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published: Thursday | August 26, 2004
Lead Stories


GOLD - New sprint queen nabs Olympic medal
ATHENS, Greece: VERONICA CAMPBELL, for long the heir apparent, was crowned Jamaica's new sprint queen at the Athens Olympic Stadium last night.

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Family, friends overjoyed
Politicians praise Veronica's victory
It pays to win medals

News


Protests force Clarendon businesses to batten down
SEVERAL CLARENDON businesses were forced to pull down their shutters yesterday as persons who, according to the police, had criminal intent, attempted to capitalise on a protest along Seven's Road in the parish capital May Pen.

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Men gain, women lose in trade liberalisation
Increased efforts to regularise parking in Kgn
Relief efforts for 'St Bess' under way
Parking stickers for disabled still not available

Sport


Powell in 200m hunt
ATHENS, Greece: ASAFA POWELL put the disappointment of a fifth place finish in the men's 100 metres final behind him to become the first Jamaican male since Donald Quarrie in 1976 to reach both the 100m and 200m finals at the Olympics.

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Ja cruise through

Commentary


A golden performance
DRIVEN BY a desire to do her country proud, Veronica Campbell became the first Jamaican female to win an Olympic Games sprint gold medal with a powerful performance in the 200 metres finals at the Athens Games in Greece yesterday.

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Marcus Garvey and Rastafari
'Neocon' cabals

Letters


Skimpy clothing means back to fig leaves
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE REV. Herro Blair is being hauled over the coals for his recent statement that women who wear skimpy clothing were encouraging men to rape them.

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Free to dress, without persecution
Left is just right for me
Stop the genocide
The demise of WI cricket
Funding real solutions to crime
George Briggs

Entertainment


MEET THE CONTESTANTS
HERE IS one of the twenty contestants in the Miss Jamaica World Competition.

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Personal poem delights at Weekenz

Cornwall Edition


Slow march at Roaring River Relocation plans yet to be implemented
WESTERN BUREAU: EIGHT MONTHS after Government told the 700 residents of Roaring River, in Westmoreland, that they would have to be relocated as the raw sewage from their pit latrines was seeping into the parish's premier source of domestic water...

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Be careful where you build - PM

What's Cooking


HOW TO BUILD A BETTER LUNCH BOX
It might certainly burn your heart, O parent of the little one, when you know that in just two weeks, you will have to be up before dawn and packing lunch boxes for your picky little eaters.

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Negril Coconut Festival








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