83-y-o dies in Manchester freak accident, second in days
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83-y-o dies in Manchester freak accident, second in days
June 7 04:56 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— An 83-year-old man succumbed to injuries he sustained after he fell from the platform of a water tank at a house on Woodlawn Road...
Popular fruit vendor killed in Montego Bay
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Popular fruit vendor killed in Montego Bay
June 7 04:40 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A well-known fruit vendor was shot dead in Montego Bay, St James, Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as 42-year-old ...
Nia Robinson gets third on Diamond League debut
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Nia Robinson gets third on Diamond League debut
June 7 04:04 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — World Athletics Indoor finalist Nia Robinson finished in third place in the women’s long jump on her Wanda Diamond League debut at...
Denmark’s Eriksen collapses during Ukraine friendly
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Denmark’s Eriksen collapses during Ukraine friendly
June 7 02:51 PM
PARIS, France (AFP) —  Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine on Sunday, five years after suffering a cardiac arrest du...

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Mexico accepts partial blame for day care blaze
AFP 
June 10, 2009
MEXICO City, Mexico, (AFP) - Mexico's Social Security Institute yesterday accepted partial responsibility after 44 children died in a fire in a daycar...
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Ja Cricket officials snub PAC meeting
BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 10, 2009
THE expected showdown between officials of Jamaica Cricket 2007 and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament did not materialise Tuesday, as ...
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Earthy Fare at Grace
June 10, 2009
GraceKennedy Foods rolls out its convenient textured vegetable protein meals, as part of its Earth Chef Veggie Meals Series. The meat-substitute meals...
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Venezuelan Supreme Court rejects lawsuits against Chavez
AFP 
June 10, 2009
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) - Venezuela's Supreme Court yesterday rejected two suits brought by the embattled private television network Globovision in a...
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Seaga, Williams for Observer Lifetime Award
June 10, 2009
EDWARD Seaga and Danny Williams, who separately created some of Jamaica's most iconic and enduring financial institutions, will be presented with the ...
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NO MERCY
June 10, 2009
A teenaged girl yesterday morning pleaded with a gunman not to kill her father - a traffic policeman - but unmoved by her desperate cries for mercy, t...
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Families bury 40 children killed in Mexico fire
AP 
June 9, 2009
HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) - Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating day care fire killed 40 infants and toddlers, stunning Mex...
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Oregon woman accused of cutting baby from womb
AP 
June 9, 2009
HILLSBORO, Oregon (AP) - Korena Roberts sifted through her neighbour's rummage sale until she pulled out an item that caught her eye: a blue stroller ...
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UN: Atrocities in Somalia force 100,000 to flee
AP 
June 9, 2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalis are experiencing near-daily atrocities, including rape, the shelling of civilian areas and fighting that has forced ...
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Rae Town fishing beach sees life again
BY PATRICK FOSTER Observer writer ?fosterp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 8, 2009
RAPHAEL Dudley, 78, who has spent his entire adult life as a fisherman, has watched, helplessly, the gradual deterioration at the Rae Town fishing vil...
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Trial of reputed gang leader starts today
June 8, 2009
THE murder trial of reputed Klansman gang leader Tesha Miller has been rescheduled for today. The matter was set to begin in the Home Circuit Court ye...
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Trial of reputed gang leader starts today
June 8, 2009
THE murder trial of reputed Klansman gang leader Tesha Miller has been rescheduled for today. The matter was set to begin in the Home Circuit Court ye...
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Mexico day care fire kills 35 children
AP 
June 6, 2009
HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) - Sobbing relatives waited outside a morgue yesterday to claim the bodies of 35 children killed in a day care fire in northern...
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Why journalists deserve low pay
By The Spike 
June 6, 2009
Many journalists are mad with Robert G Picard, a professor of media economics at Sweden's Jonkoping University and a visiting fellow at the Reuters In...
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Armed woman in Craig Town shooting on the run
June 5, 2009
THE Kingston West police have launched a search for a woman who allegedly shot and injured two other women in the South St Andrew community of Craig T...
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2 more cops arrested
June 5, 2009
Two cops accused of selling a fake Jamaican passport to a foreigner were arrested on Thursday, bringing to six the number of cops who have been arrest...
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32 children meet tragic deaths since Jan
June 5, 2009
THIRTY-TWO children have died tragically islandwide since the start of the year, according to figures provided to the Office of the Children's Advocat...
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Cap on US visas hurting hotel work programme
June 4, 2009
GOVERNMENT'S overseas hotel employment programme has been handicapped by the cap on the number of visas issued annually by the United States. "There i...

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