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Iran’s treatment at World Cup ‘a dark point’ for football—official
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Iran’s treatment at World Cup ‘a dark point’ for football—official
June 19 07:51 PM
TIJUANA, Mexico(AFP)—Iran's treatment at the World Cup in North America is a "dark point" in the history of the competition, a leading Iranian footbal...
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Adelle Tracey wins third women’s 1500m title
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Adelle Tracey wins third women’s 1500m title
June 19 07:44 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Adelle Tracey won her third national title in the women’s 1500m after she won the event on Friday’s second day of the JAAA national ...
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Morocco beat Scotland to close on World Cup knockouts
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Morocco beat Scotland to close on World Cup knockouts
June 19 07:10 PM
FOXBOROUGH, United States (AFP)—Morocco edged closer to the World Cup knockout phase as Ismael Saibari's second-minute strike proved enough for a nerv...
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Robert Miller makes amends in boys’ Under-20 400m hurdles
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Robert Miller makes amends in boys’ Under-20 400m hurdles
June 19 07:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Robert Miller of Hydel High atoned for his fall in the finals of the boys' Class 1 400m hurdles after he ran a personal best 49.96 s...
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One dead, dozens injured after two trains collide in UK
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One dead, dozens injured after two trains collide in UK
June 19 06:48 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—One person has died, and dozens were injured, 11 of them "very seriously", after two passenger trains collided north of L...
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Seiveright warns of fake AI investment video using his image and voice
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Seiveright warns of fake AI investment video using his image and voice
June 19 06:13 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright, is warning the public about a fraudulent v...
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Outrage in Italy after Trump says PM ‘begged’ for photo op
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Outrage in Italy after Trump says PM ‘begged’ for photo op
June 19 05:53 PM
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy reacted angrily on Friday after reported comments by US President Donald Trump mocking Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, with ...
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USA down Australia to reach World Cup knockout rounds
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USA down Australia to reach World Cup knockout rounds
June 19 05:22 PM
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—The United States powered into the last 32 of the World Cup on Friday with a 2-0 victory over Australia as Brazil pre...
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VIDEO: Lisa’s horror story – Many rape victims full of rage
BY JANICE BUDD Associate Editor ? Sunday buddj@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2, 2011
Repeated gang rapes push juvenile into violent behaviour and incarceration "WHEN I just turned 13, I got raped by a group of guys who were going to an...
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Spike in child suicides
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Spike in child suicides
BY KIMONE THOMPSON ?Features editor ? Sunday ?thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2, 2011
Psychiatrists say more children wanting to die FIFTEEN-year-old Tia Murray of Barracks Road, Savanna-la-Mar in Westmoreland, was found hanging from a ...
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Verbal clashes, denials and accusations
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Verbal clashes, denials and accusations
BY PAUL HENRY Crime/Court desk co-ordinator henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2, 2011
THE evidential phase of the closely watched Dudus/Manatt Commission of Enquiry wrapped up last Friday, after close to 50 days of sitting. The televise...
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JN ‘greens’ its biz
BY AINSWORTH MORRIS Career & Education writer morrisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2, 2011
Investing $30 million in solar system JAMAICA National Building Society (JNBS) is spending a whopping $30 million for the purchase and installation of...
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Champs gold
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Champs gold
April 1, 2011
Kingston College's Rojeek Rochester celebrates as he takes the Class 1 Boys' 1,500 metres gold yesterday evening on the penultimate day of the annual ...
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Facebook warning
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Facebook warning
AP 
April 1, 2011
Docs concerned about use and teen depression CHICAGO, USA (AP) — Add "Facebook depression" to potential harms linked with social media, an influential...
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‘It wasn’t I’ – Prime Minister denies tipping off ‘Dudus’
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‘It wasn’t I’ – Prime Minister denies tipping off ‘Dudus’
BY PAUL HENRY Crime/Court Coordinator henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 1, 2011
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding yesterday rejected a suggestion that he had tipped off former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke about the...
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Careful of those overseas teaching jobs!
CMC 
April 1, 2011
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — President of the St Lucia Teachers Union Julian Monrose has advised teachers from the sub-regional grouping, the OECS, agai...
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3 Maxfield Park Children’s Home girls missing
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3 Maxfield Park Children’s Home girls missing
Jamaica Observer 
March 31, 2011
Unaccounted for since March 22 AN Ananda Alert has been activated for three wards of the Maxfield Park Children's Home in Kingston. The girls who have...
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Caribbean Region, News
Is Caribbean Airlines-Air Jamica deal on or off?
By Vernon Khelawan 
March 31, 2011
Will the highly touted deal, which would see Caribbean Airlines Limited buying out Air Jamaica, be consummated? That is the question being asked by av...
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Lascelles Board stalwarts retire
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Lascelles Board stalwarts retire
BY AL EDWARDS 
March 31, 2011
THREE Jamaican board members of Trinidadian-acquired conglomerate Lascelles deMercado, namely William McConnell, Anthony Bell and Jason Abrahams, are ...
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Owen James to stop producing business programmes for TVJ
March 31, 2011
Caribbean Business Report has learnt that leading television business journalist Owen James is resigning from the production of business programmes on...
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St Andrew and St Thomas water problems
Jamaica Observer 
March 31, 2011
NWC works, faults causing service disruptions NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) customers in the Stony Hill St Andrew are currently experiencing disrupt...
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Business, Finsac Enquiry, News
Justice Downer is legal adviser, not a Finsac commissioner
JIS 
March 31, 2011
CHAIRMAN of the Finsac Commission of Enquiry Worrick Bogle explained Tuesday that retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Henderson Downer is not a member...
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Jamaica wins ‘Best Emerging Tourism Market’ award
March 31, 2011
JAMAICA has secured another tourism award after being recognised as the 'Best Emerging Tourism Market' by the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association ...
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Caribbean Region, News
Marley Coffee set to stir it up
BY AL EDWARDS 
March 31, 2011
THE venture into coffee production by Rohan Marley, son of reggae icon Bob Marley, appears to be paying dividends as his company seeks to give the Mar...
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Bajan officials maintain finger-rape claim untrue
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Bajan officials maintain finger-rape claim untrue
BY CHRIS GOLLOP 
March 31, 2011
THERE IS NO TRUTH to a report by a Jamaican woman who claimed she was finger-searched before being denied entry into Barbados last week. Government is...
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Paying attention to the supply side of Jamaican tourism
Caribbean Region, News
Paying attention to the supply side of Jamaican tourism
BY AL EDWARDS 
March 31, 2011
MINISTER of Tourism Edmund Bartlett is calling on the country to pay more attention to the supply side of tourism in order that more of the dollars ea...
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UN wants new strategies to fight AIDS after almost 30 years
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UN wants new strategies to fight AIDS after almost 30 years
AFP 
March 31, 2011
25 million deaths recorded since first report of disease in 1981 NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — With the war on AIDS nearing its 30th anniversary, the UN yest...
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Jamaican beauty lines expand into Florida
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Jamaican beauty lines expand into Florida
BY ALICIA ROACHE roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 31, 2011
TWO Jamaican beauty professionals are planning expansion of their businesses to the Florida market this year. The two, Jennifer Samuda, principal of J...
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Talking crisis communications, management
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Talking crisis communications, management
March 31, 2011
William Lawrence (left), director, Professional Services Unit at the Mona School of Business (MSB), University of the West Indies (UWI), discusses the...
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Manatt Heat – Golding, Knight trade insults at enquiry
Manatt Enquiry, News
Manatt Heat – Golding, Knight trade insults at enquiry
BY PAUL HENRY Crime/Court Coordinator henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 30, 2011
A series of verbal clashes between Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Queen's Counsel KD Knight coupled with the incessant interruption of the proceedin...
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