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With classes resuming for fall semester in only a week, the USA community has something else to look forward to — a new location for their post office. Being in its prior location almost since the University was built, it is now time for the USA Post Office to receive …

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Royal Mail compensation scheme suspendedPrecisionMarketing, UK –22 hours agoThe independent regulator for postal services has accepted Royal Mail’s application for financial relief until April 2010. As a result, Royal Mail will not … More: continued here

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Canada.com Mail scam preys on Windsor's elderlyCanada.com, Canada –1 hour agoShe said she'd been doing this a long time," said Francis Fortin, property manager of Royal Windsor Terrace, who tripped over the scam by fluke. … More: continued here

Three Britons sentenced for promoting terrorismPakistan Dawn, Pakistan –1 hour agoA night sorter for the Royal Mail, Sultan, was convicted of three similar charges and one of making a record of information likely to be useful in terrorism …A British terror cell caught with details on bomb making and …Jewish Telegraphic AgencyBritish …