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published: Wednesday | March 17, 2004
Lead Stories


US freezes gun, ammo imports
GUN DEALERS are analysing the implications for their businesses after it emerged yesterday that the United States had ordered a freeze on the licences of all dealers to import guns and ammunition into Jamaica.

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House accepts constituency increase by 5
CARICOM backs Aristide's visit - A 'humanitarian' gesture, says PM
Tobacco companies get green light - Committee reverses earlier decision on sponsorship and promotions
Gastro cases down islandwide
Ja ranked in the top 10 in 'Doing Business'
Judgement reserved on extradition appeal

News


Haiti, this time we must get it right
"NOT AGAIN!" was the instinctive reaction of officials in the United Nations and in national governments early this year...

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Another confirmed case of typhoid
Tax Incentive Programme response disappointing
Haitians flee in search of better lives
St James PC unhappy with garbage proposal
New legislation for consumers, says Paulwell

Business


Jobs bonanza for Clarendon J$42 billion expansion project for Jamalco
A GENERATION has passed since Jamaicans have seen a project as big as that planned for the Jamalco Refinery, said its managing director Jerome Maxwell.

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Courts restructures
Island Life office tower gets bidder
Capital & Credit's profits soar
DB&G unit trust takes on more stocks
Pros and cons of 'dog bite' insurance
Oracle launches new management software

Sport


Windies aim to rebound
ST. JOHN', Antigua, CMC: THE WEST Indies have called up left-arm medium-fast bowler Pedro Collins to replace his injured half-brother Fidel Edwards for the second Test against England, beginning on Friday at Port of Spain's Queen's Park Oval.

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Wizards put a spell on All-Stars
Take Square Garden in one-mile feature

Commentary


That 'Sabina stunner'
WHAT OUR own Sport page headline labelled the 'Sabina stunner' has evoked an unprecedented apology to the West Indies public. Never before has sport reached so low that the players have felt it necessary to say "we are sorry".

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Housing and urban renewal
Season of Lent

Letters


Day of infamy at Sabina Park
THE EDITOR, Sir: DO THE individual members of "Our" West Indies team have any concept of the pain and anguish that their supporters undergo when they lose any match? ...

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How is it justified?
Nothing but 'hogwash'
'Cock mouth kill cock'
Lessons in democracy from Russia
He brought about his own removal
Aristide should stay indefinitely
No benefit to Aristide's visit

Entertainment


Big Fish: A whimsical, wonderful adventure
'BIG FISH' is a good movie. It is a tall tale that comprises many other tall tales, but it has enough substance to make it a truly wonderful flick.

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One man, a stool and poetry

Profiles in Medicine


Born too soon
Premature births make up about 10 per cent of the 50,000 babies born each year in Jamaica but nearly 70 per cent of them will die before leaving hospital.

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Exercising for total fitness
The importance of diet and exercise Responding to readers' letters
Angry? Learn to calm down
Responsible sex
Eating for a healthy retirement
Easing the pain of osteoarthritis




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