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	Jamaica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 240 kilometers in length and as much as 80 kilometers in width situated in the Caribbean Sea.
		Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the United Kingdom, and in 1958 Jamaica became a province in the Federation of the West Indies, a federation between all the British West Indies.
		Jamaica is mainly a blend of African and Anglo-Irish cultures, with influences from the Spanish and Taino cultures, although the Tainos as a people were completely wiped out by the Spanish soon after their arrival in 1494.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaica (2500 words)

	Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jamaica is a country in the Caribbean Sea, located south of Cuba and to the west of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated.
		Former capitals of Jamaica include Port Royale, where the pirate Governor Morgan held sway, and which was destroyed by a storm and earthquake, and Spanish Town, in St. Catherine parish, the site of the old Spanish colonial capital and the English capital during the 18th and 19th century.
		Jamaica is a constitutional monarchy, the head of state being the monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/j/ja/jamaica.html (777 words)

	Jamaica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jamaica attained full independence by leaving the federation in 1962 and is now a completely sovereign nation.
		Jamaica is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy.
		The Jamaica Constitution, 1962 was drafted by a bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaican legislature in 1961-62, approved in the United Kingdom and included as the Second Schedule of the Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council, 1962 under the, 1962.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jamaica (2002 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - The military after the Cold War - Sunday \| January 18, 2004
		This exercise is critical to Jamaica's national interest and should have been undertaken from 1994 at the end of the Cold War and with the increasing pace of globalisation and the emergence of a new set of challenges.
		They have not done so because those assumptions were made by individuals who did not grasp the level of technological sophistication attained by the military; the degree of vertical and horizontal linkages to the scientific, industrial, social and political communities in their respective societies.
		Those military establishments will also be best placed to take advantages of the fact that the computer clip can now pass information directly into the human nervous system, spawning what some regard as the fourth wave of human transformation.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040118/cleisure/cleisure5.html (886 words)

	Jamaica
		In time Jamaica was able to resume her regular trade in sugar, rum, tobacco, coffee and cocoa, which were admitted into the English market on better terms than the same things produced in foreign countries.
		Jamaica began to send volunteers as soldiers to fight in the Great War and a contingent of 500 men was sent off on the 8th November.
		Jamaica's military aid allocation, however, was zero in the last year of the Manley government in 1980, pratically because of the government's close ties to Cuba.
	website.lineone.net /~bwir/jamaica.htm (1963 words)

	Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jamaica's serious problems are: high interest rates; increased foreign competition; the weak financial condition of business in general resulting in receiverships or closures and downsizings of companies; the shift in investment portfolios to non-productive, exchange rate and a growing internal debt for government bailouts to various suffering parts of the economy.
		The population of jamaica according to a census taken in July 1998 is 2,634,678.
		Jamaica is located in the Caribbean, it is an island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba its Geographic coordinates are 18 15 N, 77 30 W, its total area is 10,990 kilometers, 160 kilometers is water and 10830 is land.
	www.warroad.k12.mn.us /moredocs/stdnt_work/rnygaard/Jamaica (775 words)

	Jamaica - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Under the first 200 years of British rule, Jamaica became the world's largest sugar exporting nation and produced over 77,000 tons of sugar annually between 1820 - 1824, which was achieved through the massive use of imported African slave labor.
		Over the years Jamaica slowly gained independence from Britain, and in 1958 Jamaica became a province in an independent nation called the Federation of the West Indies.
		Jamaica is mainly a blend of African and British cultures, with influences from the Spanish and Taino cultures, although the Tainos as a people were completely wiped out by the Spanish soon after their arrival in 1494.
	www.netlexikon.akademie.de /Jm.html (793 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Our 'Military-Police' - Tuesday \| February 4, 2003
		And, Subsection Three states, "Where any member of the Jamaica Defence Force is acting pursuant to directions referred to in the proviso to subsection (2), such member shall, while so acting, enjoy all such immunities, privileges and protection as are enjoyed by a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force".
		However, the soldiers there are under the orders of the police and the military officers in charge stress that the army has no police powers under the anti-crime plan.
		The military merely "accompany and reinforce" patrols under the command of police officers.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030204/cleisure/cleisure2.html (618 words)

	Map Zones : Jamaica Map
		Jamaica, island country, third-largest island of the Greater Antilles, situated south of Cuba in the northern Caribbean Sea.
		Jamaica has a maximum length, from east to west, of about 235 km (146 mi); the maximum width is approximately 80 km (50 mi).
		The population of Jamaica is primarily of African or mixed African-European origin, descended from slaves brought to the island between the 17th and 19th centuries.
	kids.mapzones.com /world/jamaica (1634 words)

	JAMAICA
		Jamaica is a democratic society with a Constitution and laws that protect its citizens.
		Despite its free institutions, Jamaica continues to abuse the human rights of its citizens in three areas: a high rate of fatal shootings by police officers, the detention of suspects without charges for long periods of time, and inhumane conditions in prisons and police lock-ups.
		Of the cases handled by the Jamaica Council for Human Rights ("JCHR") in 1987 and 1988, two-thirds of the detainees were released without charges ever having been filed.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1989/WR89/Jamaica.htm (1169 words)

	'Jamaica'
		The closest point to Jamaica in South America is Cartagena in Colombia, a distance of 710 kilometres (445 miles) almost due south.
		Jamaica, after her decision of late September 1961, to secede, had remained a member until its dissolution.
		A ceremony marking the inauguration of Air Jamaica was held at the Palisadoes Airport on May 1, coinciding with the departure of the first Air Jamaica flight to Miami.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/americas/jamaica/Jamaica-Home.htm (593 words)

	Jamaica
		DK Flags of the World [udk98] says: "The coat of arms, based on those granted to Jamaica on 3 February 1663, is among the oldest granted to a British colony." No image is shown.
		Queen Elizabeth II in Jamaica and the flag of the Prime Minister.
		To add to this conflict of the origin of Jamaica's flag: Originally Jamaica's proposed flag was to be blue with with a Union Jack in a corner.
	flagspot.net /flags/jm.html (2071 words)

	Rebels Accuse Indonesia Army Of Attacking Some Giving Aid (washingtonpost.com)
		The military last week killed the two unarmed rebels as they tried to assist relatives, said Tengku Jamaica, a rebel spokesman speaking by cell phone from Aceh province, the scene of the most extensive damage.
		Jamaica said the military headquarters in Aceh had responded positively to GAM's declaration of a cease-fire on Dec. 27.
		Jamaica said the rebel group's leadership was mostly intact following the tsunami.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A48433-2005Jan4.html (385 words)

	Jamaica - Military Flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is now the military flag, but is derived from the badge of the Colonial Police Force in Jamaica.
		The Jamaica Regiment (infantry) is the main component of the Jamaica Defence Force, and each of the three battalions carries two colours in the British tradition.
		Blue is reserved for "royal" regiments (which Jamaica is not), and red is normally unknown since a regiment with red facings would carry a Colour in the form of a St.
	www.flagspot.com /flags/jm^.html (264 words)

	Jamaica - Gurupedia
		Jamaica is a country in the Caribbean Sea, located south of Cuba and to the west of
		Over the years Jamaica slowely gained independence from Britain, and in 1958 Jamaica became a province in an independent nation called the
		Jamaica is a constitutional monarchy, the head of state being the monarch, currently
	www.gurupedia.com /j/ja/jamaica.htm (666 words)

	Jamaica on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jamaica is the largest island in the Caribbean after Cuba and Hispaniola.
		Jewels of Jamaica: history and scenery; combination results in a multitude of interesting attractions.
		KINGSTON, JAMAICA -- These shell casings are what's left over after gun battles in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, killed at least 20 people this past weekend in this country.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/Jamaica.asp (530 words)

	Jamaica Defence Force Overview Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		There are two military bands in the JDF - the Jamaica Military Band (JMB) and the Jamaica Regiment Band (JRB).
		Their musicians represent much of the public face of the Jamaica Defence Force — not only in Jamaica, but in the wider Caribbean and beyond; they represent also the rich traditions associated with our country’s military history.
		The Jamaica Military Band has direct descent from the first of the old West India Regiments, which was formed in 1795 in the Windward Islands of the Eastern Caribbean.
	www.jdfmil.org /overview/music/music_home2.html (529 words)

	The Sacramento Observer - Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Crime in Jamaica has forced the government to send in military forces.
		There have been more than 860 murders in Jamaica so far this year, 11 percent fewer than at this time last year, but still alarmingly high given the country's population of 2.6 million.
		The operation, like others before it, was downgraded after a few months, but Phillips says the latest initiative will be "open-ended," with the police and military responsible for different aspects of the operation.
	www.sacobserver.com /news/112202/jamaica_crime.htm (917 words)

	Jamaica (Jamaica)
		Educated Marjhune School 1907-1917; came to Jamaica and served on staff of R. Mahfood and Bros., Lindstead, 1920-24; traded on own account (dry goods) 1924-28; general and transport contractor, 1928-34; visited Syria 1935; experimented and succeeded in the culture of Virginia tobacco in Jamaica 1936-37.
		One of his paintings was presented to the ex-Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Hon.
		The performances of the Kingston Glee Singers brought to the public of Jamaica a concept of the choral style in early church music, madrigals and Christmas carols.
	www.jamaicans.com /culture/people/jamaica.shtml (1592 words)

	Puerto Rico and the American Dream (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I am giving emphasis that they have been selling, donating, whatever--but there is also another part which I call military destabilization.
		Jamaica, you will recall, made a military agreement with the U. in 1963 and they got some equipment there.
		From 1976 to 1980 there is a civil war in Jamaica and Manley loses.
	www.prdream.com /patria/centro/03_14/destab.html (176 words)

	USAID: Jamaica
		The Economic and Social Survey of Jamaica (2000) shows that in 1999 the GDP growth rate was -0.4%.
		An additional burden was placed on the fiscal budget by the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) heavy debt portfolio, which amounted to $3.9 billion or 115.1% of GDP in 1999.
		Given Jamaica's history of violence during pre-election campaigning, an increase in the number of murders is anticipated as Jamaica moves toward general elections, which will be held before March 2003.
	www.usaid.gov /pubs/cbj2003/lac/jm (1045 words)

	Jamaica
		Illicit Drugs: From study, let it be known that Jamaica at most is used as a transshipment point for drugs from South America to the US.
		Sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1494, Jamaica was conquered and settled in 1509 by Spaniards
		A huge, mostly African, slave population grew up around the sugarcane plantations in the 18th cent., when Jamaica was a leading world sugar producer.Freed and escaped slaves, sometimes aided by the maroons (slaves who had escaped to remote areas after Spain lost control of Jamaica), succeeded in organizing frequent uprisings against the European landowners.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/geoffjam/Jamaica.html (2037 words)

	Military World Wars I and II Jamaica[F]
		One of the tasks of the men stationed there was to locate and capture German submarines that were in the Caribbean to try to intercept U. Naval ships.
		"re German Prisoners of War held in Jamaica: I know that there were a number held at the New Castle camp during the war.
		Herman of Wiedenberg died September 10, 1942 in the Military Hospital, Up Park Camp, St. Andrew, seaman, married, aged 68 years.
	www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com /Samples/milww1-2.htm (1099 words)

	Scoop: Jamaica: Military must help killings investigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jamaica: Military must cooperate in investigation of killings
		Professor Pounder observed whether the autopsies were carried out in conformity with the principles embodied in the United Nations Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-Legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (New York 1991).
		In 2003 at least 113 people were killed by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0410/S00126.htm (820 words)

	Jamaica (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
		Jamaica - Country Profile, by US Library of Congress.
		Jamaica National Security, by US Library of Congress Country Study.
		History of the Jamaica Defence Force, by Frank Goodwill.
	www.regiments.org /nations/westindies/jamaica.htm (244 words)

	Jamaica Almanacs
		The publication of Almanacs for Jamaica began in 1751.
		Almanacs are available at the National Library for 1751, 1776, 1779, and from 1781 through 1880 they appear to have been published annually (although copies have not survived for every year).
		It was compiled by William Daniell, and it is available at the National Library of Jamaica.
	www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com /Samples/Almanacs.htm (1212 words)

	Jamaican Military \| Jamaica's Military \| Jamaicas Military (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2004 est.)
		Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 27,126 (2004 est.)
		Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.4% (2003)
	www.travelblog.org /World/jm-mil.html (159 words)

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