Gold rush - Powell and Brooks romp 100m sprints
MELBOURNE, Australia: WORLD RECORD holder Asafa Powell was at his brilliant best in winning the men's 100m, while Sheri-Ann Brooks introduced herself to the world by taking the women's sprint gold on day two of track and field at the XVIII Commonwealth...

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11-y-o saves baby from burning house
Ambassador Peter King slain - Throat slashed by killers - Stayover guests quizzed
Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) gears up for World Cup 2007
'Herro Blair most admired clergyman'
Pollster hits back at JLP attack
Kidnapped couple dead
Unions eye MoU deal
Nurses want probe into for hospital practices

'Don't bury the dead here'
WESTERN BUREAU: TIRED OF being ignored by the authorities, the resi-dents of Ramble and surrounding communities in Hanover took to the streets from as early as 6:30 a.m. yesterday to protest against the proposed Delapenha Funeral Home...

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Morris, Orane receive Martin Luther King Jr awards
Pipe dreams - Mango Valley, St. Mary ... in desperate need of water
Tufton to attend leadership seminar
Support base for crime victims
Wolfe is Jamaica's Permanent Representative to United Nations
Port Antonio lock-up ordered shut down - Cells in deplorable state

Enron accountant outlines errors
HOUSTON, AP: ENRON TRIED to do an end-run around accounting rules by dropping a plan to sell assets in a failed water business for a US$1 billion growth strategy, instead, a former accountant who handled the company's books said yesterday.

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Paymaster gets power company contract
International Business Council exec for JEF banquet
Carib disaster insurance fund for development

Girlz in huge showdown - Beat Wales 74-21, now gearing for clash with Aussies
MELBOURNE, Australia: THE STAGE is set for a big showdown between world number two Australia and number three ranked Jamaica in pool two of the netball tournament at the XVIII Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

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Novlene Williams clocks season best of 51:03
Windies slump to record loss
PERSONALITY PROFILE - Trevor McKenzie - Racing's boy wonder
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Chanderpaul, Lara fail again
JFF gets FIFA Goal Project funds
Tivoli march into final
Portmore upstage Waterhouse

Unwise, impractical gun proposal
SENATOR PRUDENCE Kidd-Deans' proposal to allow for more citizens to get licensed guns as a means of self-defence, is perhaps reflective of the general fears and concerns of the wider population over rising crime and violent attacks.

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Portia's mission and legacy
And now for some good news
Good preaching precedes a bullet to the head

LETTER OF THE DAY - More buffoonery threatening bauxite!
THE EDITOR Sir: WHO WILL have the courage to tell Mr. Norman DaCosta, vice- president of the National Workers Union, that he is making an ass of himself and endangering the future, not just of the bauxite industry, but the people of this country?

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More guns lead to more killings
Advice for parents and teachers
Read my meter!

University Chorale sings for their lunch
LAST THURSDAY, the University Chorale attempted the whet the appetites of students at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, with the staging of its 2006 lunch-hour concert, in anticipation of its upcoming concert season.

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Jamaica marks World Poetry Day
Cindy Wright - MISS JAMAICA UNIVERSE CONTESTANTS 2006
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Joanie-Ann Campbell - MISS JAMAICA UNIVERSE CONTESTANTS 2006

Diary of a bus ride
I THOUGHT taking public transportation would be a horrific experience. And at first it was. But that was mainly because I was unaccustomed to it and did not want to do, but alas I had no choice.

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Bus it to St Thomas
The ride of my life
Robot Ride
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IRAQ: Civil war fears grip country
BAGHDAD (Reuters): A MAJOR Shi'ite religious ritual unfolded amid heavy security in the sacred city of Kerbala yesterday as the spectre of a sectarian civil war stalked Iraq on the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion.

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INDIA: Family beheaded over 'witchcraft'