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Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
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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Three children among four killed in St Elizabeth/ Westmoreland border crash
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
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11 12:20 AM
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Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
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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Dr Lawrence Williams has a passion for research
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
June 10, 2006
ZOOLOGIST Dr Lawrence Williams is the consummate scientist. You get the feeling, on meeting him, that research is as vital to him as taking his next b...
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Home-schooled MoBay boy aces CXC Spanish
BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU 
June 10, 2006
Montego Bay, St James - "Hallelujah!" Ten year-old Winston Chue exclaimed on learning that he had earned a distinction in the Caribbean Examination Co...
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Spy chief survives bombing
AP 
June 10, 2006
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A top Afghan intelligence agent narrowly survived a bomb attack on his convoy that killed three other people near the capita...
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Local scientist on brink of cancer cure breakthrough
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
June 10, 2006
A local scientist, intent on finding a cure for cancer, believes he's on the brink of a breakthrough as he and his counterparts in Germany have been a...
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Digicel pumps millions into Hope Gardens
Observer Reporter 
June 10, 2006
The Digicel Foundation has donated $8.2 million to rehabilitate the fountain and gardens at the Hope Botanical Gardens in St Andrew. According to Digi...
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‘Flood Norwood with cops, JDF’
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
June 9, 2006
Montego Bay, St James - Staggered by a wave of gruesome murders in the gritty Norwood community since the start of this year, Jamaica Labour Party Dep...
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‘Get the work done and on time’
Observer Reporter 
June 9, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller has instructed the responsible government agencies to immediately begin the cleaning of drains and gullies in pre...
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Jamaica gives world’s largest cruiser cultural hello
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
June 8, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Jamaica yesterday welcomed the world's largest cruise ship and its 3,652 passengers with a show of the island's popular music ...
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Kingston getting $323-million facelift
Observer Reporter 
June 8, 2006
KINGSTON, the Jamaican capital, is to undergo a major facelift in a project being spearheaded by the Ministry of Local Government and Environment, in ...
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By-election win will not determine my timetable, says Portia
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 8, 2006
DARLISTON, Westmoreland - People's National Party (PNP) president Portia Simpson Miller says the party's victory in the Eastern Westmoreland by-electi...
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Company which conducted EIA at Pear Tree Bottom wants day in court
Observer Reporter 
June 8, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Environmental Solutions Limited (ESL), the company which conducted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Bahia Princip...
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Ras Astor Black not giving up
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 8, 2006
DARLISTON, Westmoreland- Having secured the largest number of votes in his fourth attempt to gain a parliamentary seat, president of the Jamaica Allia...
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Merapi roars back to life, sparking new panic of eruption
AFP 
June 8, 2006
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesia's Mount Merapi roared back to life Thursday, belching its largest clouds of hot gas and ash yet and sparking...
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14 European govts colluded with US on secret detentions – Report
AFP 
June 7, 2006
PARIS, France (AFP) - Fourteen European countries colluded in or tolerated the secret transfer of terrorist suspects by the United States, a Council o...
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PNP’s Buchanan whips Foote
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 7, 2006
DARLISTON, Westmoreland - P J Patterson's successor, Luther Buchanan yesterday whipped his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) opponent in a by-election the ru...
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Jamaica inching towards tier two human trafficking ranking
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
June 7, 2006
Ambassador John Miller, director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, said Jamaica was well on its way to further improving its...
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Militants kidnap five from gas plant in Nigeria
AFP 
June 7, 2006
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has shut down a plant after militants raided its gas installation in southern Nigeria on Wednesday ...
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Help desk for the disabled
Observer Reporter 
June 6, 2006
Mandeville, Manchester - Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has joined forces with The Discretionary Aid Programme (DAP) of the Australian High Commi...
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Police step up anti-corruption drive
Observer Reporter 
June 6, 2006
THE Anti-Corruption Division of the police's Professional Standards Branch (PSB) has issued a list of services offered by the police which citizens sh...
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Tier two rating in human trafficking now official
June 5, 2006
THE United States (US) State Department has officially given Jamaica a tier two ranking in terms of the island's efforts to stem human trafficking. In...
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US warns Germany about prostitution at World Cup
AP 
June 5, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States accused 12 nations Monday of failing to do enough to stop the modern-day slave trade in prostitutes, child sex wor...
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Central St Mary gets their Guy
June 5, 2006
Incumbent PNP MP for Central St Mary Dr Morais Guy was on Sunday selected to be the party's candidate in the next general election, due next year. At ...
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