July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

More regulation for police cameras

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The national police camera network that records motorists’ movements is to come under tighter regulation, the Home Office has said. Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered that the surveillance system should be placed under statutory […] […]

Britons ‘behind UK terror offences

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More than two-thirds of Islamism-related terrorism offences or suicide attacks in the UK over the last 10 years were perpetrated by British citizens, according to a report published. Some 69% of such incidents from 1999 […] […]

Gay couple have children christened

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A gay couple who made legal history when they were jointly registered as fathers have christened their fourth and fifth children. Around 100 people joined Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow, of Danbury, Essex, at a service […] […]

US press: from watchdog to lapdog

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THERE are many reasons for the seemingly unstoppable collapse of much of the mainstream US media, but one seems to have been overlooked. Many American newspapers have simply become pale, quivering shadows of what they […] […]

MI5 in check for Russian ‘agents’

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A suspected network of up to 20 “illegal” Russian agents in Britain is being investigated by internal spy agency MI5. The agency’s focus on unravelling Moscow’s “deep cover” operations has intensified after the arrest last […] […]

Petraeus takes over Afghan mission: ‘We are in this to win’

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KABUL—“We are in this to win,” Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday as he took the reins of an Afghan war effort troubled by waning support, an emboldened enemy, government corruption and a looming commitment to […] […]

Teen shot dead on Malton basketball court

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Adrian Ducas was playing the game he loved when he was fatally shot on a basketball court in Malton on Saturday night. “He was a real sports guy,” said Ducas’s older sister Tracy. “He loved […] […]

Girl, 9, molested during family day at New Jersey sex offenders’ prison

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A NINE-year-old girl was molested during a family day at a specialsed prison for sex offenders, it has emerged. The incident occurred last month when the department hosted the event – where family members visit […] […]

Stanford’s $10b fraud case is a legal circus

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It might not be the Greatest Show on Earth but the legal circus in the US$7 billion ($10.17 billion) fraud case against jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford is possibly making it the greatest show […] […]

Kill-joy laws curb Italian passion

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They are envied as a nation of free-wheeling libertarians who seem to pretty much do as they like, but Italians have become entangled in a spaghetti web of petty rules. The multiplicity of ridiculous regulations […] […]