US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
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US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
January 9 09:58 AM
WASHINGTON, United States  (CMC) — The United States (US) has reiterated the importance of the Organisation of American States (OAS) as a forum for en...
Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
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Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
January 9 08:03 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A minor earthquake rattled parts of Kingston and St Andrew late Thursday, according to a preliminary bulletin from the Earthquake ...
‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo says
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‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo says
January 9 07:42 AM
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that war was "back in vogue" and highlighted the "ambition of belligerents", as his own coun...

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35 homeless after shacks destroyed
Observer Reporter 
December 8, 2005
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - More than 35 people are now homeless after the 21 wooden structures they occupied along the river bank near the Norman Manley B...
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Civilian to monitor cops’ probe of gay man’s murder
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
December 8, 2005
IN an apparent first for Jamaica, the police are to appoint an independent monitor of their investigation of the murder of AIDS and gay rights activis...
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Top Croatian war crimes suspect arrested
AP 
December 8, 2005
BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro (AP) - Croatia's top war crimes fugitive was captured on Spain's Canary Islands after eluding international authorities fo...
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Two hospitalised after trying to flee from cops
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
December 8, 2005
A motorcyclist and his pillion rider were yesterday hospitalised after their cycle crashed in a wall of the Sandy Gully bridge on Molynes Road in King...
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104 Hondurans plead guilty to illegal fishing
Observer Reporter 
December 7, 2005
ONE hundred and four of the 115 Hondurans who were apprehended in Jamaican waters last Saturday by the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard all pleaded g...
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WINDALCO cutting 100 jobs
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
December 7, 2005
WEST Indies Alumina Company(WINDALCO) confirmed yesterday that approximately 100 of just over 1,000 positions will be made redundant in the first quar...
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All set for Cuba/Caricom Summit
RICKEY SINGH, Observer Caribbean correspondent 
December 7, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - When the second CARICOM-Cuba Summit in three years gets underway at the Hilton Hotel here today, the extent of Cuba's aid and t...
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Danhai fails to show
Observer Reporter 
December 7, 2005
CHIEF Justice Lensley Wolfe yesterday rejected a prosecution attempt to have a statement by Danhai Williams adduced at the Crawle murder case in the f...
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Fight on for leadership of Clansman gang
Observer Reporter 
December 6, 2005
CHRISTOPHER Williams, 25, said to be a member of the Spanish Town-based Clansman gang, was Monday cut down by gunman in what the police believe is the...
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KSAC lauds charities for assisting needy Jamaicans
Observer Reporter 
December 6, 2005
TWO charities, Missionaries of the Poor and the Mustard Seed Communities, were commended by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) for their wo...
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Telecoms expert says cell calls traced to Crawle
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
December 5, 2005
A United Kingdom telecommunications forensic engineer said yesterday that telephone records showed that calls were made from three mobile telephones t...
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PNP finalising nomination procedures for delegates
DWIGHT BELLANFANTE, Observer staff reporter 
December 5, 2005
THE much anticipated announcement of a date for the hosting of the Special Delegates Conference to choose a successor to lead the People's National Pa...
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Dr Carl Wells loved his family, life and country
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
December 5, 2005
VETERINARIAN Dr Carl Wells was yesterday remembered as a good father, loving husband and someone who served his country well, by scores of family memb...
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Nine years positive…
December 5, 2005
After having my fifth child - who died nine years ago - the doctors called me in to do tests for cancer and HIV. When they called I went willingly to ...
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CXC to award first associate degrees next year
Observer Reporter 
December 5, 2005
DESPITE reservations from some stakeholders, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is pressing ahead with its plan to award associate degrees to st...
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Portia would beat Bruce – Observer/Stone Poll
December 4, 2005
PORTIA Simpson Miller is not only the sole People's National Party leadership contender who could inspire her party to an election victory over Bruce ...

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