June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

‘Dudus’ fails

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FUGITIVE Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke yesterday failed in his Supreme Court bid to get hounding security forces off his back. The court threw out Coke’s application for a Judicial Review of the decision to begin extradition […] […]

Suicide attack kills 40 at Afghan wedding party

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan—A suicide bomb ripped through a wedding party in full swing in the Taliban’s heartland in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens more, officials said Thursday. The blast occurred late […] […]

FBI: Mexicans chased away US agents after shooting

10th June 2010 sandrea 0

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico—Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Grande, the FBI and […] […]

CA renews bid to suspend Jackson doctor’s license

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LOS ANGELES—California’s medical board has again asked a judge to suspend the license of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death. The state attorney general’s office argued in a brief filed Monday that the current […] […]

Furore over Empire State Building tribute

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NEW YORK – When the Empire State Building lights up, reaching 102 stories into the Manhattan sky, people lift their eyes and guess what that night’s colours might mean – a holiday, a charitable cause, […] […]

Gagged, kneeling body found in Tivoli Gardens

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DETECTIVES from the Major Investigation Task Force, (MIT), found a body in a kneeling position, with hands and feet bound and mouth gagged in a shallow grave near a section of Tivoli Gardens known as […] […]

US cop kills rock-throwing teen on border bridge

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CIUDAD JUAREZ: Mexico has condemned the US Border Patrol’s “disproportionate” use of force after an agent shot dead a 14-year-old Mexican boy who was throwing rocks on a bridge linking the two nations. The boy […] […]

Brazil man allegedly imprisons, rapes daughter and has seven children with her

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A MAN in a remote fishing village in Brazil kept his daughter imprisoned for 12 years, raped her repeatedly and had seven children with her, police said. The man is also accused of abusing a […] […]

Bruce legal action over ABC ‘Dudus’ story

9th June 2010 sandrea 0

LAWYERS representing Prime Minister Bruce Golding have written to United States-based news network ABC seeking redress for a recent newscast referring to Golding as a ‘criminal affiliate’ of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. “It is being pursued […] […]

Chief justice dumps Dudus’ application

9th June 2010 sandrea 0

CHIEF Justice Zalia McCalla a today rejected an application by attorneys representing wanted fugitive Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke who sought to have the court nullify an arrest warrant and order to start extradition proceedings against him. […] […]