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No need for hostility, Henry-Wilson tells principals
BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Observer writer 
April 24, 2005
Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson has chided several school principals for what she has described as their hostile reaction to a ministry decisio...
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Ousted Ecuadorean president takes exile in Brazil
AP 
April 24, 2005
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Ousted Ecuadorean President Lucio Gutierrez took asylum in Brazil yesterday, ending a four-day drama that began when protester...
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Emergency Medical Services under review
By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter 
April 24, 2005
THE health ministry and the fire brigade are expected to wrap up a series of meetings this week, aimed at finding a way to move the island's nine year...
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Alleged robber shot dead on MoBay street
Observer Reporter 
April 24, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - An unidentified man who the police theorised was attempting to rob an informal foreign exchange trader in Montego Bay was shot dead b...
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Cop dies in freak accident
BY JOHN TAVARES Observer correspondent 
April 23, 2005
MAY PEN, Clarendon - A policeman, who lost control of his motorbike as he struggled to remove the string of a kite that had become entangled around hi...
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Kingfish tries to lure more witnesses
Observer Reporter 
April 23, 2005
Buoyed by the public's response to its toll-free line, Operation Kingfish is now hoping to nudge even more witnesses to come forward by copying a popu...
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Slain warder was kicked out of police force, army
Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 23, 2005
THE Correctional Department, caught on the hop by emerging information that slain warder Maurice Whittingham had a spotty history of service in the po...
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It’s vital we discuss oil consumption
April 23, 2005
The International Monetary Financial Committee ended its Spring meeting a few days ago on a cautious note as it pointed to the increased risks to the ...
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Witness protection needs more staff – British experts
BY CHARMAINE N CLARKE Assistant news editor 
April 23, 2005
British experts say the local witness protection programme needs to increase its staff by 50 per cent, one of the few changes suggested, according to ...
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Murdered witness wanted to go abroad
Observer Reporter 
April 23, 2005
Linval Thompson, the slain young man whose evidence helped to send four men behind bars for the murder of his mother and stepfather, begged to be relo...
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Million dollar heist
John Tavares 
April 20, 2005
May Pen, Clarendon - One of two men, whom police believe held up and robbed the Zipp Cafeteria and Cambio in May Pen, Clarendon, of more than $1 milli...
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800 more detectives
DWIGHT BELLANFANTE, Observer staff reporter 
April 20, 2005
The Criminal Investigative Branch (CIB) of the police force is being doubled to 1,600, or 20 per cent of the constabulary's establishment, as a short-...
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Bread making … with a new TWIST
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
April 20, 2005
"This must be the bread that fuels the Gore racing cars and helps to negotiate those corners," quips racing enthusiast and Jamaica Observer team membe...
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Events in the life of Pope Benedict XVI
AP 
April 19, 2005
BERLIN (AP) - A chronology of events in the life of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI. April 16, 1927: Born in Marktl am Inn in Germany's southern r...
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Three teens die in taxi crash
JOHN TAVARES, Observer correspondent 
April 19, 2005
Three teenage students of Innswood High School in St Catherine were killed yesterday morning when the illegal taxi in which they were travelling to sc...
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Placido Domingo to sing in opera premiere
AP 
April 19, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) - Placido Domingo will sing in the North American premiere of the Mariinsky Theatre's production of Wagner's Ring Cycle in October 2006,...
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New police headquarters for Clarendon by June
JIS 
April 18, 2005
MAY PEN, Clarendon (JIS) - A new police station and divisional headquarters is being developed in May Pen, a $58.5 million project that involves the t...
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3 cut down in Llandilo
BY MARK CUMMINMGS Observer staff reporter 
April 18, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - Two alleged robbers were yesterday shot and killed by the police and another chopped to death by irate residents shortly after they r...

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