September, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Taleban bomber kills 65 in Pakistan

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PAKISTAN: A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taleban killed at least 65 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered […] […]

Six-year child sex trial ends

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LISBON: Seven people have been convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country. The six men and one woman were found guilty of […] […]

Cheryl ‘so relieved’ after 60-second hearing signals end of her marriage

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Cheryl Cole said she was “incredibly relieved” after being divorced from Ashley Cole in 60 seconds today. The Chelsea and England footballer admitted unreasonable behaviour in a “quickie divorce” at the High Court. Neither he […] […]

Leaders: Coalition is built to last

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On the eve of Parliament’s return after the summer recess, David Cameron and Nick Clegg insisted the coalition Government they have created is “built to last” for a full five years. After the “factionalism and […] […]

Children’s author stalker jailed for rape and murder blog

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A stalker was jailed today after writing a blog about raping and murdering a children’s author he had been harassing in real life for two years. Greg Downing detailed the imagined attack on Katharine Quarmby, […] […]

Quake-hit Christchurch braces for more aftershocks, storm

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CHRISTCHURCH braced for more destruction today as aftershocks rocked the region following New Zealand’s most devastating earthquake in decades and as a powerful storm approached. New Zealand’s civil defence officials warned that the ongoing aftershocks […] […]