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TIVOLI ASSAULT - 'DUDUS' DETAINED - WOMEN SHOT NEARBY GOLDING
MORE THAN 40 persons, including Tivoli Gardens' community leader Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, were detained yesterday, in a massive swoop by the security forces involving hundreds of police and soldiers...
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Police Federation: PM, step in, or else
JLP storms out of House over raid - Eyewitnesses claim assassination attempt on Opposition Leader
'Dudus' charged for spliff
JTB scandal deepens
Sugar can cut fuel costs - Karl James
JTA appalled by University Council ruling
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News
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Energy efficiency in transportation
IN JAMAICA, the transportation industry accounts for some 28 per cent of our energy use. Energy consumption in transportation is increasing by an average growth rate of about four per cent since 1995. Fuel economy and efficiency are concerns.
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CSEC WHIZ-KIDS - High achiever hopes to become a lawyer
Bodies of farm workers to return home
19-y-o baby kidnapper granted bail
China Motors - an expanding company
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Business
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Pirates raid Palace Amusement
PALACE AMUSEMENT Company says it is losing up to 27 per cent of its potential cinema admissions due to piracy. Director, Melanie Graham says the company is currently in talks with the Minister of National Security...
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Police: No to criminals negotiating with politicians
Insurance premiums to spike next year
WEEK ON THE WEB - Starting an online business
Strong appetite for govt's US dollar bond
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Sport
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H View take on bubbling Village
THE SPECTATORS who stayed away for a good part of last season should be fighting to get inside the Elliston Wakeland Sports Complex today despite the fact that the match is a midweek one and that daCosta Cup games are on.
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Calabar, Dunoon draw
Another crushing loss for Jamaica
Stanford Twenty/20 given thumbs up
Windies players to sign contracts for Australian tour
Ja Cup preparations on target - Bryan
Take Clock Work in feature
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Commentary
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Another disturbing Tivoli intervention
WE WOULD prefer not to second-guess the security forces when they carry out raids in pursuit of criminal suspects. We believe that they have a duty to go after suspects, whoever and wherever they are. No area and nobody should be above the law.
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The alternative government
Back on the ranch
Putin's move
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Guidelines for early childhood teachers
THE EDITOR, Sir: I CAME across some very interesting information worth sharing with teachers of young children. It has to do with the notable difference between exercising patience and demonstrating understanding...
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Signs of a failing state
Dawn Ritch's grave error
Killing us slowly
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Entertainment
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A tale of two sisters
IN HER Shoes is a story about sisters, but not so much about sisterhood. Instead the film gives a story about finding yourself and finding family in the process. An entertaining, engaging, emotion-driven flick...
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Eminem calls truce with Mariah Carey
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Profiles in Medicine
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Flu pandemic on the horizon - It's not a matter of 'if', but 'when?'
TALKS AND activities in preparation for the next major pandemic -- influenza (flu) -- are now reaching feverish levels among epidemiologists. In fact, international health experts are no longer talking about "if" but "when"...
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Promoting wellness at the workplace
DANGEROUS second-hand smoke at home
Dining habits and portion control
Early signs of mental illness
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Caribbean
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Police question energy officials in smuggling ring
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): GUYANA POLICE have questioned two senior Guyana Energy Authority (GEA) officials following the disappearance of a trawler, tanker and a truck linked in the ongoing multimillion-dollar fuel-smuggling ring.
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Minister unhappy with high murder rate
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International
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UN concerned about electoral changes
UNITED NATIONS (AP): THE UNITED Nations has expressed its concern to the Iraqi government that last-minute changes to the country's electoral laws do not meet international standards, a U.N. spokesman said yesterday.
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US troops mount second big attack on al Qaida
Court to rule on abortion rights
Evangelist sees 'revival' for New Orleans
Chirac backs Turkey's EU bid
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