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Caricom leaders say farewell to Patterson
RICKEY SINGH in Port-of-Spain 
February 9, 2006
JAMAICA'S Prime Minister P J Patterson was yesterday the toast of Caribbean Community leaders at the opening session of the 17th Inter-Sessional Meeti...
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Spanish Town erupts again
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
February 8, 2006
SECTIONS of Spanish Town yesterday descended into chaos as angry residents protested the early afternoon shooting death of reputed gang leader Andrew ...
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UWI professor awarded two top literary prizes
RICKEY SINGH 
February 8, 2006
BRIDGETOWN - Dr Mark McWatt, a distinguished professor of West Indian literature and head of the Department of Language and Literature at the Cave Hil...
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UWI bids farewell to Prof Errol Miller
Observer Reporter 
February 8, 2006
THE Institute of Education at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, in collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities and Education yesterday h...
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Radical Muslim clerk gets 7-year sentence
AFP 
February 7, 2006
LONDON, England (AFP) - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday after his criminal trial in London f...
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Man shot dead by cop after stabbing another man
Observer Reporter 
February 7, 2006
MONDAY'S fatal shooting of a man at Cassia Park in Kingston by an off-duty policeman sparked a demonstration by residents of the area yesterday. Resid...
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Man held during Mongoose Town gunfight, other escapes
Observer Reporter 
February 7, 2006
POLICE were last night searching for 'Mongoose Town' resident Tafari Forbes, who they said managed to get away during a gunfight with cops in the toug...
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Haitians vote in elections today
AP 
February 6, 2006
GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) - Mules carried ballots into the Haitian countryside yesterday to reach a remote village on the eve of today's elections, aimed a...
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Firearm Licensing Authority meets Feb 17
Observer Reporter 
February 6, 2006
THE newly constituted board of the Independent Central Firearm Licensing Authority will have its first meeting on February 17. A statement from the se...
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EATing away at crime
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
February 4, 2006
HOPING to fill the support vacuum left by deposed dons in some crime-ridden enclaves, government has quietly been implementing some small infrastructu...
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Sugar craft Queen
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
February 4, 2006
Forgive me this week if I'm still distracted by my birthday cake, artfully executed by Jamaica's most sought-after sugar expert, Selena Wong. A cake c...
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Nicholson anticipates conscience vote on hanging
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 4, 2006
ATTORNEY-General and Minister of Justice, AJ Nicholson, believes that the Joint Select Committee currently reviewing the proposals for the Charter of ...
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SRC partners with HomeworkJamaica.com
February 4, 2006
A NEW partnership between the Scientific Research Council (SRC) and HomeworkJamaica.com (HWJ) will give members of the group access to a list of resou...
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Illegal gas plentiful and cheap
BY STEVE BROWN Sunday Observer Writer 
February 4, 2006
IT took a short 15-minute ride but within that time, the Sunday Observer, in an undercover probe of the thriving and lucrative trade, detected four il...
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From victims to ‘shottas’
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
February 4, 2006
THE death count for women last year reached a new high, largely as victims of reprisal attacks when gangsters miss their male targets, but there are w...
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IAEA approves reporting Iran to UN
AFP 
February 4, 2006
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - The UN atomic agency voted yesterday to report Iran to the UN Security Council over fears it seeks nuclear weapons, a move ope...
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The shadow gently lifts from Spanish Town
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Sunday Observer Reporter 
February 4, 2006
SPANISH Town, known more in the past two years for gang-related violence and extortion, has over the past few months been on the receiving end of seve...
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Police kill suspect in sewerage pit murder case
Taneisha Davidson 
February 4, 2006
THE police yesterday shot and killed a man they claimed was a prime suspect in the abduction, rape and murder of two women, and the attempted murder o...
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We’re not telling!
Dwight Bellanfante 
February 4, 2006
THE high-priced campaigns being run by rival camps for the PNP presidency has prompted the inclusion of a proviso against accepting tainted funds, but...
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An unbeatable experience
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer Reporter 
February 4, 2006
PITTED against 64 teams from California, Jamaica's entrants failed to even rank in the F.I.R.S.T LEGO League contest in San Jose, but returned home fe...

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