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Old 2009-05-20, 13:48   Link #2406
Doughnuts
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: England
Age: 37
Hmm, in that case, the の particle could be there, but has been omitted because it's obvious the speaker is talking of his own father. For example, if the previous speaker was talking of his own father before that.

私は (私の)父は新聞を読みながらご飯を食べます

(As for me,) My father reads the paper while eating lunch.
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