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AIDS treatment not reaching some of world’s poorest
AFP 
June 29, 2005
PARIS, France (AFP) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) admitted Wednesday it was unlikely to meet its goal of getting anti-HIV drugs to three milli...
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How Stella lost her groove
Observer Reporter 
June 28, 2005
Terry McMillan, the author whose celebrated romance and subsequent marriage to a man 23 years her junior became the subject of her best-selling fictio...
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Four cops facing car theft charges remanded
Observer Reporter 
June 28, 2005
FOUR police constables were yesterday remanded in custody and ordered fingerprinted when they appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Cou...
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Men charged with death of businesswoman remanded
Observer Reporter 
June 28, 2005
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - The two men charged with the murder of 52 year-old businesswoman Sandra McLeod were remanded in custody when they appeared in t...
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Second shark attack off Florida coast
AP 
June 28, 2005
CAPE SAN BLAS, Florida (AP) - A 16-year-old boy who lost a leg following the second shark attack in three days along northwestern Florida's coast was ...
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No evidence for court to extradite client, says lawyer
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
June 28, 2005
AS the extradition hearings involving six men wanted in the United States to face alleged drug trafficking and conspiracy charges winds down, defence ...
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Two charged with woman’s murder
Observer Reporter 
June 27, 2005
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Two men will face the Savanna-la-Mar Resident Magistrate's Court today on charges of murder in the death of 52-year-old busines...
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Defence lawyer cites breach of protocol in extradition case
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
June 27, 2005
DEFENCE attorney Wentworth Charles says there has been a breach of protocol by the prosecution in the handling of the extradition case involving two o...
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Gov’t moves to abolish prelim hearings
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 27, 2005
A bill which seeks to abolish preliminary enquiries will be tabled in Parliament later this week, Prime Minister P J Patterson said yesterday. Patters...
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Four killed in Manchester crash
Julien Neaves 
June 27, 2005
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - A mother and her two year-old daughter were among four people killed when a taxi collided with an International truck on the ...
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11 month-old dies in fire
Observer Reporter 
June 27, 2005
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - The Negril Police were yesterday investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an 11 month-old male infant at the Wh...
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WORLD BRIEFS…..WORLD BRIEFS…..WORLD BRIEFS
June 26, 2005
At least 49 dead from alcohol poisoning in Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - An illegal brew laced with industrial alcohol caused the deaths of 49 people in...
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A dozen killed on the weekend
Observer Reporter 
June 26, 2005
MORE than 800 people have been murdered in Jamaica since January, according to Observer calculations, 12 of whom died between Friday and Sunday. A 12-...
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Housing project angers Hav’dale residents
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
June 26, 2005
PROPERTY that government had nixed for housing development, because of flooding problems, has been sold to a private developer who is readying the sam...
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How the pictures tell Iraq’s story
DEBORAH HASTINGS, AP National Writer 
June 26, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) - Numbers and words, words and numbers, repeated so many times they begin to lose meaning. A suicide car bomber rams a military checkpoi...
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The children of Jamaica’s sex trade
Observer Reporter 
June 25, 2005
She's 17 and she became a 'masseuse' almost two years ago when pregnancy forced her to drop out of one of Kingston's more prestigious girls high schoo...
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Who The Cap Fits!
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
June 25, 2005
To the magical strains of Bob Marley's classic Stir It Up, we step into Bob's Café, the three month-old business concern of Rita Marley, Julius Chin Y...
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Gov’t losing fight against corruption
Observer Reporter 
June 25, 2005
The Jamaican government appears to be losing the battle when it comes to fighting corruption, based on the latest World Bank data. Last year, the isla...
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Tawes Pen area leader is this year’s model father
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Observer staff reporter 
June 25, 2005
Can anything good come out of Tawes Pen, the tough inner-city community on the outskirts of the old capital, Spanish Town, and regularly makes the new...
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Acid victim’s husband arrested
Observer Reporter 
June 25, 2005
Michael Anthony Laoe, who cops believe had a hand in planning a June 10 acid attack on his wife that left her with burns over 40 per cent of her body ...
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NEWS BRIEF…..NEWS BRIEF…..NEWS BRIEF…..
June 24, 2005
Cop charged with receiving stolen car remanded CONSTABLE Lawrence Wood, the Manchester-based policeman charged with receiving stolen property, was yes...

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