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PM vows action for building code breaches in flooded communities 
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday said investigations are being carried out to examine the circumstances behind the flooding in Nightingale Grove, St. Catherine and Kennedy Grove in Palmers Cross, Clarendon.
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 Sweeter EU deal - Sugar price cuts may be less severe for Ja, ACP countries
More mayhem on Mandela
Sav-la-Mar cop commits suicide
Prison warders to be honoured - Award for outstanding and dedicated service to 150
CCJ readies for case flow
Move to increase retirement age of judges
US deports dozens more
Bail revoked for rape suspects of slain teen
... Jamaican nurse held, awaits fate in England
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News
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Flooded gully devours Rivoli lands 
AN ENGORGED gully swallowed the land of residents of Rivoli in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, this week. The Redwood Gully, which runs from Dam Head to Higher St. Catherine, was swollen by the rains...
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Students on deregistration list fail to show for meeting
JPS donates $1.63m to UWI
All public schools to remain closed today
Police charge wife with Finn's murder
Phone frequency price row heats up
No headway in Texaco contractors' wage negotiations
J'can to chair launch of UN AIDS campaign
NWA clears roadways in north, south Clarendon
PM denies giving special orders to JDF in Tivoli operation
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Business
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Bond investors trigger dollar slide 
ON WEDNESDAY evening, the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), for the second time in as many months, convened a meeting with the major players of the financial sector. The topic was the same as the last time - the rapid depreciation of the Jamaican dollar...
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Jamaica's corruption slide arrested
How to catch a corporate crook
Investors are the priority - Roper
Pooled investment funds good for the long haul
Caribbean urged to cut Internet costs
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Sport
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Youthful Windies arrive in Brisbane 
MELBOURNE (Reuters): A YOUTHFUL but full-strength West Indies side arrived in Australia yesterday to begin its three-Test tour against a team that appears to have recovered from the disappointment of losing the Ashes.
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King promises turnaround in Lara's performance
FROM THE BOUNDARY - The arrogance of Jamaica's batsmen
Irwin's no-show upsets H Morrison
HORSE SENSE - Quality breeding ... quality racing (Part II)
Swim meet gets under way today
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Commentary
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Building with disasters in mind
JAMAICA HAS been spared a direct hit during this year's very active hurricane season. Yet, the damage to the country's infrastructure has been extensive on at least three occasions as major storm systems passed near the island.
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Gangs and wanted men
Why did our roads perform so poorly?
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Too much innocent blood has been shed
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WANT to congratulate Bruce Golding for stating unequivocally that a JLP government would find new ways to appeal to the Privy Council for a resumption of hanging in Jamaica.
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Patty shop will spoil UWI vista
First class care after accident
Storm water management for road design
Maroons should apologise
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Entertainment
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Eleanor Riley rises over setbacks 
ELEANOR RILEY, who has been singing since she was 10, is walking testimony of the power of steadfast faith. The daughter of deacon Edison Ridgeway, Eleanor started singing at the Church of the First Born in Denbigh, Clarendon.
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Double delivery from Fitzroy 'Jagga' Cole
No presence in 'History of Violence'
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Social
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They came to cheer NANCY! 
AFTER THE camera crews and reporters had left King's House on Heroes Day, a few of those who had received National Honours and Awards were feted by friends and colleagues.
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Ralph Smith on honour roll
A musical treat
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Caribbean
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No plans to silence the Church - minister
ANOTHER ATTEMPT is being made by Government to get the Church's view on noise abatement legislation. Minister of Housing, Lands and the Environment, Liz Thompson-McDowald, told a meeting Wednesday morning with church and religious leaders...
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Rains damage crops
Burnt bodies found on embankment
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International
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David Cameron tops Tory leadership race 
LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters): YOUNG PRETENDER David Cameron over-whelmingly won a poll of party colleagues to lead Britain's opposition Conservatives yesterday and is now hot favourite to become the next man to tackle Tony Blair's government.
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Bachelet ahead after presidential debate
Mother arrested after allegedly throwing children in bay
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