July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Fears in UK after aloe vera drink laced with ketamine

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TWO British women remained in the hospital in serious condition tonight after drinking aloe vera juice contaminated with ketamine. Police were investigating how the party drug came to be inside bottles of the Gayatri brand […] […]

Growing legend of a real life Pink Panthers crime ring

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CETINJE, MONTENEGRO—Their nickname comes straight from Peter Sellers and Inspector Clouseau, but there’s nothing bumbling about them. In heists from London to Paris to Tokyo, the crime ring that Interpol calls the Pink Panthers is […] […]

Train crash in India kills more than 60

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CALCUTTA, INDIA—A speeding express train plowed into a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing 61 people in a crash so powerful it sent the roof of one car flying onto an overpass. […] […]

British climategate scientists still under fire from global warming sceptics

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CLEARED of scientific fraud, climate scientists at Britain’s University of East Anglia might have hoped to quietly resume their research. But despite being exonerated by three separate inquiries, they continue to be hounded by climate […] […]

Singapore arrests British writer for defamation

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SINGAPORE—Singaporean police said Monday they arrested a British author as part of a criminal defamation investigation related to his book on the city-state’s death penalty policy. Alan Shadrake, 75, was in Singapore to promote the […] […]

Hillary Clinton offers aid to Pakistan in bid to halt rise of terrorism

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HILLARY Clinton has announced aid projects for Pakistan aimed at defusing anti-American sentiment and shoring up anti-terrorism efforts. The US Secretary of State arrived in Islamabad en route to a donor conference in Kabul, calling […] […]

Gaza women fume over Hamas’ water-pipe ban

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – There are few pleasures left for Gaza’s 1.5 million people, squeezed by both a blockade and Hamas efforts to impose its strict Muslim lifestyle. And women here just lost another […] […]

Spanish parliament to debate ban on public burqas

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MADRID—Spanish lawmakers will debate barring burqas in public, joining other European countries considering similar moves on the grounds that the body-covering garments are degrading to women, the leading opposition party said Sunday. Top officials of […] […]

Hopeful scientists extend trial for oil cap

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NEW ORLEANS – A trial run of a cap that was blocking oil from streaming into the Gulf of Mexico was extended yesterday after the Government’s spokesman on the cleanup said BP will continue to […] […]

West to set down 2014 exit strategy

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Western troops are to pull out of Afghanistan by 2014, under a blueprint for drawing down coalition forces that is set to begin in a matter of months. A leaked communique – a copy of […] […]