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Jamaican reggae singer Tessanne Chin wins Season 5 of the American singing competition "The Voice".
2013-12-17

Christopher Coke, sent to United States territory by Jamaica, pleads not guilty to United States charges of drug smuggling at a federal court in New York and, in his first public comments since August, says he took the decision to be extradited "in the best interest of my family, the community of western Kingston and in particular the people of Tivoli Gardens and above all Jamaica".
2010-06-25

Christopher Coke walks into a police station on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica and is detained, following search efforts which killed more than 70 people last month. The United States accuses him of being the Shower Posse leader, which it alleges operates an international drugs and guns network.
2010-06-22

The Jamaican Government orders civilians to keep off the streets for two days in several slums in Kingston because authorities are still hunting for Christopher Coke, alleged by the United States to be a drug lord.
2010-06-16

Jamaican police arrest more than 500 people after an unsuccessful attempt to arrest a suspected drug kingpin in Kingston, the capital, results in violence that leaves at least 44 people dead.
2010-05-26

The death toll from the fighting in Kingston, Jamaica's capital, jumps to 27.
2010-05-25

Two police officers are killed and six others are wounded by gunmen during unrest in Jamaica's capital, Kingston.
2010-05-24

A state of emergency is declared in the Jamaican capital Kingston after armed gangs attacked police and blockaded parts of the city in an attempt to prevent the arrest of a drug lord.
2010-05-23

Kenya deports to Gambia a radical Jamaican Muslim cleric who is on a global terror watch list.
2010-01-7