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Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
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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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January 11 12:18 AM
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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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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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:11 AM
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Children’s advocate wants plans to deal with plight of excluded kids
Observer Reporter 
March 17, 2006
CHILDREN'S advocate Mary Clark has called for speedy interventions to address the plight of "excluded and invisible children". Clarke was speaking at ...
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Milosevic wasn’t poisoned, inquest claims
AFP 
March 17, 2006
THE HAGUE, (AFP) - A Dutch inquest into the death of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic has "so far" found no indication that he was poisone...
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Interim report calls for amendments to Housing Act
Observer Reporter 
March 16, 2006
THE Special Select Committee of the Senate appointed to deliberate on matters pertaining to the use of prime agricultural lands, has submitted its dra...
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Man charged with kidnappings, murders to face another ID parade
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
March 16, 2006
A 27 year-old man arrested by the police last week in connection with last October's abduction of two women and the attempted murder of another in Gre...
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Chief judge says Saddam making political speeches
AP 
March 15, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein testified yesterday for the first time at his trial, calling on Iraqis to stop a bloody wave of sectarian violence...
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Three-day regional ICT summit to be held in Kingston
TYRONE S REID, Observer staff reporter 
March 15, 2006
THE Central Information Technology Office (CITO) of the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology yesterday launched its 2006 Regional ICT Summit, ...
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Mais hopes his wife’s murder will move J’cans closer to God
Observer Reporter 
March 15, 2006
Peter Mais is not an angry man. In fact, the attorney, who will this morning bury his wife Vilma, will again pray for forgiveness for her killer and s...
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Simpson Miller a part of the problem, says Shaw
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
March 14, 2006
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - She may be charming and well liked but opposition spokesman on finance Audley Shaw says prime minister designate Portia Simps...
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Cops question suspect about Stella Maris murder
Observer Reporter 
March 14, 2006
A man has been held for questioning in connection with last week's murder of Vilma Mais, the 62 year-old woman who was stabbed to death on the grounds...
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Jamaican students face deportation
BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Observer writer 
March 14, 2006
Several Jamaican students who are studying at a small college in the United States have been de-registered because of their failure to live up to thei...
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Jamaican students face deportation
LLOYD WILLIAMS, Observer writer 
March 14, 2006
Several Jamaican students who are studying at a small college in the United States have been de-registered because of their failure to live up to thei...
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Brazil arrests Lebanese woman suspected in Hariri’s killing
AP 
March 13, 2006
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian police have arrested a Lebanese woman wanted for bank fraud and suspected of links to the assassination of former L...
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Portia takes office March 30
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
March 13, 2006
Portia Simpson Miller will take office as Jamaica's first ever woman prime minister on March 30 when P J Patterson tenders his resignation to Governor...
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OAS lauds PM for work to promote cause of economically challenged countries
March 12, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC - Organization of American States (OAS) secretary general, Jose Miguel Insulza, has lauded Prime Minister P J Patterson for his work, o...
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Dabdoub quits JLP
Observer Reporter 
March 12, 2006
Abe Dabdoub yesterday resigned from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in an apparent move to avoid a challenge for his chairmanship of the Opposition par...
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Olint sues FSC for $300 million
By Al Edwards Caribbean Business Report editor 
March 12, 2006
Olint Corp Limited has sued the Financial Services Commission (FSC) for J$300 million, claiming wrongful intrusion after Financial Investigations Depa...
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Dabdoub quits JLP
Observer Reporter 
March 12, 2006
Abe Dabdoub yesterday resigned from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in an apparent move to avoid a challenge for his chairmanship of the Opposition par...
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Big celebration
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Sunday Observer reporter 
March 12, 2006
A day after the police had eliminated a notorious murderer from among them, residents of Dunkirk came out to party. Twelve-year-old Chantel Richards h...
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American falls ill, dies at Negril resort
March 12, 2006
THE Negril Police have commenced investigations into the death of American Robert Tiernan, who died yesterday while vacationing at a resort in Negril,...
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One J’can identified as possible ‘Thalidomide baby’
BY TANEISHSA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter 
March 12, 2006
ONLY one person was identified last week as a possible local Thalidomide survivor from the almost 30 who came forward during a visit by a group consis...
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Milosevic’s death hinders efforts to capture two top war crimes fugitives
AP 
March 12, 2006
BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro (AP) - With the death of Slobodan Milosevic, the UN war crimes tribunal's attention turned to his top wartime henchmen, Ge...
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Highlights of Slobodan Milosevic’s career
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March 11, 2006
August 20, 1941: Born in Pozarevac, in central Serbia. 1964: Graduates from Belgrade Law School, joins the Communist Party. 1984: Appointed party lead...
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