September, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

La. officials suspend abortion clinic’s license

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BATON ROUGE, La.—Louisiana health officials are suspending the license of an abortion clinic after an investigation found health and safety risks to women. Officials on Friday ordered the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport […] […]

Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested

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HONOLULU—The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S. farms is under arrest. FBI Special Agent Tom Simon said Los Angeles-based Global Horizons […] […]

News – Joy for stoning lawyer as family flees Iran

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AIRPORT arrival lounges are the settings for many emotional reunions, but few can have matched the one at Oslo’s Gardermoen airport yesterday. After most of the other passengers on the Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul […] […]

News – US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register

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United States officials launched a broad legal offensive against Pakistan’s Taleban yesterday, placing the group on its international terrorism blacklist and charging its leader with planning last year’s suicide bombing in Afghanistan that killed seven […] […]

Mygripe – Underage girl suspected second victim of torture accused

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CALGARY—A girl under the age of 18 was held against her will at the same time as Dustin LaFortune, court documents revealed Friday in a disturbing case of alleged torture and forcible confinement. LaFortune was […] […]

Ex-U.K. deputy leader presses police for answers in phone-hacking scandal

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LONDON—Britain’s former deputy prime minister pressed Friday for police to reveal more about what is alleged to have been a pattern of illegal eavesdropping at a major tabloid newspaper. John Prescott said he believes he […] […]

News – Mexican troops kill 30 suspected cartel members in shootouts

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MONTERREY, MEXICO—Mexican soldiers killed at least 30 suspected cartel members in two shootouts near the U.S. border in a region that has become one of biggest battlegrounds in the country’s drug war, authorities said Friday. […] […]

News – Man arrested in Ottawa terror probe released on bail

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Mygripe OTTAWA- A young man swept up in a national security probe of an alleged Ottawa-based terrorist cell was granted bail for unrelated domestic assault charges. Awso Peshdary, 20, whose lawyer said he has had […] […]

News – Assange says rape probe a ‘legal circus’

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called a Swedish investigation into rape and molestation allegations against him a “legal circus”. Assange, who is Australian, has denied the allegations, and said the investigations could hurt his chances […] […]

News – Girl’s savage beating recorded on mobile

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The savage bashing and stomping of a 16-year-old girl in the streets of Christchurch was recorded on a cellphone so that the video could be put on the internet, Christchurch District Court was told today. […] […]