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Golding to unleash planning watchdog - Will monitor policy implementation
WESTERN BUREAU:THE JAMAICAN Government will create an over-sight body by the end of November to ensure that the policies and programmes agreed on at the National Planning Summit are implemented on a timely basis. Prime Minister Bruce Golding made this announcement...
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 'Declare them disaster zones!' - McKenzie wants no-go order in flood-prone areas
Floods force families to flee homes
Gunmen kill four
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) : We'll dominate Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) polls
NWA begins Bogue roadwork
'One of the worst husbands in the world'
Golding slipped bedside booster
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The anatomy of a theft 
Two days before Hurricane Dean, my brand-new laptop was stolen, and I went into turmoil. So, when the news of the impending hurricane hit me, I nearly buckled under. My laptop was gone, and then this unwanted guest was now breathing down my neck. I spent Saturday, August 18, packing...
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'Roving with Lalah' feedback
Teenage girls being denied contraceptives
Testing the waters - The Gleaner, teens went in search of condoms
Is your heartbeat normal?
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Tourist arrivals to Jamaica jump in October - Canadian stopovers rise 45%
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has expressed confidence that Jamaica will surpass last year's record 1.7 million tourist stopover arrivals in the wake of news that October's figures showed a nine per cent jump. And if last month's statistics...
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Bar codes boost Jamaica's mail tracking
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Burrell outlines ambitious plans - New JFF president says 'fundamental changes' will have to be made 
Western Bureau: Newly re-installed Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) boss, Captain Horace Burrell, has hit the ground running, announcing a raft of plans which he hopes to implement in an ambitious bid to overhaul the beleaguered federation in the shortest time possible....
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Decision on 'Bora' tomorrow
Dinthill, Garvey Maceo hunt spot in KO final
Barca and Villarreal close in on Real Madrid
Wanderers snatch draw at West Ham
Ferguson hits out at touchline danger
Roen Nelson wins title with dramatic injury-time goal
Apostle delivers Barbados Derby for Nunes
Campbell, Barnett top Ministry of Health 5K
Nalbandian crushes Nadal in Paris final
Primary netball shoots off
Pakistan, India brace for tense showdown
Queensland upstage Sri Lanka
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EDITORIAL - Emergency in Pakistan
Pakistan politics, which seldom seems far from the boil, is erupting even further with the return of Benazir Bhutto. After a devastating suicide blast killed over 100 of her followers in her return motorcade on October 19, there was yet another apparent assassination attempt...
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Hanging and the conscience vote
NOTE-WORTHY: Two good examples
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Removal of signboards: KSAC sticking to teeth not dentures
THE EDITOR, Sir: We refer to the Letter of the Day 'Bite on this Mr. Mayor'! penned by you and published in The Gleaner of October 31, 2007, and seek to provide you with some pertinent facts as they relate to laws relevant to advertising in Kingston and St. Andrew.
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Graffiti trespass
Recycling options
More on dual citizenship
The legacy of Bishop Gibson
Waterhouse citizens calling for McKenzie
Parenting policy
Female bias seen as root of youth crisis
Kingston streets need repairing
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BBC looks for 'Next Big Thing' in the rain 
It was a familiar talent-search scene outside the Ashanti Oasis Restaurant, Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, on Saturday afternoon: a couple tents, many hopefuls with as many numbers and a voice over a megaphone sending said hopefuls in batches to the final waiting area.
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The Eagles have made it!
'American Gangster' shoots to number one
Duran Duran takes tips from the younger heads
Angry mother feels betrayed by abusive teacher
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Alicia Foster - A Little powerhouse 
She walks into the room in the cutest peep-toe pumps and chic corporate attire. Her smile is warm and welcoming. At just five feet tall, one may think Alicia Foster is a pushover, but think again. This woman possesses an air of confidence and a subtle, firm business-like attitude...
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Jamaican Frances Beard receives prestigious award
POWER OF PINK
Step up to the Power Plate
Yendi's China wardrobe
Portlander takes Miss JAMAICA UK title
YWCA honours the Johnsons
UWI researchers make global impact in Lancet medical journal
KELLY'S WORLD - If it don't 'look' right
The art and soul of Lois
Spring is in the air!
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Poll gives People's National Movement (PNM) the edge 
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The People's National Movement (PNM) of Trinidad and Tobago has been tipped to win today's general election, according to the findings of a poll released here on Saturday.The survey conducted by the North American Caribbean...
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Parties make final pleas
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Emergency rule prompts aid review
ISLAMABAD (Reuters): Pakistan police rounded up hundreds of people yesterday after President Pervez Musharraf defied United States pressure and widespread domestic opposition by imposing a state of emergency.Washington said it would have to review...
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Kurds free eight soldiers
Take a hike, you're driving me mad!
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