May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Slum standoff in Jamaica over don’s US extradition

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KINGSTON, Jamaica—In a gritty slum, they are preparing for war. They are building barricades of junked cars and sandbags, making Molotov cocktails and pitching barbed wire over power lines. They are waiting for the police, […] […]

First female priest ordained in Italy

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TALY’S first woman priest was ordained today at a church in central Rome, a stone’s throw from the Vatican, a fierce opponent of women entering the priesthood. Maria Vittoria Longhitano, who is 35 and married, […] […]

Change our attitudes or we won’t win the war on drugs

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By Sandrea The war on drugs can never be won so long as the rewards for cultivating, supplying and dealing drugs are so high. When one look at the amount of monetary gains that has […] […]

Drug war has failed on every front

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The US is thinking about dealing with drug abuse as a medical issue, says Martha Mendoza After 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost US$1 trillion ($1.5 trillion) and hundreds of thousands […] […]

Madonna condemns Malawi over jailing of gay couple

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POP superstar Madonna said yesterday she was “shocked” at the 14-year jail sentencing of a Malawian gay couple for sodomy, after they held the African country’s first same-sex wedding. Madonna, who has adopted two children […] […]

Police ignored my Facebook pleas

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POLICE ignored two separate warnings from a young woman about threats from a Facebook stalker less than two weeks before a Sydney teenager was allegedly murdered by a “friend” from the social networking site. The […] […]

Pakistan detainees proud of role in NYC bomb case

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two men detained in Pakistan for alleged links to the attempted Times Square bombing have admitted playing a role in the botched attack and are unrepentant, with one angrily accusing interrogators of […] […]

Overseas detainees lose case on appeal

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WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled Friday that detainees held in an American-run prison in Afghanistan cannot challenge their confinement in federal court, a decision that denies prisoners at Bagram Air Field a legal […] […]

Teen Accused of Murdering Pregnant Girlfriend

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17 year old Anyssia Katherine Escamilla was reported missing on May 11th. FONTANA — An 18 year old Fontana man is under arrest, accused of murdering his 17 year old girlfriend who was three months […] […]

Daughter Accuses LA Kings Assistant Coach of Sexual Abuse

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Sexual abuse charge against Mark Hardy has been upgraded from misdemeanor to a felony. LOS ANGELES — A charge of sexual abuse against an L.A. Kings assistant coach has been upgraded from a misdeamor to […] […]