June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Stephen Hawking honored at NYC science, arts gala

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NEW YORK—British physicist Stephen Hawking has been honored at a celebrity-filled gala mixing science and the arts at New York City’s Lincoln Center. Wednesday night’s gala is the kickoff event for the World Science Festival, […] […]

Family row may have sparked British tax driver’s shooting rampage in Cumbria

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A FAMILY dispute over a will may have sparked the rampage by a taxi driver who drove through north England villages yesterday shooting dead 12 people and leaving three more fighting for their lives before […] […]

Banning plastic and paper bags – What next?

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By Sandrea: MY GRIPE With the problems in Gaza, Afghanistan, Iraq, Jamaica, to name a few. All these places at the moment that have serious human problems. People dying everyday either by guns, knife and […] […]

Calif. moves to ban plastic bags at grocery stores

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—It could soon cost California shoppers at the checkout aisle if they forget to bring their own bags to the store under what would be the nation’s first statewide plastic bag ban. The California […] […]

Junior school teacher arrested on child porn charges

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Police seize images of boys aged 5 to 12 A teacher was arrested at a Toronto junior school and is now facing child pornography charges after police raided a west-end home Tuesday. Stewart Adams, 46, […] […]

Suspect held in hotel manager’s murder

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MONTEGO BAY, St James — Senior investigators at the Montego Bay CIB are interrogating a male suspect who was held by the Trelawny police early this morning in connection with the fatal stabbing of Paul […] […]

Canadian detained on Gaza aid flotilla says he was beaten

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A Canadian activist detained during a deadly raid on an aid flotilla said his Israeli captors beat and imprisoned him after launching an attack on the ship he was travelling on, CBC reported Wednesday. Rifat […] […]

Family banned from taking girl to arranged marriage

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A LEBANESE family based in Sydney has been banned from taking their daughter to their home country for an arranged marriage. The Federal Magistrates Court acted after the girl, aged 17, called Australian Federal Police […] […]

Arrange marriages – Is it suitable for the 21st century

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By Sandrea: MY GRIPE Firstly, let me say that I am not condoning or condemning arrange marriages. It is not my culture – I am only voicing my comments It would seem that more and […] […]

Egypt breaks blockade on Gaza Strip

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EGYPT has undercut Israel by breaking its three-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, as the international community heightened condemnation of Israel over its attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. Egypt said it was opening its […] […]