August, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Oh how happy

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By Sandrea;- MY GRIPE I believe the best news I have read is the fact that Jamaica crime rate has fallen dramatically, especially those to do with gun crime. Comparing to July 2009 where over […] […]

Woman fired for Facebook slurs

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A woman fired from her job for comments she posted on Facebook will be awarded money from her former employer following an Employment Relations Authority decision. Alana Adams will be paid $4000 of lost remuneration […] […]

Iraq releases former top Saddam loyalist

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BAGHDAD—The Iraqi government has released from prison a top Saddam Hussein loyalist after he was found innocent of helping the former regime punish opponents by draining the country’s fabled marshlands, a judge said Wednesday. Khamis […] […]

Mom’s trial starts in Texas starved children case

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DALLAS—The defense for the mother of three children found starving in a hotel bathroom portrayed her Wednesday as another victim of her abusive boyfriend, but prosecutors said while she gave birth, “she’s no mom.” Abneris […] […]

Baby Thrown In Front Of Bus In Attack

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A seven-month-baby has escaped serious injury after being thrown in front of a bus allegedly by a teenage girl in Croydon, south London. Tavish Dabedeen was snatched from his sister’s arms and hurled on to […] […]

Obama condemns African despots

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WASHINGTON: Barack Obama has urged young African leaders to bolster democracy on the continent. He has slammed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and other independence-era leaders who were elected but clung to power. Welcoming more than […] […]

Leaders clash on Afghan course

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THE rift between Pakistan and Britain has widened after Asif Ali Zardari and David Cameron offered starkly differing assessments of the war in Afghanistan. The President of Pakistan flew into London yesterday having claimed that […] […]

Suicide attack kills top Pakistan cop

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A SUICIDE attacker killed the chief of Pakistan’s Frontier Constabulary and two other people in a bombing in the northwestern city of Peshawar. “The suicide attack targeted Sifwat Ghayoor and he has been martyred,” said […] […]

Court rejects Abdullah Khadr extradition request

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Abdullah Khadr walked out of a Toronto courtroom a free man Wednesday after an Ontario judge denied a U.S. request to send him to Boston to face terrorism charges. Extradition orders to the U.S. are […] […]

Jamaican-born soldier killed in Afghanistan

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A Jamaican enlisted in the British Army was killed in the battlefield in Afghanistan on Sunday. Dead is 31-year-old Lance Sergeant Dale McCallum, who was fatally shot by insurgents as he commanded his men in […] […]