Adelle Tracey wins third women’s 1500m title
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Adelle Tracey wins third women’s 1500m title
June 19 07:44 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Adelle Tracey won her third national title in the women’s 1500m after she won the event on Friday’s second day of the JAAA national ...
Morocco beat Scotland to close on World Cup knockouts
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Morocco beat Scotland to close on World Cup knockouts
June 19 07:10 PM
FOXBOROUGH, United States (AFP)—Morocco edged closer to the World Cup knockout phase as Ismael Saibari's second-minute strike proved enough for a nerv...
One dead, dozens injured after two trains collide in UK
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One dead, dozens injured after two trains collide in UK
June 19 06:48 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—One person has died, and dozens were injured, 11 of them "very seriously", after two passenger trains collided north of L...
USA down Australia to reach World Cup knockout rounds
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USA down Australia to reach World Cup knockout rounds
June 19 05:22 PM
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—The United States powered into the last 32 of the World Cup on Friday with a 2-0 victory over Australia as Brazil pre...

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73 year-old businessman shot dead in hold-up
DALTON LAING, Observer correspondent 
June 3, 2002
A 73 year-old Negril businessman, Astley Bandoo, was gunned down during a daring daytime robbery attempt at the Rutland Point Craft Market in Hanover ...
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Ministry moving to restrict tobacco use
June 3, 2002
THE health ministry is developing legislation to enforce tighter restrictions on the use of tobacco in Jamaica. "The ministry is developing tobacco co...
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CARIBBEAN ROUND-UP
RICKEY SINGH 
June 2, 2002
French report fingers big T&T business in drug trade PORT-OF-SPAIN -- An international anti-drug research agency based in France has submitted a repor...
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US ambassador defends Farm Bill
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 2, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Sue Cobb, maintained Friday that the new US Farm Bill, which gives millions of dollars in subsi...
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Don Banks is dead
Observer Reporter 
June 2, 2002
RETIRED banker, Donald Addison Banks, died yesterday morning at the Andrews Memorial Hospital in Kingston at the age of 69. The Observer was unable to...
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lessons in Japan | SunDay
Wayne Bowen 
June 1, 2002
"Everybody here apologises for everything, whether it's good or bad. "For example, if the phone rings and someone other than who it's for answers, the...
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No leads in $100-million drug find
Observer Reporter 
May 30, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Wednesday's interrogation of five SuperClubs employees, who were onboard the resort chain's yacht on Tuesday when $100 million worth...
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CARIBBEAN ROUND-UP
RICKEY SINGH 
May 30, 2002
Top Bajan unionist blasts domestic 'terror' BRIDGETOWN -- Senator LeRoy Trotman, general-secretary of the Barbados Workers Union (BWU), the country's ...
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$100-m drug bust in Negril
Observer Reporter 
May 29, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The Area One Narcotics Police were up to late yesterday evening interrogating five crew members of the SuperClubs-owned yacht, the M...
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UnionBank loses credit card fraud case
PAT ROXBOROUGH, Observer writer 
May 29, 2002
THE Privy Council has upheld a ruling by Jamaica's Appeal Court that freed former banker, Dalton Yap, of the obligation to repay US$106.2 million that...
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Fatal plunge
Observer Reporter 
May 28, 2002
ONE was missing -- and presumed drowned -- last night while two others were recovering in hospital, having been rescued from the swollen Rio Cobre int...
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CARIBBEAN ROUND-UP
RICKEY SINGH 
May 28, 2002
Injured Guyanese policeman dies in hospital GEORGETOWN -- One of four Guyanese policemen who were ambused and shot while on patrol in a village on the...
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Residents clean up after flooding
DAVID PAULIN, Observer writer 
May 28, 2002
DAZED residents mopped out muck-filled homes yesterday, taking advantage of a lull from pounding rains, while Prime Minister P J Patterson toured floo...
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Hurdles in Negril’s bid to save seven-mile beach
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
May 28, 2002
DESPITE a few roadblocks in their journey to save their internationally famous seven-mile beach, the Negril community is determined to go ahead with t...
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Rains continue to wreak havoc
DAVID PAULIN, Observer writer 
May 27, 2002
HEAVY rains lashed the island yesterday for a sixth straight day, forcing hundreds of residents into emergency shelters, and keeping some communities ...
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Jamaica wins Silver Gild Medal at Chelsea Flower Show
Observer Reporter 
May 27, 2002
JAMAICA won a Silver Gild Medal for its "Flower Market Display" at the recent Chelsea Flower Show in London. The display featured three market women b...
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$147 million for micro businesses
Observer Reporter 
May 27, 2002
A new micro finance agency, with $147.5 million to lend to eligible borrowers, was launched yesterday by the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica (BNS) and the...

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