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Boys bounce back - KC students score record passes in CSEC, CAPE subjects 
At a time when only 18 per cent of men are matriculating to the University of the West Indies (UWI), more than 200 boys at Kingston College proved that not all men are failing when they scored 100 per cent passes in their CAPE and CSEC examinations....
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 Bent to act as Commissioner
Shaw, Wehby for five-day US visit
'Register or leave' - Charles gives foreign workers without permits 10-day ultimatum
Revive Boys Scouts, Girls Guides, Cadets - Kerr-Jarrett
Bob Woolmer coroner's inquest - Heated exchanges highlight day two
Thursday talk - Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
Gunmen kill two, injure nine in Waterhouse
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Shelter from the rain 
The rains started coming down really hard by now and the road started looking more like a river than anything else. A young man wearing a pair of khaki trousers and a black plastic bag on his head was walking on the sidewalk. He wasn't wearing any shoes and his pants were rolled up to his knees.
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UWI holds workshop for disabled students
Prime Minister of Jamaica pays tribute to late horse racing legend
National Democratic Movement (NDM) candidate to reappear in court
Parents lose HIV case against Government
Youth picture sparks change
The Gleaner Honour Awards - Young Jamaicans pressing on
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China defends quality of products 
China is enforcing strict standards for its exports and will continue to work to regain consumer confidence in its products, a top quality official said Wednesday. Li Changjiang, head of China's general administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine...
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GlaxoSmithKline picks next CEO
New Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Hall of Fame awardee announced
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Kingston College (KC) march over Kingston High 
KINGSTON COLLEGE (KC) marched into the second round of the ISSA/ Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup yesterday with a 4-0 win over Kingston High at Cloverly Park. KC' s victory was set up by a brace from Kamal Afflick. The wily forward struck in the 52nd and 65th minutes.
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In-form Rusea's advance
Jamaica cruise past Leewards
Red Brigade take share of CPPL lead
West Indies U-19s live down to their name
Tough and fearless Fraser wins
New coach, same old story
Greece, Romania and Czechs advance
Burrell promises major changes
Fantasy premier league - no walk in the park
Kartik the hero for India
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EDITORIAL - Unseemly, inappropriate behaviour
The public debate over the selection of a new Commissioner of Police is beginning to take on a political character - albeit non-partisan at this stage - which is unfortunate. The responsibility of selecting a Commissioner rests with the Police Service Commission (PSC).
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Oklahoma, Ethiopia, Jamaica
Declaring mission accomplished in Iraq
NOTE-WORTHY: Gender disparity
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Watch group focuses on'epidemic of sex violence'
The Editor, Sir: Sexual rights are human rights. And females' sexual rights are being violated daily. We are outraged by the apparent spiralling pattern of gruesome violence against girls and women, such as the murder of a senior citizen...
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NHT queries
Curbing road slaughter
Canadian labour
Inspired by Marley music
Queries over delay of Montego Bay convention centre
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Yendi launches 'Fashion Xplosion' 
Yendi Phillipps officially launched her 'Fashion Xplosion: A Celebrity Charity Fashion Show' at the National Commercial Bank's (NCB) Wellness Centre on Phoenix Ave, St. Andrew, recently. Ms. Phillipps is urgently seeking the assistance of the public to fund her charity event...
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Oliver Hill presents book, film
'Curefest' ends with the 'Cure'
Perry benefits from growing black audiences
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Hotel Four Seasons - old-school dining at its best 
(Savoury Category $1,300): German sisters Helga Stoeckert and Christa Lund arrived in Jamaica in 1958 with their mother. They came on visitors' visas but realised that, "Jamaica didn't need tourists, but food!" They hired a German sausage maker to prepare smoked meats and established...
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KRW: Susie's Bakery... Participating Restaurant
KRW: Rib Kage Bar & Grill...Participating Restaurants
Grog Shoppe - food and live entertainment
KRW: Columbus Restaurant - Participating Restaurants
A jerking good time at Hedo III
Let's talk books - books on food!
Introduction to pasta!
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No campaigns, only one party
HAVANA (Reuters): There are no campaigns or TV ads and only one party gets to field candidates in Sunday's local elections in communist Cuba, the first without ailing Fidel Castro in charge.Yet Cubans are expected to turn out massively to elect 15,236...
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Opposition don't share Skerrit's view
Caribbean wants greater assistance with debt
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Bhutto returns home today 
DUBAI (Reuters): Former prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said she would return to Pakistan today to end eight years of self-exile and lead her party into national elections despite threats of al Qaida-inspired suicide attacks. "Many threats have been made...
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Bush: Threat of World War III if Iran goes nuclear
Court told de Menezes picture is manipulated
Seven guerrillas killed in army attack
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