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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Phone company to raise funds for AIDS charity
Observer Reporter 
November 30, 2005
CABLE and Wireless yesterday announced that it will give Jamaica AIDS Support $8 from every $10-text message Jamaicans send to a dedicated phone numbe...
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Cops fire shots to disperse angry John’s Hall crowd
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
November 29, 2005
JOHN'S HALL, St James - The Montego Bay police yesterday prepared summons to serve to five John's Hall residents in connection with breaches of the An...
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Kingfish going after mastermind of Cherry Gardens hit
Observer Reporter 
November 29, 2005
Operation Kingfish, the police task force formed just over a year ago to bring down gangs, big drug traffickers and organised crime bosses, yesterday ...
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PMs pension bill passed
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
November 29, 2005
GOVERNMENT MPs held ranks yesterday to ensure the passage of a bill to formalise the payment of retired prime ministers their full salaries - a provis...
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NHDC plans to offer more open-market schemes
Observer Reporter 
November 29, 2005
THE National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) has announced plans to undertake a number of housing projects targeted at middle and upper middle ...
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The media sensationalise murders, says consultant
BASIL WALTERS Observer staff reporter 
November 29, 2005
MEDIA consultant/producer Dennis Howard has lambasted the media, saying its coverage focused too heavily on murders and not enough on other crimes suc...
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Vatican publishes gay priest document
AP 
November 29, 2005
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican published its long-awaited document on gays in the priesthood yesterday, affirming that men with "deep-seated" gay ten...
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Explosion at coal mine kills 134
AFP 
November 28, 2005
QITAIHE, China (AFP) - An explosion at a coal mine in remote northeastern China killed 134 workers and left another 15 trapped underground, state medi...
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Police investigating triple murder at Little Kew Road
BY DEANNA McFarlane Observer staff reporter 
November 28, 2005
RELATIVES of Orlando "Sando" Thompson residing in the United Kingdom, will not be receiving a visit from him next month. Thompson, who was in his earl...
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Saddam’s trial resumes with angry exchange
AFP 
November 28, 2005
BAGHDAD (AFP)- A defiant Saddam Hussein on yesterday exchanged angry words with the presiding judge and heard testimony from the first prosecution wit...
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Judge threatens to ban reporters
BY T K WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
November 28, 2005
CLAIMING misleading coverage of the Crawle murder trial of six police officers, Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe yesterday threatened to exclude reporters ...
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Murdered cop’s kids get help
November 28, 2005
Halicon Holdings Ltd yesterday presented two cheques valued at $110,000 and $50,000 to the children of the late Inspector Lascelles Walsh - Labonnia a...
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Road collapses in White Hall, St Mary
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
November 27, 2005
White Hall, St Mary - A section of the main road in this St Mary district leading to Islington collapsed early Saturday morning cutting off vehicular ...
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Gangster buried in Goshen, Clarendon
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
November 27, 2005
Criminal gangster Donovan 'Bulbie' Bennett - cut down by the police in a gunfight last month - was buried in Goshen, Clarendon, yesterday after an ela...
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Black American newspaper publishers arrive tomorrow
Observer Reporter 
November 27, 2005
A delegation of publishers representing some of America's most influential African-American newspapers will be visiting Jamaica from tomorrow to Decem...

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