5 Dec 2008 at 1:49am There will be a booksigning for the newly published children's book entitled, Petey and the Mean Pirates. Local author and illustrator will be on hand to personally sign and giftwrap each book for the holidays. Canandiagua, NY, December 05, 2008 ...
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3 Dec 2008 at 10:15pm Recreational anglers have attacked plans for large no-fishing zones along the NSW coast, with one group saying it will target the state government at the next election if it backs the proposal. The National Parks Association of NSW is urging the ...
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3 Dec 2008 at 12:50pm Passengers aboard a luxury cruise liner have given graphic accounts of a brazen attack by speed boat pirates in the Gulf of Aden. The Oceania Nautica with 684 passengers aboard, including 50 Australians and some New Zealanders, came under fire on ...
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3 Dec 2008 at 8:04am The BBC has been accused of putting the independence of the World Service at risk after agreeing to pull an episode of the series From Our Own Correspondent following a request from the Foreign Office. Angry World Service staff and union officials ...
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2 Dec 2008 at 5:45pm The police in Bayelsa State have smashed a pirate gang that specialises in robbing vessels along the waterways of Nembe and Southern Ijaw councils of the state. Two of the suspects are already in police net while a manhunt is on for the other members ...
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30 Nov 2008 at 4:40am Sir -- This year the Christmas Panto comes live from Leinster House. Scene 1: The 166 TDs are on a decommissioned trawler off the coast. They look scared as the pirate ship with the over-70s crew approaches. The life boats will bring them home, but ...
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28 Nov 2008 at 3:09am Whether he's a king among pirates or an ineffective leader in a lawless land, at least one thing is clear about Mohamud Muse Hersi: before he became president of a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, he was enjoying retirement in Ottawa, watching his ...
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