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Death of a hero
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Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
Missions of mercy
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JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:12 AM
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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Italy meets Jamaica
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Italy meets Jamaica
December 28 12:10 AM
italy
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
December 28 12:07 AM
Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
December 28 12:06 AM
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg
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Thompson yearns for injury-free season to produce best form
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Thompson yearns for injury-free season to produce best form
August 14, 2017
London , England — In a season that should have been her rehabilitation from persistent injuries, Yanique Thompson was just two hundredths of a second...
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‘Superhuman’ wanted
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‘Superhuman’ wanted
August 14, 2017
Bolt exit leaves vacuum to fill LONDON, England (AFP) — Usain Bolt's retirement leaves a huge vacuum to fill, but athletics is moving in the right dir...
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Goodbye, & thank you!
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Goodbye, & thank you!
August 13, 2017
Mixed emotions as track and field great Bolt takes his final bow
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Gatlin’s 100m victory does not define World Champs — Coe
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Gatlin’s 100m victory does not define World Champs — Coe
August 13, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Doping-tainted Justin Gatlin's 100m victory will not define the world championships, Iternational Association of Athlet...
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Disgraceful!
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Disgraceful!
August 13, 2017
McPherson-Jackson bust-up ahead of 4x400 final leaves bitter taste LONDON, England — A nasty bust-up by mile relay teammates Stephenie-Ann McPherson a...
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Kenya’s Obiri denies Ayana world double
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Kenya’s Obiri denies Ayana world double
August 13, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Kenya's Hellen Obiri claimed consolation for her Olympic silver last year by winning the Women's 5,000 metres World tit...
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Elaine’s relay skip due to Achilles bug
Athletics, Sports
Elaine’s relay skip due to Achilles bug
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
August 13, 2017
Coach Francis says plan was always for Thompson to skip women's 4x100m event LONDON, England — MVP Head Coach Stephen Francis says Elaine Thompson's A...
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Mixed fortunes for mile relay teams
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Mixed fortunes for mile relay teams
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
August 12, 2017
LONDON, England — There were mixed fortunes for Jamaica's mile relay teams as the defending 4x400-metre women's team safely booked their spot in the f...
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Through the lens of Collin Reid
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Through the lens of Collin Reid
August 12, 2017
Usain slows considerably as a result of the pain in hisleft hamstring. Usain Bolt as he abandons his anchor leg run in the4x100m relay final watched b...
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Bolt in quotes
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Bolt in quotes
August 12, 2017
London , United Kingdom (AFP) — Athletics superstar Usain Bolt's last championship race ended in dramatic fashion as he collapsed injured on the track...
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Dramatic end
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Dramatic end
August 12, 2017
Bolt closes stellar athletics career with agonising tumble but refuses wheelchair and walks across finish line It wasn't the perfect ending that the w...
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Battling bronze!
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Battling bronze!
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
August 12, 2017
Bolt's curtain falls, but women land sprint relay bronze London , England — Usain Bolt's glittering athletics career ended in disappointment as he pul...
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Usain Bolt by numbers
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Usain Bolt by numbers
August 12, 2017
London , United Kingdom (AFP) — Usain Bolt retired from track and field championships after competing for Jamaica in the 4x100m relay at the World Cha...
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Gatlin hails Bolt the ‘showman’ despite relay injury
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Gatlin hails Bolt the ‘showman’ despite relay injury
August 12, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A sentimental Justin Gatlin hailed Usain Bolt as an “amazing showman” whose career would certainly not be defined by hi...
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Photo: We did it!
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Photo: We did it!
August 12, 2017
Simone Facey (top) celebrates with teammate Sashalee Forbes after the latter anchored Jamaica to a bronze medal in the women's 4x100m relay final at t...
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Five memorable races featuring Usain Bolt
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Five memorable races featuring Usain Bolt
August 12, 2017
London , United Kingdom (AFP) — AFP Sports lists five of the most memorable track races featuring Jamaican Usain Bolt, who brought down the curtain on...
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Photos: Battling bronze!
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Photos: Battling bronze!
August 12, 2017
Women's 4x100m relay team cop third without Thompson (From left) Jura Levy, Natasha Morrison, Sashalee Forbes, and Simone Facey pose proudly with Jama...
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Praught-Leer still hopeful after drama-filled 3,000m steeplechase
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Praught-Leer still hopeful after drama-filled 3,000m steeplechase
August 11, 2017
London , England — Jamaica's Aisha Praught-Leer's dramatic career continued as she was once again disqualified from the 3,000m steeplechase for the se...
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Discus disappointment
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Discus disappointment
August 11, 2017
Jamaicans Barnett, Knibb, Lawrence fail to advance from first-round stage of throwing event All three Jamaican discus throwers failed to make the fina...
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PIC OF THE DAY: A medal at last!
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
PIC OF THE DAY: A medal at last!
August 11, 2017
Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas reacts after claiming the bronze medal in the women's 200m final in 20.15 seconds behind Dafne Schippers of the Net...
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Through the lens of Collin Reid
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Through the lens of Collin Reid
August 9, 2017
Even though the Jamaican track and field athletes have not been performing at their customary glorious best, with the medals trickling in so far, the ...
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Goule, McDonald torch-bearers in 800m as Fray’s debut delayed
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
Goule, McDonald torch-bearers in 800m as Fray’s debut delayed
August 9, 2017
LONDON, England — Passport and visa issues have delayed American-born Jasmine Fray's debut for Jamaica in the 800m, leaving Natoya Goule and Kimarra M...
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