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Reggae Artiste Black Uhuru Biography

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Reggae Artiste Black Uhuru Biography by InfosysTV The most successful of the second-generation reggae bands, Black Uhuru maintained their high quality despite numerous personnel changes in their 40-plus-year history. The first reggae band to win a Grammy award, for their 1983 album Anthem, Black Uhuru was called "The most dynamic and progressive reggae act of the 1970s and early '80s." The band, whose name comes from the Swahili word meaning "freedom," was formed in the Waterhouse district of Kingston by Don Carlos, Rudolph "Garth" Dennis, and Derrick "Duckie" Simpson. When the group experienced difficulties securing a record contract, Spencer left to pursue a solo career and Dennis joined the Wailing Souls. Simpson, who remained the thread throughout Black Uhuru's evolution, reorganized the band with Errol "Jay" Wilson and quivery-voiced lead vocalist Michael Rose. Accompanied by the rhythm section of Sly Dunbar on

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Dylann Roof's mom had heart attack during trial

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This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Court documents unsealed Friday, November 11, 2016, in the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof indicate the judge believes it's possible the white man charged with gunning down nine black parishioners may not be mentally competent to stand trial.(Photo: AP) CHARLESTON, United States (AP) — Dylann Roof's mother suffered a heart attack not long after prosecutors described how her son planned a cold and calculated killing of nine black church members in a racially motivated attack, the white man's attorney said in court documents Thursday. Roof's mother collapsed and said "I'm sorry" several times on Wednesday as family members and court security came to help her during the opening of her son's federal death penalty trial. Roof's attorney mentioned the heart attack in court documents asking for a mistrial, saying a survivor's testimony

Luck runs out on druggist Damian Edwards

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One of the properties traced to Lucky, which the court has restrained. Damian 'Lucky' Edwards, a Jamaican who is undertaking four major real estate developments in western Jamaica, has admitted to being the leader of a major drug ring in the United States of America. Edwards, who is from St James, has agreed, in US court documents, to enter a guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of ganja. He was held in connection with the seizure of more than US$1.3 million (J$157.3 million) in cash and 3,600 pounds of marijuana in the United States in February. The prospective guilty plea means that Edwards faces a mandatory-minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years to life imprisonment. He also faces a fine of US$10 million (J$1.29billion). Money laundering Hopie Dawn Edwards, Lucky's wife, has also agreed to enter a guilty plea to the charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering. She faces a term of imprisonment of up to 20 years, a f

Gully Bop hints at collab with 50 Cent

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The G-Unit Boss (left) and Gully Bop. Dancehall artiste Gully Bop has hinted at a possible appearance in 50 Cent's breakout series, Power. The entertainer, while speaking with THE STAR Online, confirmed that photos of himself and the G-Unit Boss were 100 per cent authentic. “Dem real man. Why would a big artiste like Gully Bop Photoshop a picture?” he said. “Mi did go fi a meeting with 50 and we talk fi bout 20 or 30 minutes. Di man rate Gully Bop and him team. All di people dem round him rate Gully Bop,” he said. Sponsor Video The entertainer, who has been relatively absent from the music scene in recent times, is currently in New York and is hinting on big things to come as he rubs shoulders with some big names in the business.

Blast leaves six police officers dead, three wounded in Cairo

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Egyptian policemen inspect the wreckage of a car after a bomb explosion in the eastern Nasr City district of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, November 4, 2016. A terrorist bombing attack in the Egyptian capital of Cairo has left six policemen dead and seven people wounded. Security sources said on Friday that the bomb had been placed in a garbage can near a security post in the Talibiya district in the west of the Egyptian capital. The sources added that three other policemen and four civilians had also sustained injuries in the blast. Sponsor Video There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack by any terrorist outfit. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM), formerly known as “The Sinai Province,” is currently the most active group staging terrorist operations in Egypt. It is affiliated to the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group. Militants from the group have carried out numerous attacks on security forces and judiciary officials since the ouster of the democratically-elected presid

US to sell $7bn worth of military aircraft, missiles to four Arab states

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US Army CH-47F Chinook cargo helicopter The Pentagon has given the go-ahead for the sale of $7 billion worth of military aircraft and missiles to four Arab states, the bulk of which is to head to Saudi Arabia. It announced the approval on Thursday of a $3.51-billion contract to sell 48 CH-47F Chinook cargo helicopters with spare engines and machineguns to the kingdom. Another deal envisages the transfer of $3.5-billion in 27 AH-64E Apache helicopter gunships and support equipment to the United Arab Emirates. Washington and Riyadh maintain a controversially-close alliance, with the US turning a deaf ear to stop arms sales to the kingdom due to its tattered human rights record and its 2015-present bloodletting against Yemen. Saudi Arabia initiated the bombing campaign in March 2015 to reinstall Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a dedicated Riyadh ally, who had resigned earlier and fled to the Saudi capital. Sponsor Video The offensive has killed thousands and displac

‘Iran’s Aseman Airlines has no flights to EU’

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Iran’s Aseman Airlines has rejected that it has been banned by the European Union from making flights to Europe. Iran’s Aseman Airlines says has downplayed an announcement that it has been banned from EU skies, stressing that no flight to the Union has been on its agenda. The European Commission announced on Thursday that Aseman Airlines had been added to EU’s air safety list of airlines which do not meet international safety standards. “Following a report by a foreign news agency that Aseman Airlines has been banned from making flights to Europe, it is announced that this airline currently has no flights to Europe and has also received no requests from [Iran’s] Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) to that effect,” Reza Jafarzadeh, the public relations manager of Aseman Airlines said. Sponsor Video Jafarzadeh was further quoted by the domestic media as saying that as soon as there is a request to establish flights to the Europe Union, Aseman Airline would consider the required

Islamic State 'has lost 50,000 fighters' over two years

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IS has lost much territory since its gains in 2014 sent shockwaves around the world At least 50,000 militants from so-called Islamic State have been killed since the US-led coalition started fighting in Iraq and Syria two years ago, a US military official has said. The senior official described the figure as a "conservative estimate". The figure showed air power and a small number of US figures supporting local forces were having an impact, the official said. Sponsor Video The US has, however, repeatedly warned that IS can replace fighters rapidly. The official on Thursday said that coalition air strikes could be intensified in places like Mosul, which Iraqi troops are now battling to recapture, but that had to be offset against the risk of civilian casualties. The campaign was beginning to damage IS, the official said. "I am not into morbid counts but that kind of volume matters, that kind of impact on the enemy." IS militants are now fighting a reargu

McLaren report: More than 1000 Russian athletes implicated in state-sponsored doping

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The report's author Richard McLaren (centre) said doping took place on "an unprecedented scale" More than 1000 Russian athletes benefited from a state-sponsored doping programme run for four years from 2011, a new report claims. The final part of the McLaren report implicates four medallists at Sochi 2014 and five from London 2012. Adding more details of the doping it revealed in July, the report described an "institutional conspiracy" involving Russia's secret service. It said the athletes did not act alone but were part of a programme. Sponsor Video The report's author, Professor Richard McLaren, who was appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, said the doping took place on "an unprecedented scale". He added: "There was a cover up that evolved into an institutional and disciplined medal-wining strategy." The report said the system was refined over the course of the London 2012 Olympics, 2013 World Athletics Championship