KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Jamaican military forces searched on Wednesday for dozens of fishermen feared missing after Hurricane Ivan's strike on the Caribbean island last weekend, officials said.

Jamaica yesterday made a formal appeal for international aid to help its rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan last weekend.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - (KRT) - Virtually all of Jamaica remained without electricity and 40 main roads were still under water Monday as the Caribbean island began receiving U.S. and Mexican aid for those hardest hit by Hurricane Ivan.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION (AP) ? Three Jamaican men accused of sexual assault on two minor girls have been convicted and will be deported after serving their state sentences.

The Government yesterday armed itself with emergency powers to ensure the maintenance of public order as Jamaica braced itself to take a pummelling from Hurricane Ivan, which played a cheeky cat-and-and-mouse game with the island.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Deadly Hurricane Ivan ripped Jamaica with powerful winds, torrential rains and huge waves on Saturday, tearing away houses and washing out roads before heading toward the tiny Cayman Islands and Cuba.

Jamaicans began feeling the earliest effects of Hurricane Ivan late last night as the most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean in more than 10 years neared the island.

Barring an 11th hour shift in its direction, Hurricane Ivan, having already wreaked havoc in the southern Caribbean, was on course to hit Jamaica with a thumping blow by tomorrow and forecasters warned that its impact could be more ferocious than Gilbert 16 years ago.

Marlon King's first-half double led Jamaica's Reggae Boyz to a historic away victory over El Salvador in their Group One semi-final round World Cup qualifying encounter in San Salvador last night.

A coalition of Jamaican Rastafarian groups wants the UN to pressure European countries, especially Britain, to pay billions of pounds in slavery reparations to followers of the faith.