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A 38-year-old taxi operator who endured two days of threats and was reportedly taunted by mobsters at shallow graves with worm-infested human remains has been freed after his family paid a $400,000 ransom. Now he is living in fear that they will...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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MADNESS! - Mentally ill man languishing without trial 16 years for smashing windscreen

An elderly man who is mentally ill and who was deemed unfit to plead has been locked away between jails and prison for 16 years for smashing

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

The African Union Obtains 270 Million Coronavirus Vaccines | Africanews

The African Union obtains 270 Million coronavirus vaccines in efforts to surmount the second wave of the pandemic.

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Ex-JLP councillor to know fate Friday after pleading guilty to gun charge

Former local government representative in the St Catherine Municipal Corporation, Barrington Bailey, is to be sentenced on Friday for breaches of the Firearms Act. Bailey, the Jamaica Labour Party councillor in the Ensom City division from 2012 to...

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Morrison up to the task in St Catherine NE

Kerensia Morrison says improving the quality of life of the residents of St Catherine North Eastern is top of her agenda as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) prospective candidate tries to woo them to back her bid to represent the constituency in...

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Market truck crash victim cries foul - Simpson disappointed with compensation 12 years after tragedy

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland: Linford Jackson, a farmer who was pinned underneath a market truck for the better part of six hours during a horrific truck accident on December 19, 2008, now walks with a limp and is unable to actively assume his...

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Man killed, infant wounded in Spanish Town shoot-out

One man was killed and two others, including an infant, are hospitalised with injuries following a shoot-out between rival gunmen on Letterbox Lane, off Featherbed Lane, in Spanish Town about 9:20 p.m. Sunday. Details of the shooting are sketchy,...

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Zimbabwe: U.S. Insists Zimbabwe Should End Repression, Corruption

[New Zimbabwe] THE US government has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to uphold constitutional rights and end ongoing political repression and corruption in Zimbabwe.

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Man, 39, sentenced to life for murder of heavily pregnant teacher in KZN

This comes after the remains of a heavily pregnant woman was found in a burnt-out car riddled with bullets back in July.

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AOC feared ‘White Supremacist members of Congress’ would turn her over to Trump rioters during siege - TheGrio

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Zupco crews on go-slow

DRIVERS of Mutare-based conventional buses operating under the Zupco franchise have gone on a go-slow to force government to review their daily commission, leaving thousands of commuters

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Human remains found near site where ranger went missing in Kruger National Park | News24

Human remains that could be of a missing field ranger have been discovered in the Kruger National Park.

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Lawyer: Remains of Missing Texas Soldier Identified

DALLAS (AP) — Army investigators have identified the body of a soldier who vanished more than two months ago from a base in Texas, according to a lawyer for the soldiers family. Remains found last week buried near Fort Hood belong to Spc. Vanessa Guillén and Army officials informed her family in

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How Social Media Users Forced Quaker to Retire Its Racist Aunt Jemima Brand

By Wednesday morning, the internet erupted in a social media firestorm as the racist true story behind Quaker’s stereotypical Aunt Jemima brand made its rounds on

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'The 'Duncan' gave me currency'

His children were no stranger to his political life, accompanying him on the hustings from their early years and seeing him revered by many. But the story of just how much of a legend former politician Dr Donald Keith (D K) Duncan was, is one his daughter Patricia Duncan Sutherland tells

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New exchange rate trebles customs duty

THERE has been an outcry at all ports of entry after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) hiked duty of all imported goods following a hike in the exchange rate by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Tuesday when it pegged the United States dollar at 1:57 against the Zimdollar, abandoning the

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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Lagos, Abuja Have More Cases Than 34 Other States Combined

The number of coronavirus cases in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is higher than the combined figure for all the other 34 states in which infections have been recorded in Nigeria, a PREMIUM TIMES review of official data

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Two more victims identified after fatal Le Ressouvenir collision - Stabroek News

By Readawne Henery Two more victims of the fatal accident at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara Public Road on Wednesday evening were yesterday identified. The article Two more victims identified after fatal Le Ressouvenir collision appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Nigeria Records Highest Daily Figure With 745 Cases

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Rep. Sherrill asserts Capitol colleagues gave ‘reconnaissance’ tours day before Capitol riot - DefenderNetwork.com

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) revealed publicly via a Facebook Live broadcast, that she witnessed members of Congress leading 'suspicious' people through the Capitol on Jan. 5, the day before the violent riots occurred. “We can’t have a democracy if members of Congress are actively helping the

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From bush beds to Buckingham Palace

It was a dream come true for Albert Uter to be able to leave the suffering that he had come to know and seek a better life in a foreign country. But it was not as easy to get where he wanted to, and it mostly definitely was not smooth sailing when...

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Remains found in Oregon 42 years ago identified as Navy veteran; more cold cases may be solved with genetic genealogy - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

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Kenya: Harambee Stars Defender Joins Moroccan Side

[Nation] Kenyan International Musa Mohammed has joined Moroccan top-tier side Difaa El Jadida on a three-year contract.

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Hustling, corruption rampant outside Cross Roads tax office

'Hustler' and 'corruption' were the bywords among disgruntled customers to the Cross Roads Collectorate in St Andrew, last Wednesday, after spending hours in line whipped by intermittent rain, watching as other individuals entered and exited without having to wait.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Cameroonian journalist dies in detention

Cameroonian journalist Samuel Wazizi, who was arrested in August 2019 for criticising Yaoundé‘s handling of Cameroon’s anglophone crisis, has died in detention, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said, calling on the authorities to shed full light on the circumstances of his

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Angola/COVID-19 - Seven New Infections, One Death Reported

Luanda — Seven new positive cases of covid-19 and one death have been reported in the last 24 hours in Angola, bringing the total number of infections and deaths in the country to 155 and

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Motorist killed in Clarendon crash

The police are trying to find a truck driver who fled the scene of a fatal crash in Four Paths, Clarendon on Wednesday evening. Sixty-one-year-old Melvin Hinds was pronounced dead at hospital after a truck slammed into his Toyota Town Ace...

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Protests Large But Peaceful After New Charges in Floyd Case

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Demonstrations across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but mostly without the violence of previous nights on the eve of a Thursday memorial service for George Floyd that kicks off a series of events to mourn the man whose death empowered a national

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Footballer facing cop assault charges for court today

National footballer Corey Burke, who is facing charges of assaulting a constable, is to appear in the St Catherine Parish Court today, where his case is set for mention. On Tuesday, when his matter was called, the absence of a case file irked...

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Trump official says armed men at Florida polling place not sent by campaign - TheGrio

Wednesday, two people dressed as armed security guards were spotted outside an early voting location in Florida. But a spokesperson... View Article The post Trump official says armed men at Florida polling place not sent by campaign appeared first on TheGrio.

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Germany raises pressure on Russia in Navalny poisoning probe - Black News Channel

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Sunday increased the pressure on Russia over the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, warning that a lack of support by Moscow in the investigation could 'force' Germany to rethink the fate of a German-Russian gas

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