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SPARED AGAIN 
The dangerous category four Hurricane Emily which was charging toward the island late last week, took a sudden dip at the eleventh hour yesterday and veered slightly south, sparing the country a direct hit -but not without first pelting the 14 parishes...
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 Hotelier, staff injured in explosion
Shelters fall short of supplies
Calm in Portland Cottage as 'Emily' passes
Palisadoes road blocked, airport, Port Royal cut off
Rising seas force evacuation
Water levels threaten New River residents
Bog Walk gorge still closed
Curfew reimposed
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News
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Think bold! - A master drainage plan for vulnerable areas 
THIS WEEKEND the news will be dominated by the passing threat by the female hurricane, 'Emily'. Within recent memory, Jamaica has not had two back-to-back hurricanes. This occurred in Dominica in 1979 and 1980, hurricanes Allen and David.
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Gov't confirms London suicide bomber suspect was born in Jamaica
Elusive con woman identified
'Gov't' tardy in preparing for hurricane season'
'Emily' blows fear into Portland residents
'I do' by any means necessary
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Business
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FSC flooded with pension complaints 
THE FINANCIAL Services Commission (FSC) has been flooded with a barrage of complaints from pensioners and participants in superannuation schemes since the Pensions Act was passed by Parliament last September...
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IT company launches Virtual Office Solution
Cash management for emergencies
Managing finances after divorce
Microsoft partners with Children First
Is saving a challenge for you?
Understanding your payslip
The impact of inflation on investment
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Sport
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Boyz' game run comes to an end 
FOXBORO, Massachusetts: JAMAICA CRASHED out of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 3-1 defeat to the United States in their quarter-final match-up at the Gillette Stadium here yesterday.
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'Murali' back with a bang
Chanderpaul commends ill-fated youth
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Australia tipped to make it nine in a row
Frater, Bailey win in Spain
Sizzling Ruddock eyes gold
Ja's victory bid put on hold
Williams leads J'cans in today's Thessaloniki Grand Prix
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Commentary
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Terrorism's tenuous links
IT IS ironic that the focus of local concern in the immediate aftermath of the reports of the London bombings have shifted from possible Jamaican casualties to the possible involvement of a man of Jamaican origin.
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How is KSAC money spent?
Liberate Africa from its political elites
IMF and Ja: A love/hate relationship
Bad 'environmentality'
Watch that plea bargaining bill
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Letters
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US embassy responds on visa courier service
THE EDITOR, Sir: This response is in reference to the letter entitled "Visa courier service queried" printed in the July 12 edition of The Gleaner.
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Were we ready for independence?
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Entertainment
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KEEPING TRADITION - 'OUT AND BAD' " Jamaica retains tight links with its cultural history ... ska, rock steady and reggae ... our own sense of rhythm steeped in ... African beats. 
FROM TIME to time, whether through beats like the Nine Night rhythm or even Elephant Man's pull on the revival magic of condemning the 'badmind', one can easily feel that though we may have one foot in the modern world...
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The world has changed ... so has music
A hat for all seasons
Dancing here to stay
New artistes break the flow
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Arts &Leisure
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Ketch Di Awards! - THE JCDC NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION 2005 
IT WAS with great anticipation that awardees, family members, friends, visitors, art enthusiasts and specially invited guests streamed on to the Shortwood Teachers' College property on Tuesday, July 12.
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Artie and the toy boy
Of storm and referendum
A Diamond in the Rough - Creative solutions to tackling the 'crime monster'
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Outlook
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Designing woman 
TANESHA HENRY, a young woman whose soul is fashioned by art, has set out on a path of reaching her goal in life: that of being an interior decorator. Not just any interior decorator, but one who is knowledgeable about all...
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FRANK AND BERYL CAMERON - Remembering the Good Times
Can Marriage fix anything?
Those blooming poppies!
Daddy's little PRINCESS
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In Focus
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HURRICANES - CAN WE CONTROL THEM? 
CRIME, HEALTH, security and natural disasters are some of the areas that need immediate attention in the Caribbean. Events constantly remind us of this. Costs and shifting attention, however, upset our best intentions.
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Forget it! Red Stripe says no to Beenie, Bounty
Jamaica's first black cricketers
Poverty and the millennium development goals
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Social
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Partying in the rain 
WELL ME daahlings, Friday, July 8, following the passage of Hurricane Dennis, was the birthday of security mogul Kenny Benjamin. And so y'all would have thought, that with the island being in clean-up mode, and with showers still pelting...
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Blue Cross fetes customers
Songs, celebration for Bastille Day
Young artists vie for big money
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Auto
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2005 Toyota Echo: A little car that grows on you 
WASHINGTON: CHILDREN CHANGE. The youngest, Kafi, has a new job and a different attitude. The Virginia girl has become a New York woman. She no longer wants the little Toyota Echo car we bought for her two years ago.
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JRDC searches for new talent
2006 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT V6: A sports car in mellow tune
Rally roars in
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