda ... But they are Uighurs, Muslims from the vast stretches of western China, an arid and rugged land that is a far cry from Bermuda's sandy beaches and quaint narrow streets lined with pastel Victorian-era buildings. (CBS News -- World)
Oprah Winfrey, world's greatest boss? Takes entire staff on Mediterranean cruise... Jun 20, 2009
A. Imperatori owner of APA Trucking in New Jersey took his folks yearly to places such as Bermuda and managed to get everyone out for a day on the APA yacht. He never made the kind of money Oprah gets for talking. (The Drudge Report)
YTB Elects Three New Board Members Jun 19, 2009
June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- YTB International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: YTBLA) ("YTB" or the "Company"), a provider of Internet-based travel booking services for travel agencies and home-based independent representatives in the United States, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada, today announced the election of Thomas B. Baker, Jr., Jack H. Humes, Jr., and Patricia S. Williams to the Company's Board of Directors on Monday, June 15, 2009 ... YTB provides... (PR Newswire)
Many NDC Stalwarts are Murderers and Socialist-Thieves Jun 19, 2009
Or have these critics so readily, and perhaps even conveniently, forgotten the Bermuda Triangle that became the BNI under the tyranny of Dzelukope Jeremiah. In any case if, indeed, Mr. Atta-Akyea sincerely believes that his uncle lost Election 2008 largely because of thievish NPP foot-soldiers and other campaign operatives, then why did he lead an earnest team of NPP lawyers to seek a court injunction restraining Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan from announcing the presidential run-off results,... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The Windsors In The Bahamas Jun 18, 2009
He was offered a promotion as the Governor of Bermuda but the Duke declined. Canadian millionaire Sir Harry Oakes was murdered in his sleep in his home, Westborne, in 1943. (Suite101.com)
US official in Spain for Guantanamo talks Jun 17, 2009
Last week, the Obama administration sent four Chinese Uighurs held at Guantanamo to Bermuda. The Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to take in 13 other Uighurs still being held. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Obama's offshore tax reforms prompt jitters in Ireland Jun 17, 2009
Galway, Ireland - President Obama launched his offshore tax reform proposals last month with a briefing note stating that Ireland, Bermuda, and the Netherlands accounted for nearly a third of all foreign profits reported by US corporations in 2003 ... In that regard, it's worth noting that within a week of the release of the White House briefing, that provocative paragraph citing the Dutch, Irish, and Bermudans disappeared. (Christian Science Monitor)
Four Guantnamo detainees to reside in Bermuda Jun 16, 2009
Four Guantnamo detainees to reside in Bermuda ... Reporter Warren Richey discusses how four Uighurs previously held at Guantnamo ended up in Bermuda ... Washington - Four of 17 Chinese Muslims long held at the US terror detention camp at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, have been released for resettlement in Bermuda. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
America's 'Bermuda solution' angers Britain... Jun 16, 2009
America's 'Bermuda solution' angers Britain - Americas, World - The Independent ... America's 'Bermuda solution' angers Britain ... The secret deal allowing detainees from Guantanamo,to settle in tropical Bermuda was made without the knowledge of David Miliband. (The Drudge Report)
For Gitmo Uighurs, new life is no walk on the beach Jun 16, 2009
Former Guantnamo detainees, left to right, Ablakim Turahun, Abdulla Abdulqadir, Khelil Mamut, and Salahidin Abdulahat walk together in the historic district of St. George, on the island of Bermuda, Sunday, June 14. The four are Chinese ethnic Uighurs who have just been released from US military custody after years in Guantnamo, and are being resettled in Bermuda ... is the headline atop one of the many stories published today chronicling the first day of freedom for a group of four Uighurs... (Christian Science Monitor)
Row erupts over Bermuda deal Jun 16, 2009
A diplomatic spat has broken out over Bermuda's acceptance of four Chinese Muslim Uighurs released from the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay. Britain has told Bermuda, which is one of its overseas territories, it should have consulted London before agreeing to resettle the Uighurs ... The four who were sent to Bermuda were part of a group of 17 Uighurs still at Guantanamo. (BBC News -- Americas)
US Guantanamo deal 'kept from UK' Jun 16, 2009
The US made a secret deal with Bermuda - a British overseas territory - to accept the Uighur detainees. A senior US official has told the BBC Washington decided not to tell London beforehand about a deal to resettle four Guantanamo detainees in Bermuda ... A diplomatic row blew up over Bermuda's decision to accept the four Chinese Muslim Uighurs on a US request. (BBC News -- Americas)
Obama Gives In to NIMBY Lawmakers Jun 16, 2009
Four Uighur detainees were sent to Bermuda yesterday, while an Iraqi and a Chadian were released back into their home countries. British officials immediately said they weren't consulted about the transfer to Bermuda, which is a British territory. (Slate)
MORE SEX IN THIS CITY, FOR SURE May 20, 2009
Michael Douglas says, "I am a descendant of Irish and Scottish pirates who got shipwrecked on Bermuda.". PAGE 1 > lect. (New York Post -- Gossip)
FIRST COUPLE IS CUT OUT OF MERE PAP... May 18, 2009
His cutout is in white socks, black Bermuda shorts. He's naked to the waist. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Budget could bring tax rises as A... Apr 6, 2009
He will also tell British Overseas Territories, such as Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Turks & Caicos Islands, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and Anguilla, to implement their pledges to commit themselves to new international standards. Some appear on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development s grey list of jurisdictions that have so far not made good their promises. (New York Post -- Business)
HINGHAM YESTERDAYS: New clock for New North Mar 28, 2009
Mr. Pyne will also leave soon for Bermuda where he will stay for nine or ten days. Monday evening at the Torrent Engine House, members of Hose 2 sponsored a whist party in aid of the Children s fund. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Live Blog: Day One Feb 22, 2009
" I said I didn't know any more than what was on the big board. 3:14 p.m. ETJust got off the phone (3:08 p.m. EST) with KVD's cameraman. It's official, no sandbagging.KVD has two fish that weigh around 2 pounds. VanDam is still struggling, but still capable of doing something in the last hour.Of the 51 anglers, there are 28 limits at the moment. Everyone is on the board except Bryan Hudgins, Dustin Wilks, Rick Morris and Scott Parker. All of those guys have been off the map during some time of... (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Ewes Insecurity and Our National Security Feb 19, 2009
If protecting the welfare of our children is the reason why this lady with a noble cause is being accused, then, I will argue unequivocally that Mills administration must do all that it can to transplant the entire Volta Region to the bottom of the Bermuda Triangle, since its trokosi practices put more children in danger than anything else in Ghana. Pryces last ditch to explain away what he thought was the reason behind the unfair attack on Ewes, came as a surprise to me. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Fast Facts: Mexico Feb 12, 2009
(CBS) The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. (CBS News -- World)
Sun Life Financial appoints James H. Sutcliffe to Board of Directors Feb 12, 2009
Chartered in 1865, Sun Life Financial and its partners today have operations in key markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda. As of December 31, 2008, the Sun Life Financial group of companies had total assets under management of $381 billion. (Canada Newswire)
Michelle Obama displays her love of fashion as Vogue's cover star Feb 12, 2009
Roger, Hamilton, Bermuda. her husband has only been in office for weeks now and I'm already sick of her. (Times Online)
