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What we know about the US attacks on Venezuela
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What we know about the US attacks on Venezuela
January 3 09:24 AM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — After months of mounting military and economic pressure, the United States (US) on Saturday carried out airstrikes on targe...
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Guyana activates security plan as US bombs Venezuela
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Guyana activates security plan as US bombs Venezuela
January 3 06:14 AM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – President Dr Irfaan Ali Saturday said Guyana has activated its “security architecture” after the United States bombed sever...
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Caricom leaders meet on US invasion of Venezuela
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Caricom leaders meet on US invasion of Venezuela
January 3 06:07 AM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) -Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders met early on Saturday to discuss the United States invasion of Venezuela and the captu...
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Kamla says Trinidad not part of military operations against Venezuela
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Kamla says Trinidad not part of military operations against Venezuela
January 3 05:51 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Saturday said that Trinidad and Tobago did not participate in the United States ...
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Trump says Maduro ‘captured and flown out’ of Venezuela
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Trump says Maduro ‘captured and flown out’ of Venezuela
January 3 05:39 AM
(AFP) -- US President Donald Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a “large scale strike” o...
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Child’s body found
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Billeane Williams Reporter WilliamsB@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 3 12:20 AM
Child’s body found
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Government eyes placing parts of electricy grid underground
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Government eyes placing parts of electricy grid underground
Move costly but necessary, says Holness
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
January 3 12:18 AM
Government eyes placing parts of electricy grid underground
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Chronic Law rules YouTube… again
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Chronic Law rules YouTube… again
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January 3 12:16 AM
Chronic Law rules YouTube... again
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Bush’s terrorist act against his own people continues
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
March 19, 2010
Because it has faded from our general consciousness, you may not be aware, but today is the seventh anniversary of "Shock and Awe!" - the beginning of...
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How black was Deacon Bogle?
Barbara Gloudon 
March 18, 2010
ONCE AGAIN, a Jamaican work of art has been placed on trial and found wanting by a group of persons who have condemned it and are preparing to sentenc...
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Focus on the conductor
Celta Kirkland 
March 18, 2010
HEBREWS 12:1b and 2: "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the j...
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Ageing, almshouse and the tenement yard
Franklin Johnston 
March 18, 2010
This is not a country to grow old in. Old folk need care, activity and love. A recent EU survey says people stop feeling young at 34 and start feeling...
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Faults in our election system
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Faults in our election system
Michael Burke 
March 17, 2010
Today, March 18, is 41 years since the local government elections of 1969. That local government election was significant for three reasons. The first...
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Who will succeed Bruce Golding?
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Who will succeed Bruce Golding?
MARK WIGNALL 
March 17, 2010
Half-way through its first five-year term of government since it was defeated in February 1989, troubled by its inability to attach the word "spectacu...
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Minding Jamaica’s business
MARCIA FORBES 
March 17, 2010
POLITICAL activists often accuse me of being unwilling to add any juicy bits to conversations. One lashed me for being what she scornfully described a...
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We are all valuable
Celta Kirkland 
March 16, 2010
Reflections In Prayer EPHESIANS 4:11-12: "It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists and some to be pastors a...
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The USA and Latin America: the decline of greatness
FRANKLIN W KNIGHT 
March 16, 2010
It is often said that great things are expected of great states, and much should be expected from the unusually blessed. The United States of America ...
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Columns
Pot calling kettle black?
Mervin STODDART 
March 16, 2010
MINISTER of National Security Dwight Nelson gave a commendable response to the recently released 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report ...
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Will the real Jamaican please stand up?
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Will the real Jamaican please stand up?
Lloyd B Smith 
March 15, 2010
Juxtapose the Armadale fiasco and the Dudus affair and it becomes crystal clear that politics takes precedence over everything else in Jamaica. The re...
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Training inner-city youth is critical
KEN CHAPLIN 
March 15, 2010
THERE was a significant development in an inner-city community recently with the establishment of a new computer centre at the Admiral Town Police Sta...
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Strongmen and weak children
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Strongmen and weak children
Betty Ann Blaine 
March 15, 2010
"Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man?" - Matthew 12:29. Dear Reader, I am appalled t...
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Can the great United States be wrong?
Chris Burns 
March 14, 2010
Yes, absolutely, the US can be wrong, and even President Barack Obama acknowledges this, as he seeks to restore America's image and credibility around...
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A book to help you shine
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A book to help you shine
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
March 14, 2010
Some years ago, a friend of mine was made redundant. "It was such a devastating blow," he recalls. "Yes, I got a good settlement. But for a while ther...
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Yarl’s Wood: a history of violence and brutality
DIANE ABBOTT 
March 13, 2010
MANY Jamaicans will have read about the hunger strike (now in its fourth week) at the British detention centre at Yarl's Wood as a number of Jamaican ...
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US hamstrung on Israeli settlements
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US hamstrung on Israeli settlements
BY STEVEN R HURST Associated Press writer 
March 13, 2010
WASHINGTON, USA (AP) -- A year ago, President Barack Obama boldly, unequivocally demanded that Israel stop building settlements on the West Bank and e...
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Your soul for a US visa
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Your soul for a US visa
MARK WIGNALL 
March 13, 2010
In the early to mid-1970s when Jamaica's ganja exports were nearing peak if not at the highest level, I had a friend who was a frequent visitor to a y...
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Harpooning Caribbean Tourism: Swallowing a dead rat
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Harpooning Caribbean Tourism: Swallowing a dead rat
Sir Ronald Sanders 
March 13, 2010
It's the high seas equivalent of shooting oneself in the foot. Several Caribbean governments are harpooning their own sustainable tourism industry by ...
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Prediction, Action and Outcome
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Prediction, Action and Outcome
James Moss-Solomon 
March 13, 2010
My friend, the great economist Ralston Hyman, usually starts his commentaries by quoting noted international economists who have given thought to part...
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Trinis in Mood for Political Change
RICKEY SINGH 
March 13, 2010
Manning, Panday on defensive as 'boss' woman Kamla smells power WITH the governing People's National Movement in retreat, speculations are on the rise...
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Gulf states on edge
BY PAUL HANDLEY AFP writer 
March 13, 2010
GULF states are worried about Iran going nuclear, but equally fret about a dangerous confrontation that could arise from more sanctions and military t...
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