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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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18 Mar 2005 04:43:12 AM |
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OT: Bermuda |
Bermuda: Sun may finally set on the oldest part of the Empire
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=3D621252
After 400 years, Bermuda is considering cutting its ties with Britain,
reports Andrew Buncombe. It continues the domino effect of neighbouring
colonies turning away from the mother country
18 March 2005
It has been almost exactly 400 years since Admiral Sir George Somers
and his crew, shipwrecked en route to Virginia, were fortuitous enough
to be washed up on the shores of Bermuda.
In the ensuing centuries Britain's oldest remaining colony, named after
the Spanish captain Juan de Berm=FAdez, who first sighted the
uninhabited islands, has developed as a hub of international business
and tourism - equally famous for its offshore banking as for its miles
of beaches. Part Atlantic and part British outpost, visitors are as
likely to be confronted by bright red Victorian post boxes as they are
by a policeman wearing the obligatory Bermuda shorts and long white
socks.
Andrew Buncombe
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/8188791db5daf544
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