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25 Manchester cops honoured
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25 Manchester cops honoured
December 29 11:10 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Twenty-five police personnel assigned to stations in southern Manchester were on Saturday recognised for their dedication during...
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Haiti’s PM reiterates no negotiations with criminal gangs
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Haiti’s PM reiterates no negotiations with criminal gangs
December 29 11:05 AM
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Prime Minister of Haiti Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the country will not negotiate with criminal gangs that are seeking t...
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JCF announces traffic changes for Kingston fireworks festival
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JCF announces traffic changes for Kingston fireworks festival
December 29 09:52 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is advising the public of traffic changes for the hosting of the annual fireworks festival by...
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Suspect in Suriname stabbing that killed nine people commits suicide
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Suspect in Suriname stabbing that killed nine people commits suicide
December 29 09:15 AM
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) — A man who reportedly stabbed nine people to death in the Commewijne district in Suriname on Sunday in Suriname committed ...
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British boxer Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria car crash — reports
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British boxer Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria car crash — reports
December 29 09:03 AM
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was injured in a fatal highway accident that killed two people Monday, his pro...
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US legislators criticise Trump admin for cancelling Caribbean immigration applications, citizenship ceremonies
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US legislators criticise Trump admin for cancelling Caribbean immigration applications, citizenship ceremonies
December 29 08:03 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — United States (US) legislators have condemned the Donald Trump administration for cancelling immigration application...
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US offered Kyiv 15 years of security guarantees, Zelensky says
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US offered Kyiv 15 years of security guarantees, Zelensky says
December 29 07:50 AM
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP)—The US has offered Ukraine "solid" security guarantees for 15 years with a possibility of an extension but Kyiv is seeking a longe...
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Netanyahu to meet Trump in Florida for talks on Gaza, Iran
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Netanyahu to meet Trump in Florida for talks on Gaza, Iran
December 29 07:21 AM
PALM BEACH, United States (AFP)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump in Florida on Monday, with the US president pushing t...
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Tribunal releases video of Saddam as insurgents kill 14 in attacks
AP 
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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Charges and verdicts in Michael Jackson case
AP 
June 13, 2005
The jury's findings on the 10-count indictment against Michael Jackson: Count one: Conspiracy involving child abduction, false imprisonment and extort...
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Nigeria’s Obasanjo orders security forces to destroy illegal oil refineries
AP 
June 13, 2005
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo ordered security forces yesterday to destroy illegal oil refineries he says have been opera...
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Brazil’s Silva vows thorough investigation of corruption scandal
AP 
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
AP 
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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Youth Crime Watch elects board of directors
JULEAN NEAVES, Observer reporter 
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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POLICE REPORTS…..POLICE REPORTS…..POLICE REPORTS
June 12, 2005
Man shot dead in Delacree Park MARCUS Reid, 37, also known as "Crima" of Tavares Gardens was shot dead by unknown assailant/s at Easington Square, Del...
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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
AP 
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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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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One enchanted JDF evening
Observer writer 
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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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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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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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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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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ACID ATTACK
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
Observer Reporter 
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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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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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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125 rounds of ammo found on Negril beach
Observer Reporter 
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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MP wants probe into cause of fire that killed five Indians
Observer Reporter 
June 8, 2005
MEMBER of Parliament for South East Clarendon Ruddy Spencer has urged the government to immediately commence an investigation into Sunday's death of f...
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