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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...
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6.5-magnitude quake shakes Mexico City and beach resort
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP)—A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico's capital and a tourist hotspot on the Pacific coast on Friday, killing at least o...

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Montego Bay flooded again
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 25, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Heavy rains in this resort city yesterday left several residents flooded out of their homes and scores of businessmen counting...
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Vin Lawrence under fire
Observer Reporter 
October 25, 2005
THE Opposition last night claimed that Vin Lawrence, the chairman of the Urban Development Corporation was a director of a Bahamas incorporated subsid...
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Sugar fall-out
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 25, 2005
THE government announced yesterday that it will close two sugar factories - Bernard Lodge in St Catherine and Long Pond in Trelawny - as part of a maj...
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‘Pennies For Change’, a new fundraiser for education
Observer Reporter 
October 25, 2005
Jamaican entrepreneur Lowell Hawthorne is using his 100 Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill stores in the United States to raise a minimum US$500,...
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Negril hotels hit by Wilma say they will bounce back
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 25, 2005
WEST END, Negril - Despite the heavy battering that some hotels in the north west resort town of Negril experienced on the weekend due to storm surges...
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Cops kill two in Olympic Gardens
Observer Reporter 
October 24, 2005
THE police's Bureau of Special Investigation has commenced a probe into the killing of two men during pre-dawn police operations in Olympic Gardens, K...
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Deadly blasts hit Baghdad
AFP 
October 24, 2005
BAGHDAD (AFP) - At least 17 people were killed yesterday when triple car bomb blasts slammed heavily-protected hotels used by foreigners in the centre...
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Davies’ campaign team stands by Alston Stewart
Observer Reporter 
October 24, 2005
OMAR Davies' campaign organisation yesterday stood behind its decision to reinstate Alston Stewart to his key management role, saying that not only di...
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Barnes Avenue vigil
October 23, 2005
Kimone Guthrie, the mother of murder victim Sasha-Kaye Brown (inset), and Sasha's brother, Kimar Palmer, hold candles in memory of the 10-year-old, wh...
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Mafia boss arrested
AFP 
October 23, 2005
ROME, Italy (AFP) - A Mafia boss who ran extortion rackets and was considered one of the 30 most dangerous men in Italy was arrested Sunday at one of ...
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Ex-cop held in G’wich Town kidnap case
BY TK WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
October 23, 2005
POLICE last were interrogating one of the alleged kidnappers of three women taken from a bar at gunpoint Thursday, and arrested a former cop and the m...
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Shoddy engineering cause of flooding – Mullings
BY TK WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
October 23, 2005
THE Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ), an umbrella group of builders, is blaming flood damage to homes and roadways on what it...
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Tivoli Gardens…
BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior writer 
October 22, 2005
FOR many, Tivoli Gardens, the inner-city JLP stronghold which is the heart of the constituency of Kingston Western, up to some years ago, was defined ...
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The privileges of prison
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Sunday Observer Reporter 
October 22, 2005
THE penal system's rehabilitation programme, specifically its new music component, has put public spotlight on the privileged within the prisons, with...
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Patterson to unveil sugar plan
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 22, 2005
PRIME Minister PJ Patterson is to speak to Parliament on Tuesday on the government's plans for the future of the local sugar industry. This could be o...
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Choosing a career under the CSME, Part 2
Career Advisor with Merit Henry 
October 22, 2005
JOBSEEKERS have to be aware of what are the demand areas for jobs globally and regionally. They therefore need to do research and try to choose those ...
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Spectre of crime haunts PJ’s political legacy
BY DWIGHT BELLANFANTE Sunday Observer reporter 
October 22, 2005
LOVED by some, vilified by others, Prime Minister PJ Patterson has been Jamaica's most successful political leader electorally, leading his party to v...
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Crime plan nothing novel, says Shields
October 22, 2005
Crime-fighting initiatives announced by government Wednesday are not novel, but represent a more focused approach to policing measures already in plac...

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