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WESTERN BUREAU: THE PROMOTERS of 'Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest 2004', which kicked off in Montego Bay, St. James, with a beach party on Sunday night, are anticipating that the city will earn roughly $150 million from the staging of the six-day festival...

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