June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Colombian arrested for molesting 11-year-old boy

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A Colombian man, who is part of the popular televised Colombian trade show, is now in the custody of the Manchester police after he was allegedly caught in sexually molesting an 11 year old boy […] […]

A huge win for Hamas and a blow to Israel

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THE consequences of the Gaza flotilla tragedy will take years to sort out. They operate at two levels – the fairly immediate, and the longer-term. The fairly immediate consequences are clear enough. This was a […] […]

Ontario institute finally gets Stephen Hawking

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Groundbreaking physicist begins stint at Waterloo centre Talk about winning the brain-drain wars. Ontario has landed what may be the best one in the world. After years of waiting and academic oneupmanship, Stephen Hawking, formerly […] […]

After 15 years, mother uses Facebook to find her missing children

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SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — A Southern California mother whose two children were reported missing 15 years ago has tracked them down in Florida using Facebook. San Bernardino Deputy District Attorney Kurt Rowley says Faustino Utrera, […] […]

Military ban on intimacy in war zones is unrealistic, sexperts say

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Enforcing the Canadian military’s blanket ban on soldiers engaging in intimate relationships in a war zone is an unwinnable fight against human nature, some experts say. Brig.-Gen. Daniel Menard, Canada’s top commander in Afghanistan, was […] […]

What does he mean – it is not about race

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By Sandrea: MY GRIPE The Arizona Councilman fired from his radio show for making the comment “To depict the biggest picture on that building as a black person – I would have to ask the […] […]

Relationship – Where are you from?

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By Sandrea: MY GRIPE In todays climate of relationship, boy meet girl, the question of where you are from was a general question that would have been asked somewhere within the conversation, but would not […] […]

Israel – What are they so afraid of?

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By Sandrea: MY GRIPE The current activities of Israeli interception of aid ships to the Gaza, makes me wonder what is Israel so afraid of that they believe that these actions are necessary. These are […] […]

Pope meets Muslim leader in Cyprus

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NICOSIA, Cyprus—Pope Benedict XVI has met with a Muslim leader on his pilgrimage to Cyprus, part of efforts to talk to both sides of the decades-old conflict on the island divided between ethnic Greeks and […] […]

Egypt’s men warned off marrying Israelis

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A CAIRO court has upheld a ruling to strip Egyptian men married to Israeli women of their citizenship in a case that has highlighted national sentiment towards Israel. Judge Mohammed al-Husseini sitting on the Supreme […] […]