September, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

News – Buddha-like toddler quits smoking

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Indonesia’s most famous toddler — Ardi Rizal — has apparently kicked his two pack-a-day smoking habit. The 2-year-old has officially recovered from his addiction after a month-long rehabilitation program involving the National Commission for Child […] […]

News – Church supports White Balloon Day

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THE Catholic Church will throw its support behind a national campaign against child sexual assault for the first time. The church announced today that it would support Bravehearts’ White Balloon Day campaign during Child Protection […] […]

News – Stephen Hawking: God was not needed to create the Universe

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News The scientist has claimed that no divine force was needed to explain why the Universe was formed. In his latest book, The Grand Design, an extract of which is published in Eureka magazine in […] […]

News – Two American troops killed in Afghan attacks

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Mygripe TWO US troops died in fighting in Afghanistan today, while NATO said it had killed the leader of an insurgent cell responsible for laying roadside bombs and smuggling foreign fighters into the country. NATO […] […]

‘Milkshake Murderer’ Nancy Kissel seeks release

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AN AMERICAN woman jailed for killing her investment banker husband will ask a Hong Kong court to dismiss the charges and set her free. Nancy Kissel was convicted of drugging Robert Kissel with a sedatives-laced strawberry […] […]

News – Indonesian police go on trial on terror charges

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TWO Indonesian policemen and a civilian have gone on trial on charges of conspiring with terrorists who were plotting attacks on foreigners and Western embassies in the country. The police are accused of selling firearms, […] […]

News – Judge punishes juror for Facebook post

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A WOMAN removed from a jury for commenting about an ongoing case on Facebook has a longer writing task ahead: a five-page essay about the constitutional right to a fair trial. A judge ordered Hadley […] […]

News – Catherine Zeta-Jones angry at delay in diagnosing Michael Douglas’s throat cancer

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CATHERINE Zeta-Jones has described her anger and frustration that her husband Michael Douglas’s throat cancer – which he revealed this week is at an advanced stage – went undiagnosed for so long. Welsh-born actor Zeta-Jones […] […]

News – Labour leadership rivals condemn Tony Blair memoirs

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BRITISH Labour’s next generation has turned in unison on Tony Blair after his withering attack on the premiership of Gordon Brown sparked fears of a new civil war in the party. The condemnation came as […] […]

News – Nude photos raise questions about private lives of judges

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Allegations that nude photographs of a senior Manitoba judge in bondage, chains and performing oral sex were posted on an Internet porn site have kindled debate about how much of a judge’s private life is […] […]