Jamaica

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7 killed in Kenyan pro-radical cleric protest

AP News 25 days ago

7 killed in Kenyan Muslim protest in support of radical cleric At least seven people were killed when police fired on about 100 Muslim youth in the Kenyan capital who on Friday protested the arrest of a radical Jamaican-born Muslim cleric whose ...

Jamaica: 3 smuggled weapons, ammunition from NY

AP News 28 days ago

Jamaica police arrest 3, say they smuggled high-powered weapons, ammunition from NY Authorities in Jamaica have arrested two men and a woman they say helped smuggle 12 high-powered weapons and 700 rounds of ammunition from New York. Police Inspector Jubert Llewellyn says ...

Official: Jamaica to take in radical Muslim cleric

AP News 31 days ago

Jamaica foreign affairs minister says country will take in extremist Muslim cleric A Jamaica-born Muslim cleric who has called for killing Americans, Hindus and Jews has not committed any crimes in his native country and the Caribbean island will take him in, ...

Drug violence sends Caribbean murder rates soaring

AP Features 39 days ago

Caribbean drug violence islands pushes islands' murder rates to near-record levels for 2009 Caribbean islands battling drug-fueled crime had one of their bloodiest years on record in 2009, with Jamaica, the Bahamas and Puerto Rico hitting or coming close to all-time highs ...

Wreckage probe nears end; Jamaica awaits details

AP News 45 days ago

Pilot praises crew for quick thinking, professionalism after plane overshot runway in Jamaica The pilot of an American Airlines jet that overshot the runway in Jamaica said Saturday that he's happy to be home with his family for the holidays, and praised ...

Jamaica: No guide lights when jet overshot runway

AP News 46 days ago

Jamaica Airport: Approach lights were out as American Airlines jet landed, overshot runway Offshore lights that guide pilots into Jamaica's main airport had been knocked out for more than a month when an American Airlines jet landed in driving rain and overshot ...

Jamaica Flight Overshoots Runway

AP News 46 days ago

A soldier guards the cracked fuselage of American Airlines flight AA331 which crashed landed overnight on a flight from Miami to Jamaica, just beyond the runway of Norman Manley international airport in Kingston, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. More than 40 people were ...

Officials probe American plane wreck in Jamaica

AP Features 46 days ago

Officials probe options available to pilot after wreck in Jamaica injured dozens Jamaican and U.S. authorities launched a probe Thursday examining whether the pilot of American Airlines Flight 331 could have avoided an accident that cracked open the plane and sent nearly ...

Investigation underway into Jamaica crash landing

AFP Global Edition 48 days ago

US investigators have arrived in Jamaica to investigate the crash of an American Airlines jet that left a mangled mess on a beach but no fatalities after overshooting an airport runway. Security was still tight around the wrecked remains of the Boeing ...

APTOPIX Jamaica Flight Overshoots Runway

AP Features 48 days ago

Workers and police investigators sift through debris surrounding the cracked fuselage of American Airlines flight AA331 which crash landed overnight on a flight from Miami to Jamaica, just beyond the runway of Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston Jamaica, Wednesday, Dec. 23, ...

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