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‘Stay prepared’
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‘Stay prepared’
Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
November 20 12:20 AM
‘Stay prepared’
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:18 AM
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20 12:16 AM
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20 12:14 AM
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20 12:12 AM
Good riddance?
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Totally Delicious Garlic Bread
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Totally Delicious Garlic Bread
November 20 12:10 AM
Straight Out Of the Oven: Totally Delicious Bakery’s Garlic Hard-Dough Bread
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
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St Elizabeth hardest hit
World Bank tags parish’s damage assessment at a whopping US$2,286 million
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
November 20 12:07 AM
St Elizabeth hardest hit
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
Custos welcomes food and clothes but argues rebuilding homes must begin now
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
November 20 12:06 AM
Construction materials most needed in Trelawny
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Nigerian NGO slams Turkish decision to keep rescued baby gorilla
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Nigerian NGO slams Turkish decision to keep rescued baby gorilla
October 25, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Turkey's decision to keep an African baby gorilla rescued from trafficking defies logic, a Nigerian conservation NGO that was ...
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Smuggled baby gorilla to return to Nigeria after Istanbul airport rescue
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Smuggled baby gorilla to return to Nigeria after Istanbul airport rescue
September 12, 2025
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Shinning down a lamp-post, the tiny gorilla almost seems to be laughing as he dodges past his keeper at an Istanbul zoo he's ...
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Turkish first Lady calls on Melania Trump to speak up for Gaza’s children
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Turkish first Lady calls on Melania Trump to speak up for Gaza’s children
August 23, 2025
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey's First Lady wrote to her US counterpart, Melania Trump, on Saturday, asking her to show the same concern for Gaza's c...
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Turkey battles wildfires amid strong winds, heatwave
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Turkey battles wildfires amid strong winds, heatwave
July 28, 2025
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP)—Firefighters battled blazes across Turkey on Monday, as the country sweltered in a summer heatwave, officials said. Wildfires o...
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Escaped lion shot dead in Turkey after attacking worker
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Escaped lion shot dead in Turkey after attacking worker
July 6, 2025
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — A lion which escaped from a theme park near the Turkish resort of Antalya was shot dead on Sunday after attacking a man, the ...
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Holness urges compassion over defecting Olympians, looks to improve athlete retention
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Holness urges compassion over defecting Olympians, looks to improve athlete retention
ANDRE LOWE Sports content manager lowea@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 24, 2025
With several athletes, lured by cash, choosing to represent other countries, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called for calm and says that further c...
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‘We can’t complain’
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‘We can’t complain’
Dacres supports decision by colleagues to switch allegiance, says he too was made offer
June 20, 2025
The man who put Jamaica on the map in the throwing events, Fedrick Dacres says he supports the decision made by fellow throwers Roja Stona and Rajindr...
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Powerful 6.2-magnitude quake hits off Istanbul coast
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Powerful 6.2-magnitude quake hits off Istanbul coast
April 23, 2025
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP)— A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul on Wednesday, with its impact and that of multiple aftershocks...
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Some 200 detained after Istanbul women’s day march — organisers
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Some 200 detained after Istanbul women’s day march — organisers
March 8, 2025
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Police detained some 200 demonstrators in Istanbul late on Saturday after more than 3,000 women marched peacefully through th...
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Bootleg alcohol kills 124 in Turkey this year, says state news agency
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Bootleg alcohol kills 124 in Turkey this year, says state news agency
February 17, 2025
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- At least 124 people have died in Ankara and Istanbul in the past six weeks after drinking bootleg alcohol, and dozens more a...
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‘She jumped out and died’: witnesses recall hell of Turkey hotel fire
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‘She jumped out and died’: witnesses recall hell of Turkey hotel fire
January 22, 2025
Kartalkaya, Turkey (AFP) - As soon as he escaped the burning ski resort hotel, Necmi Kepcetutan knew he had to help those still trapped inside who wer...
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Anger, pain in Turkey as ‘newborn deaths gang’ trial opens
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Anger, pain in Turkey as ‘newborn deaths gang’ trial opens
November 18, 2024
Istanbul, Turkey (AFP) Dozens of suspects went on trial in Istanbul Monday over the deaths of at least 10 newborn babies as part of a vast social secu...
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Brawl in Turkish parliament over ousted MP
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Brawl in Turkish parliament over ousted MP
August 16, 2024
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Dozens of lawmakers became embroiled in a fisticuffs brawl in Turkey's parliament Friday as they argued over a jailed oppositio...
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Netherlands mount Euros comeback against Turkey to set up England semi
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Netherlands mount Euros comeback against Turkey to set up England semi
July 6, 2024
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- The Netherlands struck two second-half goals in seven minutes to come from behind to beat Turkey 2-1 on Saturday and set up a...
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‘Stay prepared’
Met Service expert says Jamaica not yet out of the woods for storm threats
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
November 20, 2025
‘Stay prepared’
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
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Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body with initial US$1.15b
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Gov’t to establish national reconstruction body
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Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
Art & Culture, ...
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
...appearance in tonight’s grand finale uncertain
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 20, 2025
Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 undergoing treatment in Thailand
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The fight continues
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The fight continues
Government presses JPS as MPs demand clearer restoration timelines
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 20, 2025
The fight continues
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WHERE FROM HERE?
Football, ...
WHERE FROM HERE?
JFF boss sheds no tears over McClaren exit; search on for new head coach
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 20, 2025
Good riddance?
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