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January 11 09:18 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US President Donald Trump urged Cuba on Sunday to "make a deal" or face unspecified consequences, warning that the flo...
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Three children among four killed in St Elizabeth/ Westmoreland border crash
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica —Three children and an adult died following a two-vehicle collision on the Crawford to Font Hill main road near the St Elizabeth...
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January 11 12:14 AM
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January 11 12:12 AM
Western schools scramble amidst track and field meet cancellations
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Villagers flee from military hunting Tamil Tigers
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June 18, 2006
PESALAI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Tamil villagers, terrified by an approaching Sri Lankan government patrol, sought shelter Sunday in the same church where th...
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US military hunt for kidnapped soldiers taken by masked gunmen
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June 18, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A farmer claiming to have witnessed an attack on a US military checkpoint said Sunday that insurgents swarmed the scene, killing ...
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Give small hotels a tax break, says Shaw
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 18, 2006
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Opposition spokesman on finance Audley Shaw has called for reform of the tourism tax regime to ease the financial crunch on the...
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Murders drop 62% after crime plan introduced in east Kingston
BY PAUL CLARKE Observer staff reporter 
June 18, 2006
CRIME in six of nine volatile east Kingston communities began to decline following the implementation of a 'Ninety-Day Crime Reduction Action Plan', t...
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Seven prison uprisings in Brazil, one inmate killed
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June 17, 2006
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian authorities on Saturday quelled three prison rebellions that broke out a day earlier, killing one inmate, but riots...
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Cops kill teenager alleged to be goat thief
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June 17, 2006
DUANVALE, Trelawny - A teenager accused of stealing goats was Friday shot and killed in what police claimed was a shoot-out at Martha Brae in the pari...
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Employers need to check networking sites
Copley News Service 
June 17, 2006
EMPLOYERS may want to consider using social networking websites, such as MySpace, Friendster and Facebook, to market their company to new employees, a...
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Educators question resource commitment to foreign language instruction
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
June 17, 2006
A test programme for teaching foreign languages is on in 13 private and public schools, with plans to make the teaching of Spanish a regular part of l...
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Drain cleaning set back by illegal garbage disposal
BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU 
June 17, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The National Works Agency (NWA), which is responsible for cleaning the country's main drains, expects to complete in a week al...
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Ronnie returns
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer 
June 17, 2006
Deacon Ronald Thwaites yesterday clipped a narrow margin of votes over rival Victor Cummings to clear his most difficult hurdle in his renewed bid to ...
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US Anglicans debate whether to bar gay bishops
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June 17, 2006
THE Episcopal Church's top policymaking body struggled Friday to balance Anglican demands to temporarily bar gays from becoming bishops with pleas fro...
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Bill Clinton rakes in US$7.5m for speeches
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June 17, 2006
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - Former president Bill Clinton raced back onto the paid speech circuit last year and raked in nearly US$7.5 million (e...
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Nicholson seeks compromise between church groups and legislature
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 17, 2006
JAMAICA'S attorney general, Senator AJ Nicholson, has suggested a compromise between parliamentarians on the joint select committee studying proposals...
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Principal appointed for Media Technology Institute
Copley News Service 
June 17, 2006
LORNA Napier has been appointed principal of the Media Technology Institute (MTI), a division of the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC). H...
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American sweep nets 2,100 illegal immigrants, hundreds deported
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June 17, 2006
A swarm of federal immigration agents sped silently, headlights off, down a Boston side street early Wednesday and surrounded an apartment house. "Pol...
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Kellier, McNeil among five names mooted for VP slots in PNP
June 17, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Three of four vice-presidential slots are up for grabs in the ruling PNP and on Thursday five names emerged as likely candidat...
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Jefferson booted from House committee
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June 16, 2006
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - The House stripped Democratic Representative William Jefferson of his committee seat yesterday, one day after Democra...
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PNP continues selections in St James, Hanover June 24
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 16, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - General secretary of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) Colin Campbell says the party will resume its candidates selecti...
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Road Safety Council proposes tighter requirements for drivers’ licences
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June 16, 2006
THE National Road Safety Council has proposed that trained drivers spend a stipulated number of hours with a certified driving instructor, as part of ...
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Malvo gives details of four unreported sniper shootings – newspaper
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June 16, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - Convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo told authorities that he and John Allen Muhammad were responsible for four additional shootings that...
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Missing Persons Log
June 16, 2006
Today we continue our weekly log of missing persons in an effort to assist the police and the families of these persons bring conclusion to their case...
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Cop shoots two in Spanish Town
June 15, 2006
A fruit vendor and a female passer-by were yesterday accidentally shot and injured during an altercation between a policeman and a taxi operator in Sp...
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