September, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Meet arranged husband-candidate, but be true to yourself

26th September 2010 sandrea 0

Question: I’m 21, dating a guy, 22, for several months. We’d been best friends before, agreeing about values, educational aspirations, and personalities. His parents approve of me. We are all of Indian descent. But they’re […] […]

Getting New Delhi Ready for Canada’s Commonwealth Games Team: Four-year-old Ajay

26th September 2010 sandrea 0

NEW DELHI—It’s crunch time in New Delhi and Ajay, a bright-eyed four-year-old with cropped hair and a handsome smile, is working 13-hour days to help the city get ready for the Commonwealth Games. Every day […] […]

US bomb scare heist

26th September 2010 sandrea 0

Bank robbers pulled off a dramatic heist yesterday, strapping a bomb to a teller and ordering him to steal as much money as he could grab from the vault – all while his father was […] […]

UK gang target dies

26th September 2010 sandrea 0

BRITAIN: An 80-year-old woman died after a gang of youths removed a manhole cover in her driveway and she fell into the hole in darkness. Jenny Ward, from Blackpool, was harassed by the gang of […] […]

Girl dies in her father’s arms

26th September 2010 sandrea 0

A grieving dad has told how he cradled his 10-year-old daughter in his arms as she passed away from an asthma attack. Kynan Cook tried in vain to save his daughter Kristen for 15 minutes […] […]

WikiLeaks leadership in crisis after disputes with founder Julian Assange

26th September 2010 sandrea 0

THE leadership of whistle-blower website WikiLeaks is in crisis, with the organisation’s German spokesman set to quit over disputes with founder Julian Assange. Daniel Schmitt, the German spokesman for WikiLeaks, told Der Spiegel that he […] […]

Lindsay Lohan’s release prompts questions about preferential treatment

26th September 2010 sandrea 0

LOS ANGELES—Lindsay Lohan’s journey to jail Friday on a 30-day hold — only to be released hours later — has raised new questions about whether the actress is being treated differently than other inmates. On […] […]

When is taking a ban too far?

25th September 2010 sandrea 0

By Sandrea For many years the Government and the Anti-smoking lobby have protest the smoking of cigarettes in public places and many countries including the UK have banned smoking in all public places and although […] […]

Philippine doctors banned from smoking to set good example for others

25th September 2010 sandrea 0

DOCTORS in the Philippines have been banned from smoking by the country’s medical association to make sure they set a good example to their patients, the group says. The order by the Philippine Medical Association […] […]

British attorney urges Jamaica to adjust libel laws

25th September 2010 sandrea 0

BRITISH attorney Mark Stephens has suggested that Jamaican lawmakers further adjust the country’s libel laws in light of legislation passed last month by the United states which effectively allows them to ignore any libel judgements […] […]