Let's play ball - World Cup opens with colour, pomp
Florence Hall, Trelawny: Jamaica last night delivered a lavish ceremony to introduce the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 which legendary West Indies batsman Sir Garfield Sobers declared open in the Caribbean for the first time in the region's history....

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Chamber wants Trinidad to explain LNG
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Let the games begin
The 2007 Cricket World Cup opened in style, class and elegance before thousands of fans at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium yesterday. Starting in the afternoon's cool breeze which drifted across the ground with a military display by The Massed Bands and Corps of Drums...

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EDITORIAL - Limitations in rape trials
The rape of a woman is a particularly heinous crime, whose victims may not be only physically hurt, but emotionally and psychologically scarred. There is often this deep sense of shame among the victims, who raise questions about fault...

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LETTER OF THE DAY - Murdered police corporal was an 'unsung hero'
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE RECENT murder of Detective Corporal Dave Daley generated much reaction from some members of the hierarchy of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) of which he had served for 20 years. The salient point arising from this reaction has been lost on many...

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Cricket fever bowls Trelawny
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Eleanor James - Making waves in the JCF
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Rapists terrorise women of Darfur
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