May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Iranian lesbian Kiana Firouz facing 100 lashes over film

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A YOUNG Iranian actress named Kiana Firouz will attend the London premiere tonight of a film in which she plays a lesbian seeking asylum in Britain because the Iranian authorities are pursuing her. The Home […] […]

Tillie Abrams was the woman behind William Ashley

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The name William Ashley has been well-known in Toronto for more than 60 years, associated with the finest bone china, crystal and sterling silver, a shop that sold to society’s elite and to generations of […] […]

US said committed to working with Caribbean on security issues

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The United States says it is committed to working with Caribbean countries to combat threats that endanger their security and that the launch of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative on May […] […]

Muslim anger prompts Pakistan to block Facebook

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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s government ordered Internet service providers to block Facebook yesterday amid anger over a page that encourages users to post images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The page on the social networking […] […]

Child-rapist’s victim tells of her seven-year torment

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A BRAVE sex-abuse victim has urged other children not to suffer in silence after seeing her attacker jailed for 14 years. The youngster was tormented by Paul Steele for seven years of her childhood. He […] […]

Human shields in Tivoli

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‘Dudus’ supporters fire first volley in show of defiance IN a day of high tension in West Kingston, thugs held residents of Tivoli Gardens, the power base of strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, as potential human […] […]

Pan Pharmaceuticals founder Jim Selim dies

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PAN Pharmaceuticals founder Jim Selim, who successfully fought the Federal Government after it banned 219 of his alternative medicines, has died at the age of 68. His long-time solicitor Andrew Thorpe said Mr Selim died […] […]

Lawyer: mothers to see 3 Americans jailed in Iran

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TEHRAN, Iran—A lawyer representing three Americans jailed in Iran says his clients will meet their visiting mothers Thursday. Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were arrested along the Iraqi border in July, and Iran […] […]

Under siege

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THE JAMAICA Defence Force (JDF) has called out the National Reserve after thugs in west Kingston yesterday underscored their stated intention to defend the ‘President’ when they opened fire on a team of soldiers attempting […] […]

Prosecutor: NJ schoolyard deaths part of gang test

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NEWARK, N.J. – The execution-style slayings of three friends in a New Jersey schoolyard nearly three years ago were carried out to test the mettle of an aspiring gang member, a prosecutor told jury members […] […]