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		<title>State of Emergency</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 22:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state of emergency has been declared by the government in Kingston the Jamaican capital as gunmen attacked four police stations and burned one to the ground. The State of Emergency begins at 6 o&#8217;clock Sunday evening and last for a month. A statement from Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the decision to declare the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JLP Senators Back Prime Minister Golding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the senators nominated by the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) have thrown their support behind Prime Minister Bruce Golding, beleaguered with calls for his resignation by the opposition, human rights and church groups after he told parliament on Tuesday the party had hired a law firm to lobby the US government over a treaty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa’s Versatile Oil Palm Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afua Asantewaa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the immense industrial potential of palm oil that first grabbed the attention of Europeans during the Industrial Revolution and led to Britain waging war on King Ja-Ja (Jaja) in the 19th century writes Afua Asantewaa in the conclusion of her series.]]></description>
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		<title>Jamaican PM Golding Brief&#8217;s Parliament on Haiti</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2010/01/19/jamaican-pm-golding-briefs-parliament-on-haiti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abeng News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the world turns from grief to bickering over the response to the devastation of Haiti by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake January 12, Jamaica's prime minister, Bruce Golding on Tuesday briefed his parliamentary colleagues on the island's and the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) roles in alleviating the suffering people of their neighbour.

Following is the full text of his presentation:]]></description>
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		<title>CARICOM, EU Discuss Haiti Reconstruction</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2010/01/18/caricom-eu-discuss-haiti-reconstruction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caribbean Community leaders, denied permission to land in Haiti last Thursday to asses the region&#8217;s contribution to the post earthquake recovery effort, were meeting Monday in neighbouring Dominican Republic with European Union, US State Department and United Nations officials to discuss a medium and long-term plan for Haiti’s reconstruction. Since Haiti handed over control of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pray for Me, Pray for Jamaica &#8211; PM</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2010/01/07/pray-for-me-pray-for-jamaica-pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Bruce Golding asked Jamaicans to pray for God’s intervention in the affairs of the nation to help him in the work that he is called to do. A release from the Office of the Prime Minister said he was addressing a prayer and worship event, organized by the Power of Faith Ministries at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women on Trial II: Towards a Just Criminal Justice System</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/11/26/women-on-trial-ii-towards-a-just-criminal-justice-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women activists and feminists have pointed to the way in which women are and have been treated before the courts for criminal offences. In her feminist analysis of the criminal trial process in Canada, and which has relevance for the Caribbean, Marguerite Russell examines various aspects of the criminal justice system. She specifically highlights the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women on Trial: Towards a Just Criminal Justice System &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/11/22/women-on-trial-towards-a-just-criminal-justice-system-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/11/22/women-on-trial-towards-a-just-criminal-justice-system-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judith Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not uncommon for the criminal justice system in the Caribbean to be questioned. Too often we hear that there is one law for the rich and one for the poor, one law for whites and browns and one for blacks, one law for men and none for women. This thinking results from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifeline To A Sinking Caribbean</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/09/23/lifeline-to-a-sinking-caribbean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small party in Barbados is taking regional governments and political parties to task over their response to the impact of the global economic crisis on the Caribbean. The People&#8217;s Empowerment Party (PEP), headed by David Comissiong fingers the political leadership in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago for their lethargic response  to a PEP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Drug War Dialogues</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/09/23/the-drug-war-dialogues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the United States intensifies its war on drugs a group of Caribbean academics is advocating “collaborating with our Latin neighbors in adopting a common front for constructive engagement with the US on this subject”. Norman Girvan, former head of the Trinidad headquartered Association of Caribbean States (ACS) has thrown out the idea to leading [...]]]></description>
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