Feb 18
This tall, bespectacled, Ypsilanti-based singer-songwriter has been warming up hearts around here for a half-dozen years. His songs, often stunning, folkish narratives and image-rich ballads, feature a voice that can croon with heartbreaking sincerity or pull you in like some pucker-lipped carnival barker, stroked by acoustic finger-picking, below-the-belt cellos and purring violins. After releasing what …
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Jan 31
Postcard stamps depicting the state’s iconic Aloha shirts willgo on sale Thursday at U.S. Postal Service offices around thecountry. Gov. Neil Abercrombie will be among the first customers at the mainpost office in Honolulu at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Joining him will begraphic artist Ric Noyle of Las Vegas, who photographed the shirtsfor the new stamps, …
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Jan 15
Lamin Drammeh, who was charged with stealing, criminal trespass and abuse of office along with Basiru Jabang, Kajali Jawara, Lamin Sanneh, Fabakary Barrow and Salimina Drammeh, has on 1 June, 2009 testified in the NIA diamond case before acting Principal Magistrate Sainabou Wadda-Ceesay of the Kanifing Magistrates’ Court. In his testimony, he told the court …
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Dec 12
The Daily Observer (Banjul) Momodou Faal, Bekai Njie & Yunus S. Saliu The Observer Mission Team that was dispatched by the African Union (AU), to observe the 2011 Presidential Election in the Gambia has finally declared that the election was conducted in a free and fair manner and that the results are a true reflection …
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Dec 10
By Christopher Davy Volume 31, no. 604 December 5 – 11, 2011 LIKE many expats who move to Myanmar, Casper Johansson came for a new job. Only, his was the kind that makes parents’ eyes wide with alarm, that has no clearly defined hours, wage structure or pension benefits, and that, if the dictionary weren’t …
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Dec 06
Tough action will be taken to improve welfare standards and living conditions for hens and prevent eggs produced in ‘battery cages’ being sold in the UK, Agriculture Minister Jim Paice announced today. An EU ban on battery cages comes in to effect on 1 January 2012, from when egg producers are required to provide hens …
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Dec 05
Sunday, 04 December 2011 00:28 His Excellency Hon. James Victor GbehoPresidentECOWAS Commission Abuja, Nigeria Dear Sir,(Mailbag) – The Civil Society Associations Gambia (CSAG) is a consortium of civil and human rights organizations founded to champion the restoration of democracy and rule of law in The Gambia. Of the eight organizations that constitute this body, only …
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Nov 11
Are you tired of the same old boring, standard stock of postage stamps available through the US Postal Service? did you know that you can print your own customized postage stamps? yes, you can print your own stamps All you need is a computer with Internet access, a printer (color is optional, black and white …
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Nov 09
HMRC have previously taken the view that, where a company buys back its own shares held on an overseas branch register, the return that the company is required to send to Companies House is chargeable with stamp duty at the rate of 0.5% under the provisions of FA 1996, s. 66. This view has recently …
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Nov 09
PHOENIX – new census numbers are out on the economy and it’s not good. It shows the number of people living in poverty is higher than we thought. It reached a new level of 49.1 million Americans living in poverty — 16 percent of the population. The numbers in Arizona put nearly 1 in 5 …
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