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Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica: Olympic Party

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 @ 12:34 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago
Topics:: Sport, Politics
Languages:: English
Special:: Olympics

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Tirinite sy tobagô, Jamaika: Fety olaimpika...

This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

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