June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

World Cup shocker: Switzerland beats favourites Spain 1-0

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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA—A World Cup struggling for sparkle and goals was officially thrown wide open Wednesday with this stunning upset in Durban: Spain 0, Switzerland 1. Gelson Fernandes’ goal seven minutes into the second half […] […]

Caste divide spurs brutal ‘honour’ killing

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NEW DELHI – In an alleyway in New Delhi choked with flies and neighbours in mourning, Devindri Devi held up a photograph of her nephew. “We had agreed to the marriage but her family did […] […]

Happy slap gang admit random killing of elderly British man

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TWO teenage members of a brutal happy slap gang pleaded guilty to killing a retired British man in front of his three-year-old granddaughter. Frail Ekram Haque, 67, was walking home from a mosque in Tooting, […] […]

Dutch outraged as South Africa charges women over beer babe stunt

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THE DUTCH Government has blasted South Africa for arresting and charging two Dutch women who organised an “ambush marketing” stunt at a World Cup match. The incident involved 36 women who were dressed in short […] […]

FIFA sees red over Orange mini-dress

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PRETORIA – What started out as a sideshow is quickly becoming a main event here as two Dutch women now face criminal charges in relation to a marketing stunt. Thirty-six fetching young women in mini-dresses […] […]

US$20,000 reward for ‘Dudus’

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THE police have placed a US$20,000 bounty on the head of fugitive Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, who is wanted in the United States to answer charges related to drugs and gun-running, the constabulary said yesterday. The […] […]

Brazil’s group still touch and go

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TODAY’S matches started with a bit of a shock when Slovakia drew 1-1 against New Zealand — everyone expected Slovakia to win by at least three or four goals. While New Zealand didn’t play particularly […] […]

Dame Helen Mirren lets rip over ‘bloody p—poor’ BP

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AS US President Barack Obama prepares to confront BP executives over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, British icon Dame Helen Mirren already made clear her feelings on the subject. Appearing on US television, the […] […]

Jayant Patel claims community was ‘lucky to have him’

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AFTER allegedly killing three of his patients, surgeon Jayant Patel told a nurse the central Queensland community of Bundaberg was lucky to have him because he had made the hospital “a lot of money”, a […] […]

Time to rethink how we look at dementia, says health exper

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MUCH as the public now accepts disabilities such as paraplegia as part of everyday life, they must allow dementia sufferers into the mainstream. And carers should give those with dementia as big a stake in […] […]