Horror injury overshadows Canada’s first World Cup win
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Horror injury overshadows Canada’s first World Cup win
June 18 07:28 PM
VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — Canada thrashed nine-man Qatar 6-0 to clinch their first ever World Cup victory on Thursday in a Group B match marred by a h...
Cuba unveils historic package of free-market reforms
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Cuba unveils historic package of free-market reforms
June 18 06:40 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba on Thursday unveiled nearly 200 historic free-market reforms aimed at rescuing the communist island from a severe crisis agg...
Duckie assumes head coach role at Waterhouse
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Duckie assumes head coach role at Waterhouse
June 18 05:32 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica  — Top coach Donovan Duckie has taken over the reins at Waterhouse FC, following the sudden resignation of Argentine Javier Aintein....
Morgan eyes World U20 slot
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Morgan eyes World U20 slot
June 18 05:06 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Edwin Allen High’s Joel Morgan ran an easy 1:54.25 to lead the qualifiers for the finals of the Under-20 boys 800m on Thursday’s o...

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Two dead, three injured in four-vehicle collision
May 2, 2007
Two men were killed yesterday and three other people injured in a four-vehicle collision along the Spur Tree main road in Manchester. According to the...
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Anti-litter pilot system a success – NSWMA
May 2, 2007
THE National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) yesterday said it was pleased with the accomplishments of its anti-litter pilot project a day af...
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Ethiopia tops list where press freedom said deteriorating
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May 2, 2007
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia tops a list of 10 countries - including three in sub-Saharan Africa - where press freedom has deteriorated over ...
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A warm ‘cucina’ with a Jamaican touch
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
May 2, 2007
"My husband has taught me to eat a lot better," explains Carmela Azan Richards as we share kitchen space with her (Monday last). "There's lots more fr...
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Bryan heading back to SDC as executive director
BY DANIA BOGLE Observer staff reporter bogled@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 2, 2007
ROBERT Bryan, the man who steered the country's involvement in the recently concluded 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, is heading back to his old job as ex...
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Fire destroys Musgrave Girls’ Home
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 2, 2007
FIRE yesterday destroyed sections of the Musgrave Childcare Facility along Lady Musgrave Road, displacing 42 girls who call the facility home. One gir...
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Are We Eating Better?
By Donna Hussey-Whyte Observer writer 
May 2, 2007
The short answer to the above, according to Marsha Ellis of Eden Vegetarian restaurant, is yes. Ellis tells Thursday Life that "People are asking for ...
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Dr Henry Lowe is 2006 Observer Business Leader
May 2, 2007
Dr Henry Lowe (centre) accepts the Observer Business Leader 2006 award from the newspaper's chairman Gordon 'Butch' Stewart (left), following a glitzy...
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Bed ‘n’ Breakfast programme not being put to sleep as yet
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 2, 2007
The tourism ministry is not ready to put its Bed 'n' Breakfast programme to sleep, although only 44 of the more than 500 available rooms have been boo...
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‘Ease off JPS buyer’
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
May 2, 2007
MARUBENI Corporation, the Japanese firm seeking to purchase Mirant's 80 per cent shareholding in the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), is concerned about ...
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JHTA projects US$5m needed to correct visitor slide
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 2, 2007
President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) Horace Peterkin says the Government will need to pump close to US$5 million into the sec...
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Three ticketed for urinating in public
May 1, 2007
THREE men were yesterday issued $2,000 tickets for urinating in public, while a fourth man was ticketed for discarding a used phone card on the ground...
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Hospital fees go May 28
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
May 1, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday announced the abolition of hospital fees for persons up to 18 years old, a $500,000 increase in the Nat...
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Two more killed on the road
May 1, 2007
THE nine weekend road deaths were apparently not of concern to Elton Dawkins, who was said to be speeding from he left Kingston Monday night on the to...
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Strike averted at JPS
May 1, 2007
THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and unions representing the approximately 1,500 disgruntled workers at the light and power company, yesterday struck ...
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Big illegal DVD bust in MoBay
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
May 1, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Police in this second city Monday night seized more than 10,000 pirated CDs and DVDs, seven computers and two monitors in what...

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