July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Update: 82 police injured in Northern Ireland’s 2 nights of riots

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BELFAST CITY, UNITED KINGDOM—Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province’s annual parades by the British Protestant majority. While most […] […]

French parliament set to approve ban on face veils

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PARIS—France’s lower house of parliament appeared ready Tuesday to approve a ban on burqa-like Islamic veils, a move that is popular among French voters despite concerns from Muslim groups and human rights advocates. The issue […] […]

UK doctors declare war on junk food

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Leading doctors in Britain will today demand tough government action to curb the nation’s addiction to unhealthy food, and so help halt spiralling rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Senior medical figures want to […] […]

Belfast – How long is the feud to continue?

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By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE The situation and violence in Belfast is disgraceful, I thought the days of burning cars and hurting people was over and done with. What is wrong with people don’t they realise […] […]

Belfast faces big cleanup after 2 nights of riots

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BELFAST, Northern Ireland—Authorities in Northern Ireland face a major cleanup following two nights of rioting that left 55 officers injured during a major Protestant holiday. Commuters faced delays going to work Tuesday as several roads […] […]

Attorney says John Stamos had fling with 17-year-old

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A woman charged with conspiring to bilk actor John Stamos of hundreds of thousands of dollars had a brief romantic fling with him when she was a 17-year-old high school student during a spring break […] […]

Organised crime gangs ‘outwitting police’ says Sir Paul Stephenson

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The long arm of the law is failing to reach the most dangerous organised crime gangs, Britain’s most senior police officer warned. Sir Paul Stephenson said sophisticated gangsters of all kinds are using cutting edge […] […]

No wonder racism is still alive

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By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE A family of former asylum seekers getting £2,000 a week in housing benefit to live in a £2.1 million Kensington. Now come on, no matter who you are that kind of […] […]

Belfast violence marching on

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RIOTING by Catholics left 27 police injured in Northern Ireland, including three with gunshot wounds. This came ahead of the biggest day of Northern Ireland’s marching season. The night violence in Belfast included missiles being […] […]

‘Inspire’ Magazine – Abominable

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By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE The information contained in the ‘Inspire Magazine, as reported by the Australian newspaper, is abominable, and the creator, from Yemen-based al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula should not be allowed to get […] […]