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Imprisoned reggae star Buju Banton, who is now facing the daunting prospect of seeing his 10-year prison sentence increased to 15 years, has requested that he be absent from the sentencing hearing.

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China's auto sales growth tumbled to 3.7 per cent in August, further deepening an economic slowdown, data showed Monday. Customers bought 1.23 million cars, according to a government-authorised industry group, the China Association of Auto Manufacturers. The lower growth extended a steady decline from July's 11 per cent rate and June's 15.8 per cent.

If you believe Bob Lutz, one of the auto industry's best-known executives, come mid-century we'll all be driving around in lightweight electric cars that can go hundreds of miles between charges.

My favourite laws of chemistry are those by Boyle and Charles regarding the interrelationships between pressure (P), temperature (T) and volume (V) for a unit mass of any gas, with the equation PV = RT indelibly written in my mind. The equation asserts that if the temperature of any gas is kept constant, volume will increase as pressure decreases and vice versa.

Quite recently in this paper, Martin Henry engaged in a useful piece of legislative reflection and rightfully highlighted areas where, as a nation, we need to look seriously at aspects of our law that might be in need of reformation.

Is it just me that finds that our evangelical church services - and, in particular, funeral services - are the truest form of excellent Jamaican theatre? Where else does one find the drama and richness of our culture and what we are as a people? The colour, the rhythm, music and passion are all to be found on such occasions.

As an English speaker, we like to believe that English is the widest spoken language in the world, and this is partly true. There are approximately 500 million speakers (native and non-native) of the English language, and we can bask in the fact that English is the official language for more countries than any other language is the world.

One reason you shouldn't use too much hair dye is that it might seep into your skull and obscure the brain. After all, if we can catch cold through our mole, then president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe's, brain is slowly dyeing. Since his apparent early onset dementia when he inexplicably turned on his citizens and destroyed his cricket team, I have stopped taking him seriously.