July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Facebook leads police to alleged killer in the Philippines

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POLICE in the Philippines today arrested a suspect in the murders of nine people after identifying him through his Facebook account, BBC News reported. Mark Dizon, a computer technician, is suspected of killing American Albert […] […]

Afghan informants’ lives at risk from documents posted on WikiLeaks

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HUNDREDS of Afghan lives have been put at risk by the leaking of 90,000 intelligence documents to WikiLeaks because the files identify informants working with NATO forces. In just two hours of searching the WikiLeaks […] […]

Eating for two myth is making pregnant women fat

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RATES of obesity among pregnant women are at an epidemic level, exacerbated by poor awareness of the dangers and myths such as “eating for two”, health experts say. Almost one in six women are obese […] […]

FBI says mastermind of botnet nabbed

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WASHINGTON—International authorities have arrested a computer hacker believed responsible for creating the malicious computer code that infected as many as 12 million computers, invading major banks and corporations around the world, FBI officials told The […] […]

Where so many children die bearing children

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KINSHASA—The Congo is a difficult place to be born, or borne — as in utero. Dangerous for the baby, dangerous for the mother and dangerous for the first five years of life — a dismal […] […]

Aussie Julian Assange behind invulnerable site for whistleblowers

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JULIAN Assange steps into the glare of lights at a London club. He is believed to be 38 and his hair is white. He is wearing a jacket, white shirt and combat trousers. He speaks […] […]

US denies double talk on Megrahi

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THE US has hit back at claims it was guilty of “double talk” over the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber – insisting it always wanted him to die in jail. The Obama administration intervened […] […]

Rocket ‘killed 52 civilians in village’

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THE Afghan government says 52 civilians, including women and children, died when a NATO rocket struck a village in southern Afghanistan – a report disputed by the international coalition yesterday. The allegation was raised as […] […]

Pentagon hunts for source of leaks

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THE Pentagon has launched the hunt for the source of the huge leak of documents about the Afghanistan war, amid fears over the risk to US-led forces and funding for the conflict. The White House […] […]

White students plead guilty in racism video case

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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa—Four white former students pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges surrounding a video they made humiliating black university employees in a case prompting bitter protests that racism remains entrenched in South Africa more than […] […]