June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Indonesians grapple with first celebrity sex-tape scandal

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JAKARTA, INDONESIA—Indonesians are grappling with their first-ever celebrity sex-tape scandal, casting aside social taboos as they swarmed around office computers and mobile phones to watch clips allegedly showing a much-loved pop star with two girlfriends. […] […]

Beautiful night for Germany with 4-0 rout of Australia

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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA—For one night, the Beautiful Game belonged to Germany. Known more as a methodical team than a creative one, the Germans scored several lovely goals Sunday night in a 4-0 rout of Australia. […] […]

Canadian to be part of proposed inquiry into Gaza flotilla incident

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OTTAWA—Israel has asked Canada’s former top military lawyer to help investigate its attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. A statement from the Israel government says one of two foreign observers for a proposed inquiry would […] […]

$3.4bn for Irish terror victims from Muammar Gaddafi Semtex payout

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LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi is to pay up to £2 billion ($3.42bn) to victims of Irish terrorism for his country’s role in supplying shiploads of explosives to the IRA. About £800 million will go to […] […]

How the Socceroos got torn apart by rampant Germans in Durban

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ONE sensed that Germany was almost arrogant in the build-up to the World Cup opener against the Socceroos and in hindsight they had every right to be. Germany was a different class and their 4-0 […] […]

Explosions kill 5, wound 75 at Kenya rally

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NAIROBI, Kenya—Two explosions ripped through a park in Kenya’s capital during a packed political rally late Sunday, killing five people and wounding 75, officials said. The rally was held to protest a draft constitution the […] […]

15 dead as gunmen storm Iraq’s central bank

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BAGHDAD—Fifteen people were killed and dozens wounded Sunday when suicide bombers detonated at least one bomb at Iraq’s central bank and gunmen battled troops in what officials said may have been a raid on the […] […]

Australian ‘angel’ saves lives at suicide spot

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SYDNEY—In those bleak moments when the lost souls stood atop the cliff, wondering whether to jump, the sound of the wind and the waves was broken by a soft voice. “Why don’t you come and […] […]

Bahamas police: Celebrated interior designer dies

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NASSAU, Bahamas—J. Wallace Tutt III, a South Florida interior designer whose elegant creations were popular with movie stars, models and fashion icons, was found dead in the Bahamas, authorities said Sunday. He was 53. The […] […]

Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt want Israel’s Gaza blockade to stay

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THE Palestinian Authority and Egypt oppose lifting Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip but both call for easing the overland flow of goods to Gaza’s 1.5 million residents. PA President Mahmoud Abbas made his […] […]