July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Whistleblower site’s greatest hits

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Headlines have been dominated by WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, this week. Tom Chivers picks the website’s top 10 scoops. 1. Iraq Apache helicopter attack Horrifying video footage showing 15 people including two Reuters […] […]

Indian police fire on Kashmir protesters

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ANOTHER protester has been killed in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, bringing to six the number of young men shot dead by security forces in two days as fresh violence shakes the region. The latest casualties marked […] […]

Death toll rising in wake of Pakistani floods

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NOWSHERA, PAKISTAN—Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, diarrhea and other […] […]

Author took us in, Kabul book man accuses

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THERE is one book on Afghanistan that the owner of a cluttered bookshop in Kabul is proud not to stock, even though it is based on his family. The Bookseller of Kabul was an international […] […]

Church to burn copies of Koran to mark 9/11

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A FLORIDA church was yesterday promoting an event where it will burn copies of the Koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the U.S. In the announcement on its Facebook […] […]

Loch Ness Monster spotted off British coast

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CYNICS may dismiss it as just a piece of driftwood or a trick of the light. But a photograph showing what appears to be a long-necked sea creature has got marine experts scratching their heads. […] […]

Researcher finds key to how AIDS infects cells

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A scientist who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases believes he may have found a key to how HIV manages to break through and infect a single cell. It may all come […] […]

Talks ended in protest at PM claim

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Pakistan’s intelligence agency cancelled planned talks with security experts in the UK in protest at David Cameron’s claim that elements within the country were promoting the export of terror, it has been reported. The cancelled […] […]

Sarah’s Law set for UK roll-out

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Sarah’s Law, which allows parents to check if someone has a history of child sex offences, will be rolled out nationally this weekend. The Home Office scheme gives a parent the right to check with […] […]

Payment to Huntley – Travesty of justice

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By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE Following reports that convicted killer Ian Huntley is seeking to sue the prison authority for an attack on his person, and to further seek compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, […] […]