June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Cops say they’ve seized CCTV system in Tivoli

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A closed-circuit television (CCTV) system that the police believe was used to monitor several entrances to the West Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens is now being checked by the police to find out where the […] […]

Times Square car bomb suspect indicted

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Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad has been charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts in an indictment that accuses him of receiving explosives training and financial help from the Pakistani Taleban. The indictment returned […] […]

Rape – Traumatic event – ACC Unbelievable

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By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE Rape is such a traumatic event and anyone who have never been rape do not have the right to tell someone who has had to endure this invasion of privacy, that […] […]

ACC said rape pain not enough, alleged victims says

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Just days after being raped by a stranger, a 22-year-old woman received a letter from ACC saying that her pain wasn’t enough to deserve counselling, she says. Stricter rules around ACC sexual abuse counselling claims […] […]

Australia named in slavery report as crime gangs profit from rights abuses

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THE US State Department yesterday named and shamed Australia as a source and destination for human trafficking for sexual servitude and forced labour. It said women from Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and China […] […]

Iran ‘could launch hundreds of missiles’ against Europe: Gates

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US intelligence has shown Iran could launch an attack against Europe with scores or hundreds of missiles, prompting major changes to US missile defences, Pentagon chief Robert Gates said. The claim came as Russian President […] […]

Punter’s paradise

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It’s just a few days old, but punters are already putting their money where their mouths are, with local bookmakers reporting impressive sales on their FIFA World Cup offerings. Sports betting, outside of horseracing, is […] […]

Canadian Parents Kill J’Can Girl?

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The father and stepmother of a 15-year-old Jamaican girl who recently migrated to Canada have been charged in connection with the child’s murder. According to reports, on Saturday the body of Tiffany Gayle was found […] […]

Man’s wrongful conviction condemned

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The police watchdog has published a report detailing failures by a force in the way it handled the case of a man wrongly imprisoned for sexual assault. Warren Blackwell, 40, was jailed after a woman […] […]

Judge: Guantanamo detainee will be strip searched

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NEW YORK—A Guantanamo Bay detainee awaiting trial in a federal civilian court cannot evade strip searches that require him to expose his private areas because security would be compromised, a judge has ruled. U.S. District […] […]