July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Shopping bags a bacteria hazard

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Reusing shopping bags may be good for the environment but harmful to your health. Those handy woven polypropylene bags that can be squeezed small and tucked into a purse can become a comfy home for […] […]

Holland fans ‘heartbroken’ as World Cup ends

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More than a thousand Spanish soccer fans are flooding the streets just east of Little Italy, shutting down portions of College and Bathurst streets and rerouting streetcar traffic in the area. Dozens of partiers climbed […] […]

Expelled Russian spies ‘living in London hotel’

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Two Russian spies expelled from their homeland have been removed to Britain where they are apparently staying on the outskirts of London. They were among the four convicted of spying for the West and exchanged […] […]

Police search serial killer Peter Tobin’s former homes for bodies

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Police investigating the life of serial killer Peter Tobin began searching the gardens of two properties today. Specialist search teams arrived at addresses in Brighton where the triple murderer lived during the late 1980s. Officers […] […]

Divorce or die—old rules clash with new India

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SULTANPUR DABAS, India—Deep in a warren of dusty alleys in a north Indian village, an unmarked house serves as a refuge for a young couple who fear for their lives. Ravinder Gehlaut and Shilpa Kadiyan […] […]

Bombs strike World Cup watchers in Uganda, kill 64

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KAMPALA, Uganda—In simultaneous bombings bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists, two explosions ripped through crowds watching the World Cup final in two places in Uganda’s capital late Sunday, killing 64 people, police said. One American […] […]