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Goodbye, Basdeo
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, signs the condolence book for former prime minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the late Basdeo Panday, at the offices of the High Commission of Trinidad and Tobago in Kingston, on January 9. (Photo: JIS)
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Goodbye, Basdeo

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, signs the condolence book for former prime minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the late Basdeo Panday, at the offices of the High Commission of Trinidad and Tobago in Kingston, on January 9.

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