Jamaicans confront rising crime and emigration fears
In Kingston and across Jamaica, crime surges as 600 murders unfold this year, hurting tourism and livelihoods. Business leaders like Dexter Hunter despair over protection payments, while PM Patterson vows tougher gun controls, police strikes, and a reintroduced death penalty amid protests. Crime hot spots include Kingston and Montego Bay. tourism fears grow as residents contemplate leaving for the United States, Britain, or Canada.
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Chicago
United States
Jamaica
PJ. Patterson
Hunter
Britain
Canada
Gordon Stewart
Sandals Resorts International
Kingston
St. James
Montego Bay
Berlin City Palace fears and hopes split East and West
East and West Germans debate rebuilding the Berlin City Palace or preserving the Palace of the Republic. A federal commission will decide, as decades of postwar plans and a wall's fall renew calls to restore Prussian heritage versus preserving socialist-era architecture. The cost and design remain disputed amid calls for a cultural center and museum.
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Berlin City Palace
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Brandenburg Gate
Wilhelm von Boddien
East German Palace Battle Sparks Public Identity Debate
Wilhelm von Boddien argues completing the old center restores identity while a campaign saves the East German Palace of the Republic. Chancellor Schroeder backs the idea as asbestos removal nears completion, with critics calling the building ugly and not a true palace, and costs cited as a minor factor.
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Wilhelm von Boddien
Gerhard Schroeder
Schroeder
Lieselotte Schulz
Society For the Preservation of the Palast der Republik
von Boddien
U S tops Singapore as most competitive nation worldwide
Geneva report by Harvard professors Sachs Porter and Warner with World Economic Forum ranks the United States first, Singapore second, Luxembourg third, and lists ten leading economies. Hong Kong drops from second to eighth. Ecuador sits at 59th amid Bulgaria Ukraine Zimbabwe and Russia near the bottom.
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Geneva
United States
Singaore
Harvard University
Jeffrey Sachs
Michael Porter
Andrew Warner
World Economic Forum of
Singapore
Hong Kong
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Ireland
Finland
Canada
Britain
Switzerland
Ecuador
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Zimbabwe
Russia
International Monetary Fund
Bank For International Settlements
International Institute For Management Development
Lausanne
Oldest Russian texts found on 11th century clay tablets
Archaeologists in Novgorod uncovered three wax tablets from the early 11th century containing copies of Psalms 75 76 and 67. Dated to the first quarter of the 11th century they may be Russia’s oldest written artifacts, announced at an academic conference led by Valentin Yanin. A Gospel copy dating to around 1056 was previously the oldest surviving Russian book.
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Moscow
Russia
Novgorod
Valentin Yanin
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Labor Party
Edward Seaga
Patterson
Robert Johnson
P.J. Patterson
Sociated Press
No Man’s Land
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East Germany
U.S
Marten
Augusta
Washington Ra
Derosht
Montaly
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AugUsTa West Pkwy
North Augusta
E. Martintown
Aiken (Sc
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Cations Corporation Company
New York
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South Carolina
Dr. Aiken
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