September, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Chico man gets 7 years in child pornography case

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A 70-year-old Chico man has been sentenced to seven years in prison on child pornography charges. Federal prosecutors say James Flocker was sentenced Tuesday after being convicted earlier this year of transporting child pornography, […] […]

Pakistan police arrest three over botched Times Square bombing

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PAKISTAN police have arrested three suspects linked to a Pakistani-American accused in New York of the attempted car bombing of Times Square. The three were detained in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad two weeks ago and had […] […]

Fidel Castro tells magazine he regrets 1962 missile crisis

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FORMER Cuban president Fidel Castro says he now regrets the actions leading up to the 1962 missile crisis with the United States. Asked about his recommendation at the time that the Soviet Union consider an […] […]

Friendly fire suspected in Philippine hostage deaths

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PHILIPPINE investigators have admitted that police may have shot some of the eight Hong Kong tourists killed in a bungled operation on a bus in Manila. Armed with an assault rifle and a pistol, sacked […] […]

Prostitute Jennifer Thompson’s parents apologise to Coleen Rooney

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THE parents of the former public shoolgirl whom Wayne Rooney allegedly paid £1,200 for sex have made a public apology to the footballer’s wife. Hamish Thompson and his wife Dana spoke following claims that their […] […]

Muslim groups plan to torch US flags

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RADICAL Muslim groups around the world are planning to torch American flags in protest at a Florida church’s Koran-burning event – as a US military group vowed to replace each holy book that is incinerated. […] […]

Blast hurts 12 at Colombia spy agency

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TWELVE people were wounded on Wednesday when a bomb exploded outside the Colombian intelligence agency’s offices in the southern city of Pasto, near the Ecuadoran border, the Red Cross said. A “low-intensity package bomb was […] […]

US drone strike kills six militants in Pakistan, taking toll to 24 in 24 hours

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A US drone strike early Thursday killed at least six militants in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said. The latest strike hit North Waziristan, the same tribal district targeted in […] […]

For Blair, blockbuster sales and fierce protests

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LONDON—“You are my 10th prime minister,” the Queen observes to Tony Blair when she meets him at Buckingham Palace on his first day in office in 1997, according to A Journey: My Political Life, Blair’s […] […]

European nations keep pressure on Iran over woman’s stoning sentence

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BRUSSELS—European Union nations and the continent’s biggest human rights organization have slammed Iran for its plan to stone a woman convicted of adultery, even as Iran’s ambassador to the Vatican said there is “hope” the […] […]