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Electoral office shot up
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
March 3, 2005
GUNMEN yesterday invaded the South Central St Catherine Electoral Office in Twickenham Park, killing two men and injuring four others. The dead were i...
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Court views videotape of raid on Jackson’s home
AP 
March 3, 2005
SANTA MARIA, California (AP) - The sister of Michael Jackson's accuser took the stand in the pop star's child molestation trial yesterday. Now 18 and ...
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INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP
March 2, 2005
Former Cabinet minister denies killing Kenyan foreign minister NAIROBI: Nicholas Biwott, who had been a powerful minister in former President Daniel a...
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Gadhafi says the UN should abolish the Security Council
AP 
March 2, 2005
LONDON, England (AP) - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was quoted as saying yesterday that the United Nations must scrap the Security Council and give i...
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Spotty human rights practices
VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS, Observer staff reporter 
March 2, 2005
A US state department report released Monday has brought attention to "serious human rights breaches" committed by Jamaican security forces, and made ...
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JAS to the rescue
Observer Reporter 
March 1, 2005
THE Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), which earlier this month stepped in to help tomato farmers get a better price for their produce, is now expand...
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Murder of taxi operator, girlfriend rocks Dundee
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
March 1, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - The brutal murder of a young couple early yesterday rocked the district of Dundee, a usually quiet community in the Maroon Town area ...
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Sugar troubles deepen, production to fall short
ARLENE MARTIN-Wilkins, Observer writer 
February 28, 2005
AGRICULTURE minister Roger Clarke said pessimistically yesterday that he does not expect the local sugar industry to meet its export target this year,...
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Saddam’s half brother captured
AP 
February 27, 2005
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Iraqi officials said yesterday that Syrian authorities captured Saddam Hussein's half brother in Syria and handed him over to Iraq...
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No risk of bird flu here, says Clarke
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter 
February 27, 2005
The Government says it is satisfied that its monitoring system will protect the island from the deadly bird flu virus that has killed at least 45 peop...
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PNP presents Witter to West Kingston
Observer Reporter 
February 27, 2005
The People's National Party (PNP) last night indicated that it will increase its efforts to win the West Kingston seat in the coming by-election by as...
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No respect! – Special Constables want more recognition
Charmaine Clarke | Executive Editor, Regional Correspondents Network 
February 27, 2005
IN comic description, Jamaicans call them 'blue seam police', regarding them as somehow less than the men and women of the Jamaica Constabulary Force ...
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Gender bias at UWI?
Vivienne Green-Evans 
February 26, 2005
Senior female staff members at the UWI's Mona campus, who appear to have played second fiddle to their male counterparts over the years, may soon get ...
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Will the real Nanny please stand up!
BY PATRICK FOSTER Observer writer 
February 26, 2005
WHEN Jamaicans ask for "a Nanny", they are expecting to receive a $500 note. But it is also confirmation of their widespread acceptance of the image o...
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A summary of the recommendations
February 26, 2005
The Dr Frederick Hickling subcommittee, which proposed the University Town Centre and the Caribbean Institute of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, al...
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CFNI, health ministry launch food safety campaign
Observer Reporter 
February 24, 2005
DR Fitzroy Henry, director of the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI), warned yesterday that the Caribbean was at risk of ruining its touris...
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Mayor warns Long Mountain developers
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 24, 2005
Mayor of Kingston Councillor Desmond McKenzie warned yesterday that any further development in the Long Mountain area of the capital must have the ful...

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