Jamaica Violence

Provincetown's Not Safe for Black Lesbians

Irene Monroe | Posted 08.22.2011

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Irene Monroe

At the tip of Cape Cod is the LGBTQ-friendly haven, Provincetown, fondly called P-town, and known as the best LGBTQ summer resort on the East Coast. But this doesn't mean there is no sexual and homophobic harassment.

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Baby Dies After Being Thrown Out Hospital Window, Say Police

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Health officials are disputing the police account that the baby found outside its maternity ward was a patient at the hospital. More informati...

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74 Killed in Hunt For Jamaica 'Drug Lord'

AP | DAVID McFADDEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican security forces kicked down doors and arrested dozens of people in a bullet-pocked slum Thursday, and said the deat...

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Christopher Coke, Wanted Jamaican Drug Lord, Linked To Prime Minister

Posted 05.25.2011

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David Usborne, The Independent The same drug gang that is now battling security forces in Jamaica in a bloody urban stand-off was openly used by the...

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Jamaica Gang Shoot-Out Death Toll At

AP | DAVID McFADDEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican security forces claimed a tenuous hold over the slum stronghold of a gang leader sought by the U.S., but only ...

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Jamaican Gang Tensions Escalating Outside Capital

AP | DAVID McFADDEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Security forces fought their way into the warren-like complex that is the slum stronghold of a Jamaican gang leader facing e...

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Jamaica Declares State Of Emergency Over Capital Violence

AP | DAVID McFADDEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Masked men defending a reputed drug lord sought by the United States torched a police station and traded gunfire with securi...

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