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Pope promises abuse victims Church will do more to change
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JFF unveils women’s football strategy, eyes $41.7 million in FIFA funding
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Five changes to Reggae Girlz team to face Panama in second friendly
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Five changes to Reggae Girlz team to face Panama in second friendly
June 8 07:52 PM
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Trump nominates former personal lawyer as attorney general
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump on Monday nominated his former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, as US attorney...
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‘We reject the president-elect’
November 10, 2016
Protest continues over Trump’s shock win PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — From New York to Illinois to California, in red states as well as blue, protesters de...
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Deportation fears grip US immigrants
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Deportation fears grip US immigrants
November 10, 2016
PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump launched his candidacy on an anti-immigrant sentiment and has vowed to repeal a key Obama Adminis...
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Hillary Trumped
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Hillary Trumped
November 8, 2016
Clinton loses tight race; New president-elect asks US to unite NEW YORK, United States (AP/AFP) – Donald Trump was elected America's 45th president ye...
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GOP wins two more years of House control
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GOP wins two more years of House control
November 7, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC, USA (AP) — Republicans retained their lock on the House for two more years early this morning as GOP candidates triumphed in a chequer...
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George W Bush votes ‘none of the above’
November 7, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) —George W Bush cast a protest vote of sorts in the US election, with an aide saying yesterday the former president...
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California AG with Jamaican roots elected to US Senate
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California AG with Jamaican roots elected to US Senate
November 7, 2016
California's Attorney General Kamala Harris, whose father is Jamaican, was yesterday elected the state's first new US senator in 24 years and, accordi...
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Black pastors issue urgent plea to voters at Sunday services
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Black pastors issue urgent plea to voters at Sunday services
November 5, 2016
DETROIT, United States (AP) — At Sunday services, in rallies and on social media, black pastors urged congregants to vote, hoping to inspire a late fl...
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US expects record Latino vote, but will it be decisive?
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US expects record Latino vote, but will it be decisive?
October 22, 2016
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Record numbers of Latinos have registered to vote this year, giving them unprecedented power to influence the US presi...
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Early voting starts for US election
September 9, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (Xinhua) — Early voting for the 2016 US presidential election kicked off on Friday in North Carolina, ushering in a two-...
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RACERS GRAND PRIX: 16-y-o Christopher Taylor does not disappoint
June 11, 2016
KINGSTON Jamaica -- Calabar's young phenomenon Christopher Taylor had to settle for second behind Great Britain's Delano Williams in the men's 400m A ...
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Bruised in Wisconsin, Trump, Clinton look to friendlier New York
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Bruised in Wisconsin, Trump, Clinton look to friendlier New York
April 5, 2016
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sought to bounce back yesterday from unsettling presidential primary losses in Wisc...
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Chicago chaos tests Trump’s promises of unity
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Chicago chaos tests Trump’s promises of unity
March 11, 2016
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) – Donald Trump says he can unify the country. Now he has to prove it. The Republican presidential front-runner cancelled a Frida...
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Clinton, Trump brace for epic White House showdown
March 1, 2016
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Conventional wisdom says a Donald Trump nomination should bring presidential election gold for Democrat Hillary Clin...
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Romney’s ’47 per cent’ chosen as year’s best quote
December 10, 2012
CONNECTICUT, USA (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's comments about 47 per cent of the population being dependent on the gov...
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Granny Obama, Kenya celebrate White House win
November 8, 2012
KOGELO, Kenya (AP) — Waving her cane and smiling broadly, the step-grandmother of Barack Obama celebrated his reelection in Kogelo, the home of Barack...
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New Obama song from will.i.am
November 7, 2012
MUSICIAN will.i.am will commemorate Barack Obama's election victory by releasing a new song in the president's honour. The Black Eyed Peas star previo...
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Obama: The best is yet to come
November 7, 2012
CHICAGO, USA (AFP) — US President Barack Obama returned to Washington yesterday, emboldened by his re-election but facing the daunting task of breakin...
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World leaders hail Obama
November 7, 2012
PARIS, France (AFP) — World leaders yesterday hailed President Barack Obama's sweeping reelection, with allies pledged to deepen cooperation with the ...
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Obama’s victory will inspire others
November 7, 2012
Dear Editor, One could conclude that President Obama's second victory is a confirmation of his leadership and wasn't a whim to put a black man in the ...
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Cloudy future for Mitt Romney
November 7, 2012
BOSTON, USA  (AP) — Mitt Romney spent the past six years running for president. After his loss to President Barack Obama on Tuesday, he'll have to cha...
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Marijuana, gay marriage highlight ballot measures
November 7, 2012
THE US general election could result in historic changes for American social policy as several states had a chance to be the first to approve same-sex...
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Obama victory ‘well deserved’ says Simpson Miller
November 6, 2012
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has hailed the reelection of US President Barack Obama as “historic and well deserved”. The v...
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