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Brazil’s Silva vows thorough investigation of corruption scandal
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June 13, 2005
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addressed the worst political crisis of his tenure yesterday, saying that an investigatio...
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Jackson walks free
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June 13, 2005
SANTA MARIA, California (AP) - A jury acquitted Michael Jackson yesterday of molesting a 13 year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland ranch - exonerat...
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Tribunal releases video of Saddam as insurgents kill 14 in attacks
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June 13, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The tribunal that will put Saddam Hussein on trial released a video yesterday showing the 68-year-old former dictator - looking d...
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Youth Crime Watch elects board of directors
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June 12, 2005
YOUTH Crime Watch Jamaica (YCWJ) on Saturday elected a 10-member board of directors as the first step to formalising and registering as an official no...
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June 12, 2005
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Inner-city kids experience life at Beaches Boscobel
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
June 12, 2005
BOSCOBEL, ST Mary - For the third time in about two years, Sandals International has "treated" children from inner-city areas of Kingston to another s...
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French journalist freed from captivity in Iraq
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June 12, 2005
VILLACOUBLAY, France (AP) - Freed French hostage Florence Aubenas, looking thinner but radiant, arrived home to a joyful welcome yesterday after she a...
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New sugar regime will bring hardships, Clarke warns
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 11, 2005
June 22 is the date Europe has set to start formal debate on a new sugar regime, which will likely lead to a significant reduction in the price of sug...
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Hospitality group awards 50 scholarships
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
June 11, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Council Heads Of Caribbean Hospitality Schools (CHOCHS) and the Western Hospitality Institute (WHI) yesterday awarded 50 schol...
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The little evangelist
BY NICOLA RAMANAND Observer writer 
June 11, 2005
He's a sweet little boy who loves his mother. But just below the surface is an intensity that lets you know there's so much more to eight year-old Eva...
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Yvonne Bacchas is angry
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
June 11, 2005
FLANKERS, St James - Family members of the two elderly men - 66 year-old Cecil Brown and 63 year-old David Bacchas of Flankers - whom police admitted ...
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Portland’s folly
BY PATRICK FOSTER Observer writer 
June 11, 2005
With construction three years ago of a spanking new marina in Port Antonio by the Port Authority, the invitation went out for cruise ships to once aga...
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One enchanted JDF evening
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June 11, 2005
"How do we make it different?" This was the question facing the officers of the Third Battalion, The Jamaica Regiment, recently, when they first start...
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Can Ja handle a terrorist attack?
BY NICOLA RAMANAND Observer writer 
June 11, 2005
The Terrorism Prevention Act was passed in April, but just how prepared are local law enforcement officials to deal with acts of terrorism? They're re...
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KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
June 10, 2005
A man who poured a pail full of acid on a female employee of the tax collectorate at Constant Spring Road in Kingston was beaten to death by an angry ...
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Patterson, Blair hold bilateral talks
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June 10, 2005
LONDON - Prime Minister P J Patterson today held bilateral talks with his British Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street in London. The discus...
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Jamaica could avoid sanctions, says US
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Observer staff reporter 
June 9, 2005
AN American official yesterday said Jamaica could avoid US sanctions if the Patterson Administration implements, within the next three months, an acti...
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UK visa fees increase July 1
JIS 
June 9, 2005
VISAS for travel to the United Kingdom will cost more as of July 1, the Foreign and Commonwealth Officer (FCO) in London has announced. The fee for a ...
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125 rounds of ammo found on Negril beach
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June 9, 2005
THE Negril Police yesterday confiscated 125 rounds of ammunition that were found along the beach in Negril. Police said a resident who went swimming a...
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Election code of conduct a better option for politicians – Golding
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 8, 2005
OPPOSITION Leader Bruce Golding on Tuesday came out in support of Prime Minister P J Patterson's proposal for an extension of the 2002 election code o...
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June 8, 2005
There was lots to sample at the recently concluded Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards, and already we can share with our readers a new food item ...
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June 8, 2005
Police Tuesday morning arrested popular member of the Black Roses Crew Andrew Smith, who goes by the alias 'Ice', during a police operation on Texton ...
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