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Albeit that the figures don't show an increase in farm attacks during the lockdown, the police do indeed take farm safety seriously, Police Minister Bheki Cele said.
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Race riot in Cleveland
Race riot, Cleveland. Eleven persons, including three policemen, were killed and National Guard was mobilized. Riot was sparked by alleged ambush of police detail by Black radicals.
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St James most wanted, alleged Sparta Gang members arrested in Kingston operation
The police are today celebrating the capture of one of St James' most wanted men, Christopher Boyd, otherwise called "Plank", at a hotel in Kingston this morning during an intelligence-led operation. Boyd is reportedly a top member...
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Following Unrest, Birmingham Rebuilds
Late Sunday, protesters began trying to tear down a Confederate monument in Birmingham’s Linn Park and damaged a number of downtown buildings and businesses. The mayhem came a week after police in Minneapolis killed George Floyd, an African American man, sparking nationwide protests. In
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Oakland School Board Votes To Eliminate Its Police Department
The Northern California school district, where students of color are a majority, is the latest to cut ties with police amid nationwide anti-racism protests.
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Bahamians held following seizure of over $10M worth of ganja charged
The police have charged three Bahamians following the seizure of 2,600 pounds of ganja valued at over $10 million. They are 51-year-old Ian Stewart, a fisherman of Nassau, Bahamas; 41-year-old Bartholomew Pinder and 32-year-old Patrick Roberts,...
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Corentyne accident leaves three dead - Stabroek News

Three persons succumbed to injuries sustained during a late night accident along the Whim, Corentyne Public Road yesterday.

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283 Africans were recaptured on American Shores
On Thursday, June 29, 1820, at 3:00 P.M., nineteen years before the Amistad incident, 283 African slaves (two dead and 281 were in chains) were aboard a slave vessel named The Antelope, when they were recaptured by the United States Treasury cutter Dallas, under the command of John Jackson. The
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Man arrested for stabbing to death Durban teenager | News24
A 20-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of 17-year-old Wentworth teenager, Donell Potgieter, police say.
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Byo police recover dumped, mutilated foetus
BY PATRICIA SIBANDA POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case of a mutilated newborn baby that was dumped at a house in Barbourfields last week. Provincial ppokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday said Barbourfields police received information on July 27 that a woman had discovered
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Jamaican among four charged with murder of businessman | New York Carib News
Police have charged four people, including a 34-year-old Jamaican with murder after the body of a 64-year-old businessman was found buried behind an unfinished concrete structure in Lowlands, Tobago last month.
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New York Draft Riots
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Gregory Tyree Boyce Police Report Says White Powder Was Found Near Bodies Of Actor And His Girlfriend
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St Andrew teen charged with shooting of two women
Nineteen-year-old Adoniyah Moncrieffe, otherwise called ‘Oneil’, of Upper Fifth Street in St Andrew has been charged with shooting with intent. It is reported that about 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, two women were...
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Memphis Massacre
On May 1-3, white civilians and police killed forty-six African-Americans and injured many more, burning ninety houses, twelve schools, and four churches in Memphis, Tennessee.
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3.5 magnitude quake rattles sections of Portmore
The Earthquake Unit is reporting that a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was felt in sections of the island this morning. The quake, which was felt at approximately 8:29, had an epicentre of 15km Southeast of Hellshire, St Catherine with a focal depth of...
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Sierra leone
An outbreak of Ebola hit Sierra Leone in March 2014. By early December, it is estimated to have killed about 1,660 people in Sierra Leone, and there were about 7,635 suspected and confirmed cases of it in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It is the worst outbreak since the
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Mississippi Mayor Says, If You Can Say You Cant Breathe, Youre Breathing
The violent arrest that caused the brutal death of George Floyd caught in a now-viral video has sparked worldwide outrage against the excessive use of force by police on African Americans. However, the mayor of Petal, Mississippi, Hal Marx, appears to be showing support for the police officer who
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Shoot-Out
One Black killed and two whites injured in shoot-out between activists and police officers in a New Orleans housing project.
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St Thomas man charged for raping his daughter seven years ago
A St Thomas man charged with raping his seven-year-old daughter seven years ago is to face the Morant Bay Parish Court on Wednesday. The girl is now 14 years old. The name of her 34-year-old father is being withheld to protect the identity of...
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Cop in uniform arrested for allegedly transporting illicit cigarettes worth R350 000 | News24
A police sergeant stationed at Beitbridge border post has been arrested in Polokwane for the alleged possession of illicit cigarettes valued at R350 000.
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Kenya: Police Kill Suspected Gang Leader After Fresh Attacks in Likoni
[Nation] Police in Mombasa County have killed the suspected leader of a machete-wielding gang linked to fresh attacks in Likoni Sub-county.
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New York Police Arrest 294 at Worlds Fair
New York police arrested 294 demonstrators at opening of World Fair.
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Morial, Ernest Nathan (1929-1989)
Born in New Orleans, Ernest Morial grew up in the city’s Seventh Ward.  His father was a cigar maker and his mother was a seamstress.  Graduating from Xavier University, a historically black Catholic institution, he became the first African American to receive a law degree from Louisiana State
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US woman held hostage by internet fraudster in Nigeria rescued | News24
A US woman lured to Nigeria on a promise of marriage and held for more than a year by an internet fraudster, has been rescued, according to police.
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Trinidad: Cops use taser on woman who bit off lip of 14-year-old boy - Stabroek News

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Gas prices up $0. 66, diesel up $0. 85
Gas prices are to go up by $0.66 Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 will sell for $114.12 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 for $116.95. Meanwhile, automotive diesel oil will go up by $0.85 to sell for $112.74 ...
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Lesotho ex-First Lady gets bail in murder trial | Africanews
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