July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Girl found in Arizona, seven years after abduction from Los Angeles home

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A GIRL who was snatched as a baby seven years ago from a Los Angeles restaurant has been found in Arizona, where police say a woman tried to hide her under a pile of clothes […] […]

Sean Connery probed in Spanish tax fraud

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OSCAR-winning film star Sean Connery and his wife Micheline have been placed under investigation in Spain over allegations of tax fraud. The step is the first part of the process towards formal charges, local media […] […]

Two ex-officers to testify against US military’s gay ban

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TWO US military officers who were discharged because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy are expected to testify today during a federal lawsuit posing the biggest constitutional challenge in years to the US policy […] […]

Vatican toughens sex abuse rules

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VATICAN CITY—The Vatican issued a revised set of in-house rules Thursday to respond to clerical sex abuse, targeting priests who molest the mentally disabled as well as children and priests who use child pornography, but […] […]

Where does the Catholic church get off playing God?

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By Sandrea: MY GRIPE There are few things that get my blood boiling and one of them is these self appointed individuals who believe they have the right, not just to tell us what to […] […]

Pink injured in concert accident

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American singer/songwriter Pink was rushed to hospital in Nurenberg, Germany, Thursday night after she was accidentally dragged off the stage by a wire harness at a concert. The pop star, whose shows are famous for […] […]

Ship unearthed at Ground Zero

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WORKERS excavating the World Trade Centre site have made a remarkable discovery: the 10m-long hull of a ship believed to date back to the 18th century. The remains of the wooden ship were unearthed about […] […]

US fears grow over war in Afghanistan

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IN what could be NATO’s worst month for casualties since 2001, US politicians have voiced fears about the American-led war in Afghanistan. With NATO suffering 12 casualties in two days, Democrat and Republican senators questioned […] […]

Girl, 15, drowned in lake as she tried to save her cousin

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A schoolgirl who drowned on a family day out died trying to rescue her eight-year-old cousin. Kajil Devi fell into a lake while trying to stop the boat the child was in from drifting away. […] […]

Times Square bomb plotter Faisal Shahzad vowed revenge

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THE man arrested for plotting a car-bombing in New York’s Times Square has appeared in a video announcing a “revenge” attack on the US. “This attack on the US will be a revenge for all […] […]