there's no money to find out why, an American researcher said. ---- Page 2 UZBEKISTAN JOINS THE REGISTRY FLY Uzbekistan joins the registry A former Soviet bloc country has registered two aircraft in Bermuda -- possibly opening up a new market for the Island. ---- Page 2 PINK PANTHER TOP CANDYSTRIPER HOS Pink panther top candystriper Saltus Grammar School student Adrian Beasley, the Candystriper of the Year, has clocked more than 600 hours helping out at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital over the last three years. ---- Page 3 YOUNGSTERS SEEK `BIG BROTHERS' CLB Youngsters seek `big brothers' There are 70 boys and twelve girls urgently waiting for positive adult role models in Bermuda. ---- Page 5 TOY STORE OFFERS DOLL REFUND BUC Toy store offers doll refund A toy store said it would refund customers who bought a child's doll whose battery-powered mouth has ensnared fingers and hair of some North American children. ---- Page 5 BANK EYES EMERGING MARKETS BUC Bank eyes emerging markets To service custodial clients looking to the emerging markets, the Bank of Bermuda's treasury division recently increased services in several Pacific Basin, African, Middle Eastern, Indian, Far East and and Caribbean currencies.

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