July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing - Part 31

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Spain parliament rejects burqa ban—for now

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MADRID—Spain’s Parliament on Tuesday rejected a proposal to ban women from wearing in public places Islamic veils that reveal only the eyes. However, the Socialist government has said it favors including a ban on people […] […]

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US intelligence reliant on ‘contractors’

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WASHINGTON: US intelligence agencies are dangerously dependent on contractors, with 30 per cent of the spy workforce potentially bound to shareholders more than the nation. Despite a ban on private hands performing “inherently government functions”, […] […]

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Cuba orders Chilean to appear in corruption probe

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HAVANA—Cuba has ordered a colorful Chilean businessman with deep personal ties to Fidel Castro to appear in a corruption probe or face a possible arrest warrant. The decree gives Max Marambio until July 29 to […] […]

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Bring it on!

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Times have changed since two months ago when dozens of residents from Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston, marched in the streets and militants challenged the security forces in defence of alleged drug baron Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. […] […]

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Duct tape wielding ‘stalker’ caught outside Aniston’s home

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US actress Jennifer Aniston is the object of a “delusional stalker’s” affection. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Aniston applied for a restraining order against a man caught outside her Hollywood Hills home July […] […]

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Officials: Replica shows NY bomb could have killed

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NEW YORK – Investigators detonated a working replica of the car bomb used in the failed Times Square terror attack, creating a large explosion that destroyed other vehicles and scattered flaming debris, law enforcement officials […] […]

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Iraq invasion ‘triggered UK terror’

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The invasion of Iraq triggered a massive upsurge in terrorist activity against the UK, the former head of MI5 said. Baroness Manningham-Buller said the Security Service had been forced to seek a doubling of its […] […]

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Attacks mar Afghan handover target

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Two US civilians were shot dead by an Afghan soldier in northern Afghanistan as a major international conference agreed a strategy for the withdrawal of foreign troops. The shooting underlined the difficulty facing Nato forces […] […]

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Orde praises Moat police approach

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Attempts to catch Raoul Moat alive with electric stun guns “define the British style of policing”, the leader of the country’s police chiefs has said. Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police […] […]

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Rights group: Remove UK torture inquiry judge

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LONDON—The judge leading the British inquiry into charges that his country’s intelligence services colluded with the torture of suspected terrorists abroad has had his impartiality compromised and must be removed, a leading human rights group […] […]