May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

London needs a girl like Rihanna

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London hasn’t had the best of times recently as far as divas are concerned, with Whitney Houston having more than a problem or two at her O2 shows. But fear not, for there is a […] […]

Party revellers rescued from lift

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More than 80 emergency service personnel were called out to rescue six stag party revellers who plummeted 100ft in a hotel lift accident, police have said. The drama happened when the lift plunged to beach […] […]

May Day revellers leap from bridge

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Men and women in various states of undress could be seen plunging into the shallow waters of the River Cherwell in Oxford as dawn broke over the city’s spires. Jumping off Magdalen Bridge on May […] […]

Neighbours describe stabbing death

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Police cars outside the address on Sherwood Avenue in St Albans, where a man died and a woman was seriously injured in a stabbing A woman collapsed outside her home “covered in blood” after a […] […]

Palestinian Authority blocks sale of goods made at Israeli settlements

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The Palestinian Authority has embarked on a series of measures aimed at ending what one official has called the “cancer” of Palestinian economic dependence on Israel’s West Bank settlements. This week Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud […] […]

Religious persecution is widespread, report warns

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The numbers are shocking: 12,000 people killed in a cycle of violence between Christians and Muslims stretching back more than a decade. The location: Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa, lying on the continent’s […] […]

Children’s cold, allergy medicine recalled

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A voluntary recall has been issued for more than 40 over-the-counter drugs for children, including Tylenol and Motrin, because they don’t meet quality standards. “This recall is not being undertaken on the basis of adverse […] […]

Rescuing girls from sex slavery

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Geeta was 9 when she began wearing makeup, staying up until 2 a.m. and having sex with as many as 60 men a day. “I used to be really sad and frustrated with what was […] […]

Doctor: ‘Sheer will’ saved Bret Michaels

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Bret Michaels’ “sheer will to live” kept him alive long enough last week to allow doctors to stabilize his condition after he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, his neurosurgeon said Friday. The rock singer and […] […]

How we became white people

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By Christian Lander, [right] I am white. I know that’s a terribly big surprise, considering that I write a blog called Stuff White People Like, but I mean it, I’m white. Like really white. I’m […] […]