After nearly 100 casualties, Jamaican druglord Christopher Coke agrees to surrender

Reputed Jamaican druglord Christopher (Dudus) Coke, the subject of an islandwide manhunt, has reportedly volunteered to surrender himself to officials in New York...

Jamaica: 74 killed in hunt for alleged drug lord

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - The target of the manhunt, Christopher "Dudus" Coke, was nowhere to be found...

How Jamaica became a hotbed for drug violence

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OPINION - The catalysts of the civil unrest now unfolding in Jamaica include decades of corrupt politics...

Jamaica: 44 civilians dead in slum shootouts

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Officers and soldiers are still fighting holdout defenders of Christopher Coke, known as "Dudus," in pockets of the Tivoli Gardens area...

Jamaica: At least 30 dead in drug-fueled gun battle

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Thousands of heavily armed forces are raiding the capital's most violent downtown slums in a hunt for underworld boss known as "Dudus."...

Jamaica: Gunfire, fire bombs in barricaded slums

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Masked men defending a reputed drug lord torched a police station and traded gunfire with security forces...

Caribbeans seek to boost census numbers

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VIDEO - One proud group of people who are expected to make history as an emerging immigrant group once this year's census is counted...

Reggae star Buju Banton arrested in Florida on drug charge

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MIAMI (AP) - Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing a drug charge in Florida. Banton has been in U.S. federal custody in Miami since Thursday...

World's fastest man adopts world's fastest feline

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The world's fastest man has adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named "Lightning Bolt" into his life...

Torn Apart – Intro: New York to Jamaica, families struggle to stay together

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This summer, ColorLines went on the road to New York and Jamaica to investigate the collateral effects of deportation on immigrant communities.

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Jamaica

After nearly 100 casualties, Jamaican druglord Christopher Coke agrees to surrender

Jamaica: 74 killed in hunt for alleged drug lord

How Jamaica became a hotbed for drug violence

Jamaica: 44 civilians dead in slum shootouts

Jamaica: At least 30 dead in drug-fueled gun battle

Jamaica: Gunfire, fire bombs in barricaded slums

Caribbeans seek to boost census numbers

Reggae star Buju Banton arrested in Florida on drug charge

World's fastest man adopts world's fastest feline

Torn Apart – Intro: New York to Jamaica, families struggle to stay together

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