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AIR JAMAICA JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL - Montego Bay ready to groove 
WESTERN BUREAU: AT 4:30 p.m. yesterday 80 per cent of the preparations were in place for the 2006 Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival which kicks off in Montego Bay today. The multimillion dollar 4,224 square foot state-of-the-art stage was already...
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 Schools in fear - Violence spurs Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) security concerns
Slain 16-y-o wanted peace
Hearts pour out to Lenissa
Petroleum prices to increase in Jamaica
CARICOM body reaches out to local businesses
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News
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City life: Is it the way? 
I LOVE the city life. I mean, don't get me wrong, the country lifestyle does have its perks. After all, carrying a bucket of water on your head for miles, just after tending to your grandfather's goats in a sun parched field can be fun.
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'People's National Party (PNP) will have the arena' - Secretariat says no conflict for venue
St Catherine cane farmers refuse to go to Monymusk
Visa con artist warning
Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus crashes
Low funds put Loving Care programme in jeopardy
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Business
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DaimlerChrysler to cut 6,000 jobs 
BERLIN (AP): AUTO MAKER Daimler-Chrysler AG said Tuesday that it would cut administrative staff by 20 per cent worldwide over three years, dropping 6,000 jobs in order to save some US$1.2 billion a year, and make the company leaner and more profitable...
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Trinidad shows trade strength
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Sport
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Jamaica's Girlz still in with a chance 
JAMAICA'S UNDER-20 Women's team lost 2-1 to Canada in their semi-final showdown at the Estadio Luis Pirata Fuentes in Veracruz yesterday and will now have to battle Mexico for a World Cup berth to Russia.
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King under review
Learmond stars schoolboy awards ceremony
Henry boots home four
Wadadah, Boys' Town sent packing
Beckford in Jamaica squad
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Commentary
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A misguided act
A RECENT ruling of the Jamaican Supreme Court and a misguided act of the Financial Services Commission(FSC) on the eve of Dyoll Insurance Company Limited's closure have made nonsense of the contractual commitment made to many of the Dyoll policyholders...
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'Katrina' dilemma for journalists
Iranian showdown
Blaming the bleacher
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Justice system gone astray
THE EDITOR, Sir: JUSTICE HAS gone wrong, I listened to a police officer rightly condemn the men from Super Plus in Mandeville for beating the two men they claimed stole from the store.
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'Fix our roads, or else ...!'
What are we voting for?
In support of a higher minimum wage
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Entertainment
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Sparing with words - Rudyard Fearon reserves the right to pursue his art how he wants to 
THERE IS only one way to put 165 poems on to 114 pages (and the type is not small or crowded together either). They have to be short. Really, really short. That is what Rudyard Fearon, a Jamaican from Clarendon who has been living in Toronto...
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'American Idol' gets mean
Kanye West poses as Jesus on cover of 'Rolling Stone'
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Farmer's Weekly
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Loving the rewards of chicken farming 
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: AT A time when farming seems to be a male-dominated job, 39-year-old Annmarie Knight of Kitson Town, St. Catherine is making great strides in the field. Ms. Knight, who rears chicken for sale to restaurants...
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Drought hurts St Elizabeth farmers' pockets
St Mary dairy farmers to get new delivery truck
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What's Cooking
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THE FLAVOURS OF JAZZ 
WESTERN BUREAU: A STOMPING ground for music lovers and socialites, the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival promises three nights of delight to excite and satisfy even the most discerning palates.
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THE TASTE OF JAZZ - Serve up some good ole shrimp - New Orleans style
Star service
IN YOUR KITCHEN... with Lorna Gooden
IN YOUR KITCHEN...with Tara Nunes
Cool runnings at Blue Runnings
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International
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CHILE: Pinochet's daughter detained in Washington 
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP): THE OLDER daughter of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was detained yesterday on arrival in Washington after failing to obey a summons by a Chilean judge who indicted her on tax evasion charges...
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SOUTH AFRICA: ANC looks to women to curb government graft
MIDEAST: FIRST PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION IN A DECADE - Hamas challenges Fatah rule
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Eye on Science
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CRIME AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION in the Kingston Metropolitan Area 
INTRODUCTION - JAMAICA HAS one of the highest levels of violent crime in the world with a homicide rate of 53.58 per 100,000 in 2004. The majority of these crimes are committed by young men between the ages of 15 and 35.
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Using science to solve crime
Dr. Corin Bailey - Young, gifted Jamaican
The fingerprint - defining you
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