'I PANICKED' - Gay makes Powell pay as Jamaican chokes at Worlds
Osaka, Japan: THE PLANET'S fastest man, Asafa Powell, blamed panic and nerves for his 100m defeat at the 11th IAAF World Championships yesterday as sprint nemesis American Tyson Gay blew past him to grab gold. Gay clocked a near personal-best 9.85 seconds...

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Fade to blindness
Can you imagine living in a world of bright techni-colours, but one day all you can see is red, then only white, and eventually only darkness? You probably can't, but Hermon 'Bunny' McGregor can. For, it is what happened to this native of Kingston, from 1971 to 1974...

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'St Bess' farmers warn Government: Island to reap whirlwind if import duties waived
MALVERN, St.Elizabeth: Farmers in the southern belt of St. Elizabeth are calling on the Government to be wary of import interventions here following Hurricane Dean's devastation of much of the island's crop stock.

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Montego Bay man wins the first Digicel Benz

Campbell looks good for gold
OSAKA, Japan: Veronica Campbell, the fastest woman in the world this year with a best of 10.89, looks good for gold in the women's 100 metres final which is scheduled to start at 10:20 p.m.here (8:20 a.m. Ja time) today at the 11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan.

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EDITORIAL - Preserving press freedom - at home and abroad
While we struggle with post-hurricane recovery, our sister Commonwealth country Kenya struggles to retain a critical element of freedom of the press: the protection of information sources. Kenya, which is due to have parliamentary elections later this year...

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Is 'Dean' the final blow?

LETTER OF THE DAY - Changing government at intervals best way to keep democracy
The Editor, Sir:Having regards to the way politics is practised in Jamaica, that in ways more than one it lacks credibility, integrity and authenticity, it should be enshrined in the national Constitution ...

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Another view of the JPS Ivan surcharge
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Yendi tops Miss Jamaica World
It was hardly a competition on Saturday at the Miss Jamaica World (MJW) coronation show, at least as far as the audience was concerned. Judging from the shouts and screams that erupted the first time Yendi Phillipps' silver heels touched the stage...

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Hollywood rakes in billions this summer

15 convicts on the run in Guyana
GEORGETOWN (CMC): Fifteen prisoners are still on the run after a major jailbreak in Berbice on Saturday.Police report that 18 men broke out of the New Amsterdam prison, using a hacksaw to cut through steel bars.

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Immigration swoops down on Chinese nationals

Nightmare for Noriega?
PARIS (Reuters):FRANCE HAD "taken note" of a United States court ruling in the case of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, but an official yesterday declined comment on his possible extradition to Paris after his United States (U.S.)...

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