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December 31 12:16 AM
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Live comedy’s gains amid theatre’s decline
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December 31 12:14 AM
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ASAJ president pushing ahead with plans in second term
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:12 AM
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December 31 12:10 AM
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BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:10 AM
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Church leaders weigh in on debate over State’s offer of rebuilding funds
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
December 31 12:09 AM
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Polygamists get around the legalities by marrying under religious law
BY ROLAND HENRY Sunday Observer Reporter 
June 24, 2006
ITS practice is more linked to Rastafarianism, but polygamy is an entrenched practice in Jamaica found largely, but not exclusively, in secluded relig...
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A whale of a battle still ahead
BY NAZMA MULLER Sunday Observer Reporter 
June 24, 2006
LAST week, the Caribbean was in the international spotlight - and not only because of the Soca Warriors, Trinidad and Tobago's football team. The regi...
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Sidewalk disgrace
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer 
June 24, 2006
INCONSISTENCIES in the size and structure of sidewalks across Kingston, in areas where they do exist, have been tripping up disabled Jamaicans, many o...
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Burchell Whiteman
BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer Reporter 
June 24, 2006
BURCHELL Whiteman, in two decades, has managed to give Jamaican politics a good name. Even his political opponents hail him, as his colleagues and fri...
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Japan not opposed to preserving whales
June 24, 2006
Dear Editor, Reference is hereby made to the two articles in the Sunday, June 18, 2006 edition of your paper, titled "The Japanese water carrier and t...
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Tackling small projects that make a big difference
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
June 24, 2006
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - At the Woodlawn School of Special Education for the mentally challenged in Mandeville, the waiting list grew so long that the...
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Senate row over postponement of local polls
BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Observer writer 
June 23, 2006
IN what was supposed to have been routine passage of bills in the Senate yesterday to postpone local government and KSAC council elections because of ...
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Missing Persons Log
June 23, 2006
Today we continue our weekly log of missing persons in an effort to assist the police and the families of these persons bring conclusion to their case...
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Gov’t still mum on Portmore toll
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter 
June 23, 2006
GOVERNMENT yesterday failed to announce the long overdue toll charge to use the Portmore/Kingston leg of Highway 2000, even after meeting with represe...
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Parish council pushing ahead with Roaring River relocation
BY KERIL WRIGHT Observer staff reporter 
June 23, 2006
ROARING RIVER, Westmoreland - The Westmoreland Parish Council is proceeding with its plans to relocate several residents of Roaring River who are susp...
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Building a Caribbean Investment Culture Pt 1
Roy L Johnson 
June 22, 2006
This is the first part of a presentation given in Barbados at the Institute Of Chartered Accountants on Saturday, June 10, 2006. Disclaimer I want to ...
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A peace deal emerging in Somalia
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June 22, 2006
KHARTOUM, Somalia (AFP) - Rival Somali leaders on Thursday reached agreement to recognise each other after Arab League sponsored talks in Khartoum aim...
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June 22, 2006
OAXACA DE JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Striking teachers, some armed with machetes and guns, hijacked and burned buses and blocked highways Thursday in their...
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National Farm Queen contest upgraded
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
June 21, 2006
IN a bid to highlight the role of women in agriculture, the Jamaica Agricultural Society's (JAS) National Farm Queen contest has been separated from t...

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