June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Tivoli Gardens more than ‘Dudus’ – Golding

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PRIME Minister Bruce Golding has described the security forces’ assault on Tivoli Gardens, that has left 73 civilians dead, as representing more than the attempted arrest of former strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke – who remains […] […]

UPDATE: PNP brings no confidence motion to Parliament

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THE Opposition People’s National Party is now tabling a no confidence motion against the Government in Parliament. It’s being tested by a number of technicalities raised by Government members, one being that the standing orders […] […]

Two police officers stabbed in downtown Calgary

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CALGARY—Two officers who work for Alberta’s police investigative unit were injured at its downtown Calgary headquarters Tuesday when a witness pulled out a knife. RCMP Supt. Randy McGinnis said there was a struggle in an […] […]

Feds paint Mohamed Harkat as liar in final arguments

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OTTAWA—A federal lawyer began concluding arguments in the Mohamed Harkat case by painting the Ottawa man as a calculating terrorist who consistently covered his tracks with lies. Counsel David Tyndale said Monday that Harkat’s version […] […]

Kimberley couple jailed for sexual abuse of girls in their care

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DETECTIVES had to crack a “veil of silence” to uncover years of sex abuse carried out by a married couple against two girls in a remote Kimberley community. “They were guarding a secret, and they […] […]

Paralysed man attacked outside hospital

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A MAN in a wheelchair has been randomly attacked and beaten while waiting outside a hospital in Manchester, northern England. The 40-year-old victim, who is paralysed from the waist down, was with his girlfriend by […] […]

Racist couples barred from adopting children in Italy

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AN Italian couple’s adoption bid was denied after they said in their application that they did not want “dark-skinned” children. An appeal court in Sicily ruled that the couple were unfit to adopt children of […] […]

Dudus about-turn

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In an apparent about-face in the extradition fight over west Kingston enforcer Chris-topher ‘Dudus’ Coke, Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne said she had taken into account evidence besides the contentious wiretapping information in signing the request […] […]

Philippines tests sex education in public schools

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MANILA, Philippines—Philippine elementary and high schools will start teaching basic sex education as a pilot program in the conservative Roman Catholic nation, officials said Tuesday, brushing aside concerns by church leaders that it may encourage […] […]

Ted Koppel’s son, 40, found dead in NYC apartment

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NEW YORK—The 40-year-old son of former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel was found dead in an apartment in upper Manhattan after a day of bar hopping with a man he met at a watering hole, […] […]