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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AG urges senators to quickly deal with outstanding matters
BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 10, 2007
ATTORNEY General and leader of Government Business in the Senate, AJ Nicholson, has urged committee members of both houses to move with dispatch in de...
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George Phillip remembered as a friend to many
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 10, 2007
IN death, as in life, Dr George Phillip was yesterday remembered as a man with a caring heart, a captivating smile, and in a troubled world, a man at ...
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Young cop shot dead on Payne Avenue
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
April 9, 2007
OFFICERS of the police Mobile Reserve Division, as well as family members of slain police constable Mark Haughton could not contain their grief yester...
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Speed insists ICC not responsible for high ticket costs
AP 
April 9, 2007
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) - Cricket's top official defended organisation blunders at the 2007 World Cup on Sunday and said the event would leave a huge ...
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St Mary police fighting rise in carnal abuse
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
April 9, 2007
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The St Mary police say they are moving to stem the rise in carnal abuse in the parish, despite the acquittal of all cases brought ...
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Cops beat Jephthah Ford
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
April 9, 2007
Former People's National Party (PNP) caretaker for North Central St Andrew Dr Jephthah Ford is now in hospital after being allegedly mauled by police ...
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KSAC seeks to block FLOW’s cable-laying operations
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
April 9, 2007
AN injunction filed by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) against communications company FLOW, is scheduled to be heard by the court this w...
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$121-m to widen Washington Boulevard corridor
April 9, 2007
THE Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works has been granted $121 million for the widening of the Washington Boulevard corridor. The widening ...
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Liquid egg processing plant gets $15-m loan
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
April 9, 2007
THE Jamaica Egg Farmers Association (JEFA) has secured a $15-million loan to assist in the establishment of a liquid egg processing plant at Freeport ...
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Crossdressing mourners upset Manchester residents
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
April 9, 2007
THE Mandeville Police were called to restore order at the funeral service for slain Manchester businessman Kirk Wayne Lester on Sunday as residents, u...
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Opposition questions government’s debt strategy
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
April 9, 2007
FINANCE and Planning Minister Dr Omar Davies says the government cannot reduce its level of borrowing without cutting its capital and/or recurrent bud...
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J’can killed in Iraq buried
April 8, 2007
STEPHEN Karl Richardson, the Jamaican who was killed last month by a roadside bomb in Iraq, was yesterday buried with military honours. The 22-year-ol...
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Community policing making a big difference in St Mary
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
April 8, 2007
THE police's main duty is to protect and serve, although for most officers of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) the focus is usually more on protec...
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74-year-old Trelawny farmer hacked to death
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
April 8, 2007
Clarks Town, Trelawny - Up to late last night the Trelawny police were busy probing for evidence which they hope will lead to the arrest of the attack...
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‘Forgive I,’ Henry pleads to Rastas
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
April 8, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Opposition parliamentarian Mike Henry on Friday asked Rastafarians for forgiveness for the 1963 'Coral Gardens Incident' and d...
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Kidney patients fail to make NHF’s ‘priority’ list
BY PATRICK FOSTER Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 7, 2007
JAMAICANS with kidney disease can expect to get no assistance from the National Health Fund (NHF) anytime soon, because the disease is still not consi...
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Twelve prisoners released for Easter
BY LEISHA CHEN-YOUNG Sunday Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 7, 2007
IT is a sound heard by every prisoner that enters the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre in Spanish Town. The clanging of the heavy metal doors be...
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Inner-city youths laud Air Jamaica internship programme
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Sunday Observer reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 7, 2007
A year ago, Deandra Clarke couldn't imagine she would be one of 15 youths from inner-city communities in Kingston and Montego Bay whose lives would be...

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