June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Call for pregnant smokers test

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All pregnant women should have breath tests to see whether they are smokers or not, a health watchdog has said. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) said that every expectant mother should […] […]

‘Middle-aged white guy’ doesn’t fit terrorist profile

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Friends, colleagues baffled by charges against man they say likes to challenge security apparatus Byron Sonne recently joked he was the last guy counter-terrorism officials would be prone to investigate. The 37-year-old man made the […] […]

Val Kilmer apologises to neighbours for calling them drunks and criminals

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ACTOR Val Kilmer has been given the go-ahead to rent guesthouses on his New Mexico ranch after apologising for branding his neighbours “drunks and criminals”. “I’d just like to say from my heart that I […] […]

Why lying thrill-seekers appeal to women

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Bad boys, it seems, really do get all the girls. Women might claim they want caring, thoughtful types, but scientists have discovered what they really want – self-obsessed, lying psychopaths. A study has found that […] […]

Dirty tactics fail to sink Indian candidate

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An Indian-American woman trying to overcome allegations of infidelity and an ethnic slur to become America’s first Sikh-born governor has won a Republican primary runoff vote in the southern state of South Carolina. Nikki Haley, […] […]

What took you so long, Mr Coke?

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Page one editorial The capture of fugitive Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke will, hopefully, signal the end of thug rule over Jamaican communities like Tivoli Gardens and other garrisons. We want to be among the first to […] […]

Dudus hearing tomorrow at Mobile Reserve

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THE extradition hearing for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke has been set for tomorrow by Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn according to a release from the Press Association of Jamaica. The hearing is set to be […] […]

Tennis – Courting History

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Remarkable. And a little bizarre. Wimbledon today saw a match that began as a two-day affair, moved into a marathon and slowly became a theatre of the absurd as American John Isner and opponent Nicolas […] […]

Australia gets first female prime minister

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CANBERRA – Kevin Rudd has stepped down as the Australian prime minister and leader of the Australian Labor party. He made the move before a leadership ballot this morning. Sky News estimated 74 of 112 […] […]

Indonesia’s most wanted man arrested

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AN elite anti-terrorism squad arrested Indonesia’s most-wanted man and two other suspects overnight after raiding their hide-out on the country’s main island of Java, police and witnesses said. At least one person was killed and […] […]