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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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January 11 09:12 AM
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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Post-Melissa frustration in Black River comes to a head
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January 11 12:20 AM
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Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
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January 11 12:14 AM
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Coaches of Melissa-ravaged schools plead for assistance as western track meets suffer
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:12 AM
Western schools scramble amidst track and field meet cancellations
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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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January 11 12:11 AM
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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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Adams’ US visa also cancelled
June 15, 2006
SENIOR Superintendent Reneto Adams yesterday confirmed that the United States Embassy had cancelled his non-immigrant visa. "I went to the United Stat...
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Shot and left for dead, fisherman swims four miles to safety
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
June 15, 2006
WITH blood oozing from the bullet wound in his left arm, 'Burrucks' swam seven-and-a-half hours, all the while praying that the men who had stolen his...
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Palestinian official arrives in Gaza with US$20m in luggage
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June 14, 2006
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hours after cash-starved civil servants stormed parliament, the Palestinian foreign minister returned Wednesday from a trip t...
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Cops in Crawle case say US visas cancelled
BY PAUL CLARKE Observer staff reporter 
June 14, 2006
FIVE Jamaican policemen, all former members of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU), claimed yesterday that their United States visas have be...
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NWC to install 30,000 new meters
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June 14, 2006
THE National Water Commission (NWC), as part of its Northern Western Parishes Service Improvement Project, has embarked on a meter installation progra...
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Public defender retains lawyer for Hanover residents
BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Observer writer 
June 14, 2006
PUBLIC Defender Howard Hamilton has retained the services of Attorney-at-law Lord Anthony Gifford, who will assist Hanover residents in their effort t...
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June 14, 2006
Lindsay said 'OM'... You'll remember the buzz some time ago when jewellers Bijoux teamed up with high-end Swiss Chopard to introduce the OM pendant - ...
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Doctor killed in car smash
Observer Reporter 
June 14, 2006
Mandeville, Manchester - Dr Lucien Cooper, a 58-year-old medical practitioner was killed in a car crash on the Winston Jones Highway just outside Mand...
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Minister says drug abuse hurting families
BY TYRONE S REID Observer staff reporter 
June 14, 2006
HEALTH Minister Horace Dalley yesterday expressed concern at the increasing level of drug abuse among Jamaicans, particularly teenagers, arguing that ...
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St George’s in turmoil
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter 
June 14, 2006
Parents of students attending St George's College yesterday forcefully rejected the appointment of a female principal, arguing that her gender and lac...
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Marine wrote song about killing Iraqi family as a ‘joke’
AFP 
June 14, 2006
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - A marine corporal has apologised in a newspaper interview published Wednesday for singing a song glorifying the kill...
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Gov’t helps sheep, goat farmers
Observer Reporter 
June 13, 2006
THE agriculture ministry last week launched a training programme to assist farmers in improving their sheep and goat breeding and management practices...
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Cabbies threaten to lock down taxi service
Observer Reporter 
June 13, 2006
The National Association of Taxi operators is threatening to lock down the island's taxi service if a request made to the Transport Authority for outs...
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Gov’t appoints five more members to National Contracts Commission
Observer Reporter 
June 13, 2006
THE government, after a month-long delay, yesterday announced the appointment of five new members to serve on the National Contracts Commission (NCC) ...
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‘A devil of a movie’
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter 
June 13, 2006
THREE more pastors have joined in the call to warn Jamaicans against watching the movie The Omen, saying the film could open aup the souls of its view...
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KSAC putting its house in order after contracts row
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June 13, 2006
STUNG by recent criticisms about its handling of contracts, the Jamaica Labour Party - controlled (JLP) Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) yest...
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UN deal calls for Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment
AFP 
June 13, 2006
VIENNA, Italy (AFP) - The deal offered by world powers to Iran last week stipulates that Tehran will have to suspend uranium enrichment until its nucl...
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Blythe in the departure lounge
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 13, 2006
TWICE disappointed, People's National Party (PNP) vice-president Dr Karl Blythe has thrown in the towel, saying he will not seek re-election at the ne...
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Coal burning big business in Mocho, Clarendon
June 13, 2006
MOCHO, Clarendon - There are bags of coal on the grassy front yard of 56-year-old Ventura Walker, a housewife living in this deep rural community. She...
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Reneto Adams back in uniform
BY T K WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
June 12, 2006
RENETO Adams yesterday donned the familiar brown khaki uniform and epaulette bearing a crown and a star of his rank and immediately issued personal ph...
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Luther Buchanan takes seat in Parliament next Tuesday
June 12, 2006
DARLISTON, Westmoreland - Thirty-seven year-old Luther Buchanan, who won last week's by-election in Eastern Westmoreland, will be sworn in next Tuesda...
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