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Scorpions coach claims narrow advantage despite Pride’s 348 on day one
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 13 12:12 AM
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Export sector held its own in 2006, says Clarke
JIS 
January 1, 2007
MINISTER of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that despite the challenges posed by globalisation and the erosion of preferential access to...
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Another infant dies in house fire
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 1, 2007
Falmouth, Trelawny - A two-year-old infant, who was left in the care of her 19 year-old aunt by her mother, died yesterday afternoon in a fire which s...
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2007 is the year of decision – opposition leader
December 31, 2006
Despite new leadership, nothing has changed and it has been pretty much business as usual in Jamaica, said Opposition Leader Bruce Golding in his New ...
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Malaria vector control enters another phase
December 31, 2006
The Government on Friday began another phase of its malaria vector control programme as the number of confirmed malaria cases rose to 165. "The exerci...
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Smoke from the dump hazardous, says Baugh
December 31, 2006
Opposition spokesman on health, Dr Kenneth Baugh has warned that the heavy smoke from the fire at the municipal dump was affecting the health of peopl...
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Crime tops 2007 wish list
December 31, 2006
Eight of 15 prominent Jamaicans wrote down the need for a big chop in the crime rate, especially murders, on their 2007 wish list compiled by the Obse...
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McFarlane acting head of Children’s Registry
December 31, 2006
Grace-Ann McFarlane has been appointed acting head of the much-anticipated Children's Registry, effective today, the health ministry announced. The ap...
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Construction of Yallahs Bridge to begin this year
December 31, 2006
State minister in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Dr Fenton Ferguson has said that construction of the 157-metre Yallahs Bridge i...
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Home-alone infants die in Westmoreland fire
BY KERIL WRIGHT Observer staff reporter 
December 31, 2006
Ricketts River, Westmoreland - In the ongoing tragedy of children being left unattended and losing their lives in house fires, residents of this small...
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Bombings in Iraq leave 68 dead
AP 
December 30, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - At least 68 Iraqis died in bombings yesterday as they prepared to celebrate Islam's biggest holiday - their first without Saddam ...
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Saved by the grace of God
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
December 30, 2006
GRANGE HILL, Westmoreland - Last Wednesday before he left for work, District Constable Richard Cross read his Bible and prayed - something he had not ...
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Cops look to DNA in Lyns case
BY KARYL WALKER Sunday Observer staff reporter 
December 30, 2006
After almost a week of sifting through mounds of garbage, police yesterday removed the badly-decomposed bodies of a man and a woman, who they believe ...
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Somalia back at square one
AP 
December 30, 2006
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somalis danced in the streets of central Mogadishu to welcome their prime minister on Friday, while across town others threw sto...
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Three men found shot dead in car
December 30, 2006
Homicide investigators in the St Andrew South police division are now probing the circumstances surrounding the murders of three men whose bullet-ridd...
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Alpart awards 2006/07 scholarships
December 30, 2006
ALPART recently announced its scholarship winners for the 2006/2007 academic year, at an awards ceremony held at their offices in St Elizabeth. The aw...
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The battle for leadership in South Africa
BY FRAN BLANDY AFP writer 
December 30, 2006
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The coming year promises to be the most turbulent in South Africa since apartheid's demise with an already acrimonious ba...
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Appreciating the job you have
December 30, 2006
IF you think you have it bad at work, check out these poor souls. From spankings to naked file cabinet jumping, these events come from the annual stra...
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Renowned Nigerian novelist reads in Jamaica
December 30, 2006
ACCLAIMED Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe will read from his work on January 4 at 4:00 pm at the Undercroft at the University of the West Indies, Mona...

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