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Like much of Jamaica, Port Antonio, the closest town to the house where we stayed, is fairly depressed. The fifth largest city in the island nation, it was once a major West Indies port, a key stop on the banana trade route. The few central streets are lined with small stores, but on hot, humid, Languid days, most of the town's activity takes place in a bustling indoor-outdoor marketplace. Outside, stands offer groceries and producer. Inside, the market is divided into two areas, in one, Jamaicans purchase clothing and choose from among rows upon rows of shoes...
Jamaica adopted the British parliamentary system upon its independence, but the country remains unstable, chafing under the weight of its depressed economy. We first entered Port Antonio in the midst of a political rally; the opposing candidate for prime minister stood with a microphone in the center square, shouting a stream of political slogans above the din of reggae music. A throng of people cheered restlessly. A few days later, the incumbent party won in a landslide...
...real life, Eastwood knows how to play the self-deprecating good guy. Just listen to him explain why they wanted him to sign blank slips of paper rather than personalized greetings to Uncle Cappy in Port Clyde. "It's a business," he says. "They trade them." He pauses, grins, then adds, "You get one Steve McQueen for four of mine...
Clan fighting in the southern port town of Kismayu continued, as residents stripped of their rifles by U.S. and Belgian servicemen pelted one another with rocks and lobbed grenades. At least five Somalis were killed and more than two dozen injured...
...credit, Clinton increased the number of officials responsible for asylum applications in Port-au-Prince last week and authorized $5 million to establish processing activities in more remote areas, are encouraging. But the asylum officials' task remains formidable; recently, applications have been arriving at a rate of nearly...