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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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When preachers play God
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When preachers play God
Kelsey Thomas | Online Coordinator 
January 11 12:18 AM
When preachers play God
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
Raehann Bryce-Davis comes home; mounts workshop and concert month end
January 11 12:16 AM
Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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Fruits of farm work
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
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:11 AM
Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:09 AM
‘To God be the glory’
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Patterson in last New Year’s message sees new hope for a secure Jamaica
December 31, 2005
PRIME Minister PJ Patterson, acknowledging the depths of criminal evil to which Jamaica has sunk, said however that hope has emerged from recent polic...
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Violence high on last day of year in Iraq
AP 
December 31, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Violence escalated in Iraq on the last day of the year yesterday, with at least 20 people killed in a series of bombings and shoo...
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Cop shot and injured
Observer Reporter 
December 30, 2005
GUNMEN yesterday shot and injured a newly-appointed corporal as he responded to an emergency call on Mahoe Drive in the St Andrew South police divisio...
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Animal rights activist legally changes name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com
AP 
December 30, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) - A 19-year-old animal rights activist has legally changed his name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com. Chris Garnett, youth outreach coordinat...
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Policeman charged in stealing ring
Rachael Barrett 
December 30, 2005
CONSTABLE Horace Roberts, attached to the Mandeville Police station in Manchester, has been charged with robbery with aggravation following his arrest...
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Pope orders lay movement to fall in line
AFP 
December 29, 2005
VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI has issued a reprimand to an evangelical Catholic lay movement which was praised by his predecessors John Paul ...
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Gunmen spread bullets and fear in Trench Town
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
December 29, 2005
Residents of Trench Town said they cowered in fear Wednesday night during an attack by gunmen who sprayed homes on 8th Street with automatic weapons i...
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Driver in highway smash-up charged with manslaughter, on bail
Tyrone Reid 
December 29, 2005
THE man accused of fatally hitting a police corporal and injuring two highway patrol officers in a smash-up on Highway 2000 two weeks ago has been for...
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MoBay businessman ordered extradited
Observer Reporter 
December 29, 2005
A St James man who the American government said was wanted in the USA for drug trafficking was ordered extradited Tuesday in the Half-Way-Tree Crimina...
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Cava captures the excitement of champagne without the expense
AFP 
December 28, 2005
SANT SADURNI D'ANOIA, Spain, (AFP) - "When I wake up in the morning, I work out between six and seven, and then I have breakfast with tomato bread and...
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Dominican Republic to create new force to monitor Haiti border
AP 
December 28, 2005
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) - The Dominican Republic will create a military force to monitor the border shared with Haiti, after months of heightened tensions ...
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More than 1,650 murders in Jamaica
Observer Reporter 
December 28, 2005
MURDERS in Jamaica moved past the 1,650 mark yesterday, with the police reporting at least 11 killings between Tuesday and Wednesday, building on the ...
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Kwesi Johnson says deaths in police custody not exclusive to Jamaica
BASIL WALTERS Observer staff reporter 
December 27, 2005
INTERNATIONAL reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson says it is not only in Jamaica that people die while in police custody. "I know that here in Jamaica de...
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China’s former Cabinet minister gets life term for bribery
AP 
December 27, 2005
BEIJING, China (AP) - A former Cabinet minister was sentenced yesterday to life in prison in China's highest-level corruption case since a deputy chai...
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Cops flood ‘Jungle’
T K Whyte 
December 27, 2005
Police yesterday maintained a dragnet in South St Andrew and West Kingston communities wracked by bloody feuding between gangs that has claimed more t...
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Clarke calls for increase in sugar production
JIS 
December 27, 2005
AGRICULTURE Minister Roger Clarke is urging sugar cane farmers and factory estates to increase production, for the survival of the industry. Speaking ...
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Income tax threshold increases January 1
Observer Reporter 
December 27, 2005
EFFECTIVE January 1, 2006, the income tax threshold will be increased to $193,440, moving from $169,104 - a figure which has been in effect since July...
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Patterson discusses Ja’s economic prospects with US ambassador
Observer Reporter 
December 26, 2005
Prime Minister PJ Patterson has told US Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson that the macro-economic policies introduced by the government and the level...
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One year on: World recalls the fury of the Indian Ocean tsunami
AP 
December 26, 2005
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - The world remembered the fury of the Indian Ocean tsunami that one year ago yesterday swept away at least 216,000 people ...
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At least 11 killed, 5 injured since Christmas Eve
BY PAUL CLARKE Observer staff reporter 
December 26, 2005
FOR Tanya Scott, it has not been a festive or peaceful Christmas season with its promise of good will towards all. A fortnight ago the father of her e...
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London-based firm to design new Barbados power plant
AP 
December 24, 2005
BARBADOS Light and Power Company has contracted a London-based consultancy firm to supervise the construction of a new 60 megawatt power station in Ba...
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Cuba to help improve literacy in Ja through ‘I Can’ programme
Observer Reporter 
December 24, 2005
EDUCATION minister Maxine Henry-Wilson has expressed concern about the literacy level of Jamaican youth, and has accepted help from the Cuban Governme...
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