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McCain tries to sow doubts about Obama
McCain tries to sow doubts about Obama (Jul 31) WASHINGTON - John McCain wants the presidential campaign to be about Barack Obama — that's why he talks about him so much.

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Manny's not headed to the Packers? Then how 'bout the Marlins?
Manny's not headed to the Packers Then how 'bout the Marlins (Jul 31) Earlier yesterday, the Marlins were said to be holding a slim chance of pulling off a trade for Manny Ramirez.

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Bahamas Seventh At Caribbean Islands Swim Champs
Bahamas Seventh At Caribbean Islands Swim Champs (Jul 31) At the end of nearly a full week of competitive swimming The Bahamas team that competed at the recent 17th Caribbean Island Swim Championships in Jamaica secured a seventh place overall finish.

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Bahamas Sea Turtle Group Launches International Ad Campaign
Bahamas Sea Turtle Group Launches International Ad Campaign (Jul 31) Bahamas Sea Turtle Group Launches International Ad Campaign to Stop the Slaughter of Sea Turtles in The Bahamas.

Bahamas Government urged to pass legislation to stop the killing and torture of sea turtles in The Bahamas says Bahamas Sea Turtle Conservation Group. Turtle Group asks: If Cuba can protect sea turtles, why can't The Bahamas?

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Manhunt For Escaped Prisoner
Manhunt For Escaped Prisoner (Jul 31) Police officials have launched a manhunt for a drug suspect who escaped from police custody, a senior police official confirmed yesterday.

An internal inquiry has also been launched into the escape.

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Illegal Haitians Sent Home
Illegal Haitians Sent Home (Jul 31) Only a day after risking their lives on treacherous seas, in some cases leaving behind family and friends, more than 200 illegal Haitian immigrants were sent back to their homeland yesterday aboard two separate Bahamasair flights.

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Haitian man arrested with $2.3 million
Haitian man arrested with 2.3 million (Jul 30) The 50-year-old Haitian man arrested by the police in Grand Bahama last week with more than $2.3 million cash in his possession has been released from police custody pending further investigation, the Journal has learnt.

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Hundreds of Haitians captured
Hundreds of Haitians captured (Jul 30) Nearly 300 illegal Haitians were captured early yesterday morning after another human smuggling attempt in Bahamian waters went wrong.

Police are investigating reports that some aboard the vessel may have drowned.

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Crack down on hiring illegal immigrants
Crack down on hiring illegal immigrants (Jul 30) Employers hiring illegal immigrants could soon face more public penalties as the government works to reign in the number of illegal immigrants that flock to Bahamian shores every year.

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Sir Arthur Foulkes Meets With Delegates From China
Sir Arthur Foulkes Meets With Delegates From China (Jul 30) Director General of Bahamas Information Services Sir Arthur Foulkes welcomed a delegation from the International Department of the Central Committee Communist Party of China, during a courtesy call at Bahamas Information Services office in the Monarch Building, East Bay Street on Monday, July 28.

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Troubled Flight Grounded in Bahamas
Troubled Flight Grounded in Bahamas (Jul 30) US Airways passengers bound for Reagan National will try today to get home from the Bahamas after a frightening first flight. Darya Shahbazi, a passenger from Fairfax County, tells Fox 5 their Airbus A-319 had just taken off from Nassau Monday when a large rattling sound from the engine turned into sparks and leaking fuel.

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Bahamas high commissioner to Canada visits North Pole weather station
Bahamas high commissioner to Canada visits North Pole weather station (Jul 30) The Bahamas High Commissioner to Canada His Excellency Michael Smith recently toured the North Pole weather station operated by the Canadian Govern-ment. He was with a contingent of 19 Ambassadors and High Commissioners from countries representing Eu-rope, Asia, The Americas, and Africa.

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Prime Minister's remarks at the announcement of Ross University campus, Freeport, GB
Prime Minister's remarks at the announcement of Ross University campus, Freeport, GB (Jul 29) Remarks by Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham Announcement of Ross University Branch Freeport, Grand Bahama Monday, 28th July, 2008

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John Jack Albury Fined $9000
John Jack Albury Fined 9000 (Jul 29) A vigilante businessman who stopped and searched a couple’s car at gunpoint following a break-in at his home has been
convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.

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Corporal 2453 Desmond Burrows Laid To Rest
Corporal 2453 Desmond Burrows Laid To Rest (Jul 29) A chestnut-colored coffin draped with the Bahamian flag attracted the stares of every eye in the packed auditorium, where solemn crowd of uniformed officers, family members, friends and fraternity brothers gathered to say their final good-byes to Corporal 2453 Desmond Burrows.

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No Immediate Solution To Fight Crime
No Immediate Solution To Fight Crime (Jul 29) The government is doing all it can to address the scourge of crime in The Bahamas, said Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham.

And while Ingraham admitted that the fear of crime pervades the society, he said there was no immediate solution to the problem.

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Two Arraigned For Dangerous Driving
(Jul 29) Two Grand Bahama residents were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate Court on Friday to answer two separate charges of killing in the course of dangerous driving.

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The Economy Is “Foul”
The Economy Is “Foul” (Jul 29) Chairman of the board of Sunshine Holdings Franklyn Wilson says that, the state of the Bahamian economy is "foul".

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Bahamas' ColinaImperial Insurance Selects Plexis Healthcare Systems' Solution
Bahamas' ColinaImperial Insurance Selects Plexis Healthcare Systems' Solution (Jul 29) ColinaImperial Insurance Company, the leading life and health insurance provider in The Bahamas, selected Plexis Healthcare Systems to provide its claims processing and benefits administration software solution. Plexis Claims Manager will automate claims processing and streamline benefits administration for ColinaImperial's health claims in The Bahamas and U.S.; Plexis Direct will provide for real-time electronic claim submission and adjudication via the Internet, using Mitan Technologies' real-time claim submission and response portal.

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Pelican Bay Hotel participates in the Grand Life Ambassador Training Programme
Pelican Bay Hotel participates in the Grand Life Ambassador Training Programme (Jul 28) As part of the continued Grand Life Ambassador training programme (a customer service awareness training programme spearheaded by the Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board), Pelican Bay Hotel at Lucaya completed the first of several planned training sessions with 15 employees on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 coordinated by Judy Duncombe, Director of Human Resources, Pelican Bay at Lucaya and co-facilitated by Gina Turner, Senior Officer, CHE and Pauline Wells, Executive Trainer, CHE both of the Ministry of Tourism.

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