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May 10, 2006
NEW YORK, USA (AP) - After an armed bandit held up a pizza joint in Manhattan late last year, witnesses reported seeing 'Sugar' tattooed on the back o...
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Man shot dead, woman injured in Braeton
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May 10, 2006
ONE man was shot and killed and his female companion seriously injured Tuesday night, while walking along the Braeton main road in Portmore, St Cather...
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German cannibal jailed for life
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May 9, 2006
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) - A self-confessed German cannibal was jailed for life yesterday after a court found him guilty of murder for killing and par...
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Mystery surrounds shooting of Green Pond student
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May 9, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police were yesterday investigating the circumstances in which a seven year-old Green Pond Primary School student was shot...
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Derrick Rochester wants back S E St Elizabeth seat
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
May 8, 2006
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Derrick Rochester, the veteran politician and trade union leader who retired from active politics in 2002, is on the comeba...
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A strong yet stylish Shields One of the true belles of Saturday's High Society wedding was Roxanne Shields, who proved that one doesn't always have to...
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Hampton girl wins richest ever undergraduate scholarship
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May 8, 2006
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - Verna Smalling clearly remembers the first day her daughter Rana went to basic school. "She was three years old and all the...
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May 7, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Buoyed by what he described as a "serious dent" in crime since publishing the identities of Montego Bay's nine most wanted men...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts is a sanctuary for illegal immigrants – if any can afford it
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May 7, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) - This famously liberal city is serving notice that illegal immigrants are welcome, even while Congress is considering t...
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New Caribbean awards launched
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
May 7, 2006
A new Caribbean-based initiative, the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence, was launched in Jamaica on Friday with a promise to recognise s...
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Stafford Webb basks in his freedom
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May 7, 2006
STAFFORD Cleo Webb is counting his blessings, and thanking the powers of science. The 25-year-old fruit basket maker from Thompson Pen in Spanish Town...
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Sexual harassment at the workplace: prevention and cure
By Leahcim Semaj work@ltsemaj.com 
May 6, 2006
PREVENTION is the best tool to eliminate sexual harassment at the workplace. We encourage employers to take the necessary steps to prevent sexual hara...
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No excuse for not finishing that report – your desk can travel, too
Copley News Service 
May 6, 2006
HAS the road soldier's virtual office fantasy gone too far? First liberated in 1904 by Frank Rose, of Groton, NY, who invented the Standard Folding Ty...
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A Jamaican obeahman explains his world of magic
Roland Henry 
May 6, 2006
MANY Jamaicans rush to separate themselves from the stigma of obeah, but Simon 'Reader Man' Davis embraces it as a spiritual gift. "Some people get di...
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National PTA seeks to improve schools’ performance
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer 
May 6, 2006
AS schools across the island grapple with the problem of poor academic performance and indiscipline among students, the National Parent Teachers Assoc...
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Ways to keep going when you lose your job
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May 6, 2006
JOB loss is financially and emotionally scary. What once was a stable career is now gone. Workers can start to experience money panic as they try to p...
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ONR labours on, hopes to deliver hurricane homes in two months
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Sunday Observer reporter 
May 6, 2006
ALMOST two years on, the homeless victims of Hurricane Ivan are still waiting for the promised replacement shelter, but last week head reconstructioni...
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10 US soldiers killed in helicopter crash in remote Afghan mountains
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May 6, 2006
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Ten American soldiers died when their transport helicopter crashed during combat operations aimed at flushing out Taliban an...
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Episcopal election could cause more divisions over homosexuality
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May 6, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Delegates from the Episcopal Diocese of California voted Saturday for their next bishop from a field of seven candidates that inc...
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Countdown is on to the most delicious, nail-biting contest
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
May 6, 2006
The judging has recommenced. After all, this year's started as soon as last year's awards were finished. With just three weeks to go before the eighth...
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Obeah enters mainstream commerce
BY ROLAND HENRY Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 6, 2006
THE ritual of obeah has been outlawed in Jamaica for 246 years but its practice is prevalent, and now there are indications that its associated potion...
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HEART Trust, JAMALCO sign MOU for joint training programme
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THE HEART Trust/NTA and JAMALCO officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate the training of 3,000 highly skilled technical per...
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