May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Turks mark first May Day in Taksim Square in 30 years

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Tens of thousands of union members and leftist political activists gathered Saturday for the first legally-sanctioned May Day celebration in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square in 30 years. Participants included relatives of at least 34 people […] […]

Tennessee floods leave at least 11 dead

3rd May 2010 sandrea 0

Inspectors will be scoping out damage Monday from the massive flooding that has gripped the mid-South and is believed to be responsible for at least 11 deaths in Tennessee, the Nashville and state emergency management […] […]

Mexican drug violence claims 24 lives in 24 hours

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Drug violence in the Mexican state of Chihuahua left 24 people dead in the span of 24 hours this weekend, the state attorney general’s office said Sunday. The killings were scattered over four locations throughout […] […]

U.S. curtails fishing in stricken Gulf

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Federal officials closed a portion of the northern Gulf of Mexico to fishing Sunday, curtailing a billion-dollar business as high winds and choppy seas hampered efforts to corral a rapidly growing oil spill. The spill […] […]

Cuban Ladies in White march again

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The wives and mothers of political prisoners held in Cuba have been allowed to hold their weekly protest for the first time in three weeks. Government supporters had blocked the women, known as Ladies in […] […]

Failed car bomb was not al-Qaeda plot, says NY mayor

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There is no evidence the failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in New York was the work of al-Qaeda or any other big terrorist group, the city’s mayor says. Michael Bloomberg spoke after police […] […]

Man charged with Tooting knife murder of brothers

3rd May 2010 sandrea 0

A man has been charged with the murder of two brothers who were stabbed in Tooting, south London, four years ago. Mohammad Ali, 24, an IT sales manager from Battersea, and Hayder Ali, 23, a […] […]

Christian preacher arrested for saying homosexuality is a sin

3rd May 2010 sandrea 0

Dale McAlpine was charged with causing “harassment, alarm or distress” after a homosexual police community support officer (PCSO) overheard him reciting a number of “sins” referred to in the Bible, including blasphemy, drunkenness and same […] […]

New York: a prime target for terrorism

2nd May 2010 sandrea 0

The attempted bombing of Times Square is the latest in a long line of terror plots and attacks targeting the US city As investigators try to discover the identity and motives of those behind an […] […]

Mexico’s migrants gaze north – and no ‘racist’ law will stop them

2nd May 2010 sandrea 0

Rogelio Cuvas is just the kind of migrant that the state of Arizona would like to keep out. A 39-year-old shop worker, he was deported from the US last week after spending 10 years in […] […]