May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Girl ‘frozen in time’ may hold secrets to ageing

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SCIENTISTS are hoping to gain new insights into the mysteries of ageing by sequencing the genome of a 17-year-old girl who has the body and behaviour of a tiny toddler. Brooke Greenberg is old enough […] […]

Woman hacked to death for marrying without consent

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A 20-year-old woman was hacked to death by her father, brothers and cousins for daring to marry without her family’s consent. The victim, named only as Soni, was the same caste as her groom, but […] […]

Doctor regulation questioned after Hep C scandal

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THE scope of Victoria’s hepatitis c scandal has widened with multiple threats to sue the state’s Medical Practitioners Board, a clinic and also a doctor. At least seven women allegedly infected with hepatitis C will […] […]

Pakistani Taliban behind Times Square car bomb, says US

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THE United States says it has evidence that the Taliban was behind the failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of New York. THE United States says it has evidence that the Taliban […] […]

Motherhood… What they don’t tell you

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-Anna Lisa Spencer is a Florida based WomanWise reader and proud mother. You wake up swing your legs over the side of the bed and wonder why you are so tired when you just woke […] […]

Alex Higgins claims four top players took bribes

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Former world snooker champion Alex Higgins has claimed that at least four top players have taken bribes to lose tournament matches. The 61-year-old also revealed that he turned down several big-money offers to throw games […] […]

Ex-school man accused of child sex offences found dead

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The former head of care at a special school in Hertfordshire has been found dead on the eve of his trial for alleged sex offences against boys. David Harris, 63, who worked at Hilltop Special […] […]

Arrests over third murder on same street in New Cross

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Four teenagers have been arrested over the gun murder of a man in a street in south-east London which has seen two other murders in four years. Nathan Allen, 21, died after being shot in […] […]

My Contribution on this – Mother’s Day

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If on this Mother’s day you mother is no longer with you then I hope the poem I came across below will bring you some peace Gone But Not Forgotten Don’t think of her as […] […]

Taliban threaten strikes

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In an attempt to steal the spotlight from Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s trip to Washington, the Taliban on Saturday threatened to launch a series of attacks across Afghanistan – a claim the defense minister quickly […] […]