July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Fury over shielding of foreign aid

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The Government has come under fire from voters for shielding foreign aid from massive spending cuts which will hit services in this country. Anger over the pledge was unleashed after Chancellor George Osborne launched a […] […]

Doctors keep pace with heart from afar

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An innovative pacemaker not only keeps a 13-year-old boy’s fragile heart ticking, it also lets his doctor keep watch on it from hundreds of kilometres away. The device, part of a medical system introduced this […] […]

Mild stress aids cancer fight: study

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Cancer patients may benefit from seeking out new sources of mild stress, like joining a sports team, a ground-breaking study led by a New Zealand neuro-scientist suggests. “People tend to think that cancer survivors should […] […]

UK bomb suspects in NY subway twist

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LONDON – Two suspected al Qaeda terrorists arrested on suspicion of planning to blow up a Manchester shopping centre are also alleged to be involved in a plot to plant bombs on the New York […] […]

Mississauga man accused of promoting genocide

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Prosecution justified even though he may no longer be in Canada, groups say The Ontario Provincial Police held a news conference Thursday to announce hate crime charges have been laid against a Mississauga man who […] […]

Argentine ‘dirty war’ general gets life sentence

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Some of the most notorious figures of Argentina’s “dirty war” were convicted Thursday of kidnapping, torturing and murdering 22 people at the beginning of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship when the country cracked down […] […]

Hezbollah denounces CNN’s firing of Mideast editor

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BEIRUT—The Lebanese militant Hezbollah has denounced CNN’s decision to fire a Middle East editor for posting a note on Twitter expressing admiration for the country’s late top Shiite cleric. Octavia Nasr later apologized for her […] […]

US denies visa to Colombian journalist

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BOGOTA, Colombia—The U.S. government has denied a visa to a prominent Colombian journalist who specializes in conflict and human rights reporting to attend a prestigious fellowship at Harvard University. Hollman Morris, who produces an independent […] […]

When is it politically correct to pay homage to the dead?

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By Sandrea:-MY GRIPE Following the death of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlalla and the subsequent furore regarding tributes that has been made about him. When is it politically correct to pay a tribute to someone […] […]

UK removes blog post praising late Lebanese cleric

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LONDON—Britain’s ambassador to Lebanon angered Israelis and embarrassed officials in London after writing a blog post praising the late Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, a staunchly anti-American cleric linked to Hezbollah. Frances Guy, who has […] […]