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JamaicanTimes.com Tuesday 8th July 2008 Issue 1539
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"I am proud by the decision of this administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein. I am proud of the liberation of 20 million Iraqis. "
Condoleezza Rice
The U.S. Secretary of State was speaking to a reporter about the achievements of the Bush administration.

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Caribbean
  • Teen arrested for triple murder
  • Cuba says rising global food, oil prices will cause economic
  • Investor John Templeton dies in Bahamas
  • Royal Caribbean officials say they mistakenly broke state law
  • US Destinations, Mexico, Caribbean, Europe & Canada
  • Tall Blacks beaten by Puerto Rico

    Editorials
  • Nelson Mandela not a terrorist after all
  • 19 dishes on the menu at food shortages summit
  • L.A. without the LAT
  • How faith schools get away with anything — and lawfully!
  • China wins its first Olympics victory

    Lifestyle
  • ICC to invest $300 million to make cricket a global sport
  • Even During Dismal M&A, Sports Trophies Shine
  • A miracle pill, a sports team and the most wanted man in Australia
  • Sports Columnists Lost in Digital Transition
  • Gunman braves weather to lead Westlake

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    Residents of Wagganette Crescent in Kingston Gardens, central Kingston, say they are living in fear as thugs strategically occupy a gully which runs through their community to carry out their...

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    Commission wants to rein in warmongering U.S. presidents
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    Iraq PM insists on a timetable for US troop withdrawal
    The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has for the first time demanded a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops....

    Talks to resume between party leaders in Zimbabwe
    President Robert Mugabe's ruling party and Zimbabwe's Opposition are set to resume talks to resolve the country's political...

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    U.S. stocks make solid gains
    Wall Street was in positive territory at the close Tuesday, boosted by lower oil and commodity...

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    The biofuel policies of wealthy countries have been on the agenda at the G8 conference in...

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  • Cuba frets over import costs even as economy grows

    Regional
  • E-commerce in Latin America to surpass $16 billion this year, Visa says
  • America West Resources Secures Rights to 50 Million Tons of Metallurgical Grade Coal Reserves in Utah
  • Alexander third in discus at Central America meet
  • America West Resources Retains The Buick Group as Strategic Advisor

    Travel
  • Southwest Airlines to offer flights to Canada
  • Dozens of new World Heritage Sites named
  • Rome urged to ban horse-drawn carriages
  • Mittal now plans luxury hotels foray

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  • 30 killed in Bolivia truck crash
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  • Brazil vows to fulfill millennium development goals before 2015
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