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Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war
December 24 09:45 AM
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Scouts marched under a clear blue sky in Bethlehem on Wednesday, as the Palestinian city emerged from the s...
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Three shot, one fatally, in Manchester
December 24 08:47 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A man was killed and two others injured in a gun attack in Cedar Grove district near Mandeville on Tuesday as the bloodshed cont...

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Uncovering the ‘underworld’ in your school
By Hopeton Henry 
August 27, 2005
THE issue of violence in Jamaican schools is always a controversial matter. Principals feel that if it is discussed publicly it will smear their schoo...
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Sugar company makes operating profit
Observer Reporter 
August 27, 2005
THE Sugar Company of Jamaica is showing a healthier financial position than it ever has since the turn of the decade, recording an $84 million operati...
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For the sake of tourism
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Sunday Observer reporter 
August 27, 2005
University of the West Indies professor Barry Chevannes has called for a social alliance of rich and poor, white and black, to bring back tourism to K...
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Pope shares pain of families of Paris fire victims
AP 
August 27, 2005
VATICAN CITY, Italy (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday he was united in the pain of those who lost loved ones in the Paris blaze that killed 14 c...
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10 shot to death in one night
Taneisha Davidson 
August 27, 2005
THE police reported yesterday that another 10 persons were murdered at the advent of the weekend, all of whom were shot to death between Friday and Sa...
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Prosperous cane farmer laments the fall of king sugar
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
August 27, 2005
GRANGE HILL, Westmoreland - In the days when sugar was undisputed king, cane farmer Lucius Jackson prospered. At the height of his prosperity, Jackson...
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Peter Phillips…
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
August 27, 2005
Starting this week, the Sunday Observer will be putting the candidates for presidency of the People's National Party under the microscope. This week, ...
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Red Bones. Great blues, vibes, service and food
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
August 27, 2005
Soothing jazz clefs punctuate the musty air as we step gingerly (the bulb has blown) along the stone pavement and into the all-too-familiar embracing,...
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Annual textbook survey
August 27, 2005
THE annual textbook survey results have revealed what the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) refers to as "moderate" price movements, saying only three...
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Importers ‘raping’ sugar
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Sunday Observer reporter 
August 27, 2005
KEY players and sugar officials agree that some policy refinement has to accompany, or precede, any plans to elevate sugar from its raw, loss-making s...
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Stocktaking
Observer Reporter 
August 27, 2005
Mindful of the legacy he would like to leave behind, Prime Minister P J Patterson earlier this year disclosed a formidable wish list of things he woul...
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‘LENA’ GETS NEW SONG
By Michael Edwards Observer writer 
August 27, 2005
Lena Baker, a black maid who was executed in Georgia's electric chair 60 years ago has been pardoned by the state and will have a proclamation present...
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Guns blaze on Maxfield
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
August 26, 2005
THREE men were killed within of six hours in the volatile Maxfield Avenue area of Kingston yesterday. The dead men have been identified as 31 year-old...
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Be careful of G8 gifts, warns Rev Ernle Gordon
BASIL WALTERS Observer staff reporter 
August 26, 2005
Anglican priest the Rev Ernle Gordon says African countries should be cautious about the debt relief offer from the Group of 8 (G8) industrialised nat...
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Cops kill four robbers in Morant Bay
Observer Reporter 
August 26, 2005
MORANT BAY, St Thomas - Four men were fatally shot by the police in Morant Bay, St Thomas on Thursday evening following the robbery of a hardware stor...
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Aruba re-arrests two brothers in missing teen case
AP 
August 26, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Two Surinamese brothers who had been detained and released in the Natalee Holloway case were arrested again yesterday based o...

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