48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Hanover
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Hanover
January 6 07:24 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of the Hanover Police Division. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, January 5, a...
Trump considering military options to acquire Greenland
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Trump considering military options to acquire Greenland
January 6 06:48 PM
WASHINGTON, United States -- United States President Donald Trump is exploring how to take control of Greenland and using the US military is "always a...
Forest boost survival bid to leave West Ham in turmoil
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Forest boost survival bid to leave West Ham in turmoil
January 6 06:31 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Nuno Espirito Santo insisted troubled West Ham can still avoid relegation after Morgan Gibbs-White's late penalty fire...

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EU/ACP parliamentarians to visit to talk trade, crime
Observer Reporter 
October 15, 2005
A group of six parliamentarians from European Union member states and ACP developing countries will visit Jamaica next week on a mission to explore su...
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EU endorses measures to stop bird flu spread
AP 
October 14, 2005
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - European Union veterinary experts agreed to new measures yesterday aimed at preventing the deadly bird flu virus strain H5N1 ...
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Nigeria to outlaw e-mail spamming
AP 
October 14, 2005
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria - with its global notoriety as a base for criminals exploiting the reach of the Internet - is considering making spammin...
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Amendments to Maintenance Act delayed
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 14, 2005
The Senate has again delayed passage of the controversial amendments to the Maintenance Act, that would see men and women supporting their children fi...
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BRUTAL MURDER
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
October 13, 2005
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - The body of Enid Gordon, a 15 year-old student of the Petersfield High School, was yesterday found in a shallow grave n...
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Two more former Dyoll execs facing charges
Observer Reporter 
October 13, 2005
CATHY Parke-Thwaites, a former senior executive of Dyoll Insurance Company and the firm's former chairman, James Morrison, are to appear in court next...
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Violence costing country $15b
Observer Reporter 
October 12, 2005
JAMAICA yesterday declared itself proud of the quality of health it has achieved for a country with limited resources. But the island's health ministe...
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Farmers’ association seeks to recover $39-m for members
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 12, 2005
CLARKS TOWN, Trelawny - In what has been described as an unprecedented move, the All Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association (AIJCFA) has filed docume...
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Cop shot dead outside Spanish Town restaurant
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
October 11, 2005
SERGEANT Donald Burke of the Mobile Reserve was yesterday shot dead by gunmen, just after stepping outside of a restaurant at Spanish Village Plaza in...
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Crescent Road residents vow to continue blocking road
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
October 11, 2005
RESIDENTS from the Crescent Road community yesterday staged another road block along Spanish Town Road to protest against the killing of Nicole Barret...
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Jamalco worker killed on job
Observer Reporter 
October 10, 2005
WAYNE Anthony Walker, an employee of the calcination department of the Jamalco alumina refinery, died yesterday from burns he received while working a...
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Melhado wins bid to represent JLP in Western Westmoreland
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 10, 2005
GRANGE HILL, Westmoreland - Former executive director of the Securities Commission Earl Melhado was on Sunday elected to represent the Jamaica Labour ...
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Woman killed during gunfight between cops, gangsters
Observer Reporter 
October 10, 2005
THE fatal shooting of Nicola Barrett, 22, who was killed during a gunfight between the police and gunmen yesterday, sparked a demonstration and roadbl...
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Police wage talks with PM said constructive, positive
Observer Reporter 
October 10, 2005
TALKS between the Police Federation and the government appeared to be re-energised yesterday with the intervention of Prime Minister P J Patterson. In...
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Man allegedly takes over train with bow and arrow
AP 
October 10, 2005
MONTCLAIR, California (AP) - In a confrontation reminiscent of the Wild West, police shot and wounded a man who allegedly took over a freight train wi...
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Cable talks resume today
BY PATRICK FOSTER Observer writer 
October 9, 2005
CHAIRMAN of the Association of Independent Programme Providers (AIPP), Leighton Thomas, said he had not ruled out going to court to get an injunction ...
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Mother and two sons shot dead in their beds
BY TYRONE REID Observer staff reporter 
October 9, 2005
A group of gunmen entered a tenement yard at 90 Hanover Street in downtown Kingston early yesterday morning and shot and killed a mother and her two y...
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JLP slams JDF boss
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
October 9, 2005
JAMAICA Labour Party leaders yesterday slammed JDF boss, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, for his labelling of Tivioli Gardens as the "mother of all garris...

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