July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Reconciliation plan unlikely to bring peace

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THE landmark international conference in Kabul, attended by 40 foreign ministers and international delegates from more than 70 countries, ended on Tuesday with the official endorsement of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s reconciliation program with armed […] […]

Mother admits to killing children

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DALLAS: A Pakistani-born mother told an emergency telephone operator she killed her two young children because they were autistic and she wanted “normal kids”. Police released a recording of the call after Saiqa Akhter was […] […]

E-book battle over profits looms between literary agents and publishers

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A COLD war between publishers and agents over the profits from e-books has erupted into an open conflict that could reshape the book industry. Britain’s Andrew “the Jackal” Wylie, the most feared and powerful of […] […]

William and Susan Shaw win appeal over bunk bed negligence

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PARENTS ordered to pay $853,396 in damages have won their appeal over being found negligent when their son’s friend fractured his skull during a sleepover. The NSW Court of Appeal today overturned a finding that […] […]

Women who sit while relaxing for six hours more likely to die, study says

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RELAXING at home can have deadly consequences for women who sit for more than six hours a day during their leisure time, regardless of how much they exercise, scientists say. A new study from American […] […]

Gays target of dictator Mugabe’s bile

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In flowing white apostolic robes, the president of Zimbabwe, a Roman Catholic, stands at the pulpit to spread hatred. That should come as no surprise. Robert Mugabe, once undeniably a great patriot and African darling […] […]

Drug war: Eight killed in clash with Mexican soldiers

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Eight suspected drug gang gunmen died in a battle with Mexican soldiers in the remote mountains of northern Chihuahua state, according to the the federal Public Safety Department. The department cited an internal army report […] […]

Journalists arrested at possible Clinton wedding site

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Two Norwegian journalists face trespassing charges after they were arrested snapping photos of the New York estate where Chelsea Clinton is expected to get married. Thomas Bjorn Nilsson, 43, of New York, and Kjerste Sortland, […] […]

Girl jailed after mother burned to death

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A teenager who admitted murdering a mother-of-three by setting her house alight was today jailed for a minimum of 11 and a half years. Name suppression for Tonia Ashleigh Bennett, 18, was today lifted when […] […]

Live by gun, die by gun

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By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE The number of young people that has died as a result of gun shot wounds, in Jamaica, is becoming an epidemic. In particular gang members, who the authority seems to be […] […]