July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

8 signs of a rocky relationship

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WHEN a relationship ends in divorce, you often hear one partner exclaiming that he/she had no idea things would have turned out that way. Really and truly though, relationships don’t just go sour overnight, there […] […]

Is she loving the skin he’s in?

19th July 2010 sandrea 0

SOME people believe that for a relationship to work, both parties must have everything in common, and this, for some, also applies to race and colour. Others are more liberal in their beliefs, and they […] […]

Dealing with the jealous spouse

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So you are in a relationship but you feel like a prisoner as you are unable to socially interact with friends and associates because your spouse is uncomfortable with such association. He/she accuses you of […] […]

South Africa in circumcision drive to fight AIDS

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Thomas Mukone wonders exactly how he would tell his wife that he wants a circumcision at age 41, even with the government in Zimbabwe urging adult men to get snipped to […] […]

Sex education

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WHILE many pre-teens were poring over sappy romance novels, Karen Carpenter spent her childhood in a liberal household where she was given free reign to browse through her uncle’s Playboy collection at will and speak […] […]

Breakthrough gel, costing pennies, shown to protect women against HIV

19th July 2010 sandrea 0

WASHINGTON—A gel containing the AIDS drug tenofovir reduced HIV infections in women by 39 per cent over two and a half years – the first time such an approach has protected against sexual transmission of […] […]

Newspaper probe uncovers bloated U.S. intelligence bureaucracy

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WASHINGTON—Since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 in the U.S., top-secret intelligence gathering by the government has grown so unwieldy and expensive that no one really knows what it costs and how many people […] […]

Robert Semrau found not guilty of murder

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GATINEAU – A military captain did shoot an unarmed insurgent on an Afghan battlefield but is not guilty of murder, a military judicial panel has found. In a dramatic verdict, Capt. Robert Semrau, who was […] […]

I love him like crazy

19th July 2010 sandrea 0

YOU look at him, but only from afar. His smile, his presence, his mere existence means everything to you and that is when the decision is made. Slowly you step forward, the excitement mounting in […] […]

God is moving Jamaica forward — Golding

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MONTEGO BAY, St James — Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday told the congregation of the New Testament Church of God on Water Lane in Montego Bay that the Almighty was moving Jamaica in the right […] […]