June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Bringing the music back to Haiti

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PÉTIONVILLE, HAITI—Jeanne Pocius marches across the sanctuary of St. Jacques le Juste, whose far corner is now home to a Baldwin grand piano, its black finish coated in dust as soft as talcum powder. She […] […]

Pilot killed in crash Sunday at Buttonville airport

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Police and firefighters are on scene after a plane crashed around the Buttonville airport near Markham at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The pilot and sole occupant of the plane is dead, according to witnesses who […] […]

Israel to allow all strictly civilian goods into Gaza, easing its blockade

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ISRAEL will allow all strictly civilian goods into Gaza while preventing certain weapons and dual-use items from entering the enclave. The new announcement is a response to mounting calls to ease Israel’s four-year siege on the […] […]

India insists Bolt set for Delhi 2010

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NEW DELHI, India — Commonwealth Games organisers today insisted that Usain Bolt will compete despite the Jamaican’s coach saying Delhi 2010 was not on the agenda. “He will surely come,” organising committee spokesman Lalit Bhanot […] […]

Crews drill deeper to stop Gulf oil leak – 2.4km to go

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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – Drilling crews are grinding ever deeper to build the relief wells that are the best hope of stopping the massive oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of […] […]

Boy drowns trying to save friend

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A schoolboy has drowned as he tried to rescue his friend from a river. Declan Shanley, 13, jumped into the river Kelvin in Glasgow to try to pull his friend out of the deeper water […] […]

State of emergency declared in Pennsylvania city after spate of shootings

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A SUBURBAN Philadelphia city has declared a state of emergency in response to a spate of violent incidents, which included four killings in eight days. The state of emergency took effect at 9.00pm Saturday in […] […]

Al-Qaeda warns of new attacks on US

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AL-QAEDA’S US-born spokesman has warned President Barack Obama the militant group may launch new attacks that would kill more Americans than previous ones. In a taunting, 24-minute message that dwelled on Obama’s setbacks, including the […] […]

Women do ‘so much,’ but still need our help

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Men are many things, but there is at least one thing they are not. They are not women. For Nonhlanhla (“Call me Noni”) Dlamini, that is a problem. “At the end of the day, men […] […]

Dozens detained in anti-government rally in Egypt

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CAIRO—Egyptian security forces beat and arrested dozens of protesters on Sunday when they attempted to march through downtown Cairo in the latest demonstration against police brutality following the death of young man, witnesses and police […] […]