July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Then they have the gall to call us ‘infidels’

12th July 2010 sandrea 0

By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE They have the unmitigated gall of calling us ‘infidels’ and yet they have the most archaic laws that it is very hard to even begin to wrap your head around. What […] […]

Wed at 14, ‘adulterous’ girl, Azar Bagheri, awaits stoning

12th July 2010 sandrea 0

SHE was only 14 when she was forced into marriage with an older man. Yet within a year of her wedding, Azar Bagheri was charged with adultery and sentenced to be stoned to death. The […] […]

Third childcare worker arrested in Orlando after 13 kids left alone in daycare

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A THIRD daycare worker was taken into custody today in the case of 13 children left alone in an Orlando daycare centre. Childcare worker Laqunda Hill turned herself into the Orange County Jail today and […] […]

Inquest probes mystery of arms dealer’s death

11th July 2010 sandrea 0

He was accused of being both an Israeli spy and an Egyptian double agent. Two years after his death, Ashraf Marwan’s career and mysterious death in London remain among the most intriguing unsolved riddles of […] […]

Iran halts death by stoning ‘for time being’

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TEHRAN, Iran – The controversial death sentence by stoning for an Iranian woman convicted of adultery will not be implemented for now, said a judicial official on Sunday. The world outcry over the death sentence […] […]

Teen fugitive the ‘Barefoot Bandit’ caught

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS—The teenage “Barefoot Bandit” who allegedly stole cars, boats and airplanes to dodge U.S. law enforcement was nabbed Sunday as he tried to make a water escape then brought handcuffed — and shoeless — […] […]

Spain reigns

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Spain won the World Cup for the first time this afternoon, Andres Iniesta netting in extra-time to see off Holland 1-0 in Johannesburg and hand the Dutch their third final loss. […] […]

Cameron urged to rethink referendum

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Prime Minister David Cameron has been urged to re-think plans for a referendum at the same time as elections to devolved administrations. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond spelled out his anger in a letter to […] […]

Questions over Raoul Moat’s death

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Police are facing more questions over their use of Tasers during the violent end to the stand-off with Raoul Moat. One of the fugitive’s friends brought in to speak to him during the tense negotiations […] […]

New US ambassador

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US President Barack Obama on Friday announced that he would be nominating Pamela Bridgewater to fill the post of US ambassador to Jamaica. Bridgewater’s nomination comes two weeks after the extradition to the US of […] […]