July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Immigration judge sentenced to jail after trying to bribe refugee claimant for sex

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

A former immigration judge who tried to pressure a refugee claimant into having sex in return for a favourable decision was handed an 18-month jail term Thursday. Steve Ellis, 51, was convicted of breach of […] […]

Taliban stymie NATO push to bolster government

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

ARGHANDAB VALLEY, Afghanistan—This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months. The first quit out of fear and frustration. The Taliban assassinated the second. Now the militants […] […]

Arizona preparing appeal of immigration ruling

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

PHOENIX—Arizona is preparing to ask an appeals court to lift a judge’s ruling that put most of the state’s immigration law on hold in a key first-round victory for the federal government in a fight […] […]

Cemetery dwellers sent to jail

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

TWO women have been sentenced to six years each in jail for squatting in a Manila cemetery that is reserved for national heroes, but has become over-run with people needing homes, the military said. The […] […]

Online games crackdown after murder

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

VIETNAM has banned the advertisement of online games and restricted access after several cases in which young people committed murder or robbery to get money to pay to play. The Ministry of Information and Communications’ […] […]

Dominique Cottrez ‘admits suffocating babies’

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

Police have charged Dominique Cottrez, a nursing assistant in her forties, with the murder of the babies and her husband Pierre-Marie Cottrez with failure to report a crime and illegally hiding corpses. Ms Cottrez admitted suffocating […] […]

AA crash lawsuits begin

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

NEW YORK, USA — Several passengers on the ill-fated American Airlines (AA) plane that crashed in Kingston last December have filed legal claims against the airline, AA officials confirmed yesterday. A total of 92 of […] […]

Amnesty: Lawyer in Iranian stoning case missing

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

CAIRO—Amnesty International accused Iran of harassing the lawyer of a woman sentenced to death by stoning, saying Wednesday that he has gone missing and two of his relatives have been detained. A blog maintained by […] […]

Tyrannical British dad dismembered

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

A former public schoolboy murdered his overbearing father, dismembered his body and buried him under concrete in their garden because he wanted to escape the weight of expectation placed upon him, a jury heard yesterday. […] […]

France promises revenge on al Qaeda for hostage’s death

29th July 2010 sandrea 0

France has declared war on al Qaeda, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network’s North African branch, after terrorists killed a French aid worker taken […] […]