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West Kingston fury - Four killed as police-gunmen clash in Tivoli and Denham Town 
Four persons were shot and killed in Kingston yesterday as gunshots rang out across the western end of the city.Two of the men were killed in the western Kingston area and the others in nearby Trench Town. Police have claimed responsibility...
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 Shaw wants merger to spur economy
'Go back to Renault for fire trucks'
Court gag order remains
Dr Ruth Doorbar is dead
NROCC seeks land for Highway project
Jamaicans at Virginia Tech join in remembrance
Camperdown benefits from e-Learning Project
Gov't to act on fertiliser price hike
Pottinger gets land after Privy Council ruling
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Cops seize ganja worth $377m - This year's finds surpass 2006's 
The Narcotics Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force had their work cut out for them Monday as they tallied more than $377 million worth of ganja found in shipments since Friday. Senior Superintendent Carlton Wilson, of the division, said two male suspects...
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Lessons beyond boundaries of cricket
Amnesty seeks hotline for gays
Hylton seeks to resolve banana dispute
NHF gives 'lift' to Cornwall Regional
Senior citizen laments current crime wave
PNPYO stifling its conscience - Tufton
Gunman killed in May Pen as cops foil robbery
Ardenne High signals no let-up on cell ban
Group wants to 'modernise' English - John Gledhill says time is ripe for phonetic reform and spelling simplification
Taming telephone tyranny
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JCC lashes enviro levy as 'disguised' customs fee - Forecasts shelf price increases 
The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce warned yesterday that the $1.2 billion in taxes to be paid by companies under the new environmental levy is onerous on businesses and would also hit consumers in their pockets, suggesting that price increases were inevitable....
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Deposit insurance doubled
Prime Waterloo property back on market
Ministry of Finance floats 10-year bond
$132b pension fund industry - Sector valued 32% higher on new data
Watts New expanding beyond Kingston
Suriname telecoms monopoly broken - Digicel enters market immediately
PwC Jamaica approved to audit US firms
Churches, ICWI pioneer insurance coverage for credit union borrowers
Iberostar Rose Hall to open in May
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South Africa cruise into semis 
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: SOUTH AFRICA, dancing to the music of Andrew Hall's swinging deliveries and the strokeplay of captain Graeme Smith, waltzed into the semi-finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup and in the process slammed the door on the West Indies' chances of making it...
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Simpson, Campbell to race apart
McCook chases top job
Title beckons for Harbour View
Man U stretch their lead
Tennis mania serves off today
No money for development - WICB
Aussies brace for Kiwis
Malik likely to succeed Inzy as Pakistan skipper
Jamaican Stephenson suffers major setback in Sweden
Football fans pay homage to Cargill
Skipper backs rest for stars
Limo aims for a double at London Marathon
Weak wind delays start of yacht race
Houston rocket past Phoenix Suns
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EDITORIAL - Guns again spark an American tragedy
All decent and right-thinking persons will share the sorrow of the families and friends of those 32 young people who were slaughtered on Monday by a fellow student at Virginia Tech University in the United States...
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A question of judgement
In debt we trust
Tough choices
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Will the 'uglification' of Jamaica be controlled? 
The Editor, Sir: Your letter of the day on Monday, April 16, from Captain John Lamey, President of the Portland Environment Protection Association, is one more reminder of our weak approvals process. It is a shame that some applications for development are even submitted...
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Will he be Phinnished?
Guns not wholly negative
Dehring did well
BoJ luxury
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Swiss girl gets wish to visit reggae idol's home 
Magalie Billod of Switzerland was given one wish and she chose to visit the home of her idol, Bob Marley. Eighteen-year-old Billod has muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease which causes the muscles to weaken and eventually become useless over time.
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Baugh starts off lecture series
Music and Lyrics' hits right note
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BE WELL - Let's have a cup of tea 
The Chinese gave the world its tea-drinking culture. An ancient Chinese proverb says, 'Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one.' Coming from a tea-drinking family myself, I always have a cache of the brew in my cupboard. I find that the ritual of preparing tea...
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FITNESS CLUB - Exercise for younger, fresher looking skin
Food portions show up in waistline bulge
There's lots of money in health food
I AM WHAT I THINK - Ganja and madness
LETTERS - Men battered and abused
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UNITED STATES - Little known about Virginia Tech gunman 
WASHINGTON (Reuters): The South Korean gunman who killed 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech university had lived in the United States for 14 years but neighbours and fellow students said they knew very little about him....
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President Bush urged to release Haitians
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