They are on top! - Track coaches, Administrators get Gleaner 'Man of the Year' Award
Eight hard-working men, who in their posts as coaches and administrators helped create some of the most memorable moments in Jamaica's sporting history, were yesterday given the recognition they deserve when they were recognised...

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Recognising excellence...
NAJ head hits back at 'self-righteous' medics
Golding woos uncommitted voters
Five held for family massacre in St James
Cops seize gun, sword and portable radio
Man kills wife, police recover body parts
Increased patrols off Red Hills Road
US Embassy to close on Thursday
Flash flood watch on

Reading standards low at José Marti - Disappointed staff set to boost literacy levels
More than half of the 500 grade seven students at the José Marti Technical High School in St. Catherine are reading below grade level, according to Bevar Moodie, principal of the institution.

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Government to promote Jamaica as an IT destination
TYRONE'S WATCH: Tale of the rocking stoplight
Tyrone's Watch follow-up - No work done by NWA
Assamba bows to pressure
Clearing the air on HIV/AIDS
Alumni association hosts 'Diabetes and Folklore'
Bridgetown - hopeful 'solar city'
Jamaica's energy alternatives to be addressed at exhibition
Taking it slow with Kathrine Williams

Nasdaq to press ahead with £2.7b LSE takeover bid
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP): Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. shrugged off a swift rejection of its bid to take over the London Stock Exchange (LSE), saying yesterday that it would make its pitch directly to stockholders until the target's board...

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Airbus ramps up small jet production

High marks for Sabina Park
Don Lockerbie, ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Venue Development Director, has given high marks to Jamaica's Local Organising Committee (LOC) for their work on Sabina Park. After touring, according to Lockerbie, 'every nook and cranny' of Sabina...

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Five-star Taylor points to hard work
Impressive display by West Indies openers
The King is dead
Dehring hails spirit of cooperation
Talbert, Goule top Grand Prix Series
Gunners favoured to whip Hamburg
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Australia looking good
Frome full of confidence
Comedy of errors in Buchanan KO match

EDITORIAL - Put specifics in the vision
Bruce Golding and his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) can only have been encouraged by the turnout at Sunday's public session of the party's annual conference. With the huge crowd at the National Arena in Kingston, following on the JLP's gains...

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Localising Love TV
Hijacking press freedom
Looking for a clear view of Iraq

LETTER OF THE DAY - Christie detractors malign civil service standards
The Editor, Sir: The odious political outpourings against the Contractor General make me marvel at the obvious decline in the standard of public discourse, as well as the seeming somnolence of the Jamaica Civil Service Association.

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A vicious cycle
Was it too much for Assamba?
Yearning for leadership

Downstairs ready to rock the world
Rock 'N Roll has been searching and has found Downstairs, Jamaica's authentic rock band. With a new album on the horizon, the band is hoping to capture the world with the essence of their music.

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Labrishing with thought
Weekenz Bistro and Bar celebrates five years
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes tie the knot

Jamaica Wellness Tour pulls into Wolmer's
The Jamaica Wellness Tour that was officially launched in April 2006 has moved on to the Wolmer's Prep and High schools. Students there have been receiving low-cost medical tests in the Shipping Association of Jamaica's (SAJ) mobile clinic...

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SAJ's 'Lunch & Learn' a big hit in the industry
Emirates Shipping Line wins prestigious maritime award
Improved processing for Christmas

Dwarfism - 'This is how God made me'
Unlike Akin Adaramaja, the six-foot-nine-inch subject of last week's Lifestyle section, Soferia Francis Cameron is only four feet, two inches tall. As Adaramaja, who gets stares whereever he goes, so does Cameron. Read on about her life....

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ST LUCIA: CARICOM, OAS to monitor polls
Castries (CMC): Election observers from the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are headed here this week to monitor the December 11 polls, Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony disclosed on the weekend.

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GUYANA: Caribbean welcomes Canadian aid
ST VINCENT: Small plane reported missing
BARBADOS: ACP MPs meet former colonial powers on trade

SWITZERLAND - Countries urged to address biological weapon threats
GENEVA (AP): Nations should step up efforts to combat biological weapons and address the threat posed by terrorist and criminal groups seeking to obtain them, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday.

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AUSTRIA: EU opposes atomic aid for Iran
GERMANY: Masked man wounds 11, commits suicide after storming school
NICARAGUA: New law bans all forms of abortion
UNITED STATES: Obama calls for Iraq troop shifts
MEXICO: Barefoot midwives help doctors save lives