September, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Sprint king Bolt to reassess career after London

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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Usain Bolt is considering switching to the long jump if he retires from sprinting after the London 2012 Olympics. Yesterday, the world and Olympic 100-and 200-metre champion said he’d assess his […] […]

Ahmadinejad asks US to release ‘illegally’ detained Iranians

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IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked Washington to free eight Iranians who he said were “illegally arrested and detained”. “It would not be misplaced to ask that the US government should take a humanitarian gesture […] […]

South Carolina woman’s killing of 464kg alligator creates global sensation

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A SOUTH Carolina woman’s killing of a massive alligator – which weighed in at 1025lb (465kg) and more than 13 feet (3.9m) in length – created a global sensation today as photographs and video of […] […]

Three NATO troops killed in Afghanistan

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THREE foreign troops have been killed in Afghanistan – two in a bombing in the south, and another soldier in an insurgent attack in the country’s north, NATO said today. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force […] […]

Pope Benedict XVI to continue Britain visit despite terror arrests

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POPE Benedict XVI will continue his historic visit to Britain despite six street cleaners arrested on suspicion of plotting a “terrorist” attack. The Vatican insisted that the Pope was “calm” following the alert and that […] […]

Baby on highway causes panic

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ANKARA – Security cameras in Turkey have recorded the sight of a baby crawling onto a highway and startling drivers who waved frantically to other motorists to get out of the way. The 1-year-old toddler […] […]

Afghans vote for parliament despite attacks

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KABUL – Polling stations formally opened for voting in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election Saturday, though scattered rocket attacks struck in the early morning and Taleban insurgents managed to block at least a couple of stations from […] […]

Bore hole reaches trapped Chile miners

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SANTIAGO – Rescuers achieved a key breakthrough in efforts to rescue 33 trapped miners on Friday, reaching the caverns where they are imprisoned with a bore hole that will now be widened so that they […] […]

Few in US city angry at acid hoax woman

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VANCOUVER – The scars on her face were real, but her story about being splashed with acid was a horrific hoax. A day after Bethany Storro’s revelation turned the victim who drew worldwide sympathy into […] […]

French doctors removed kidney vaginally

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FRENCH doctors have removed an obese woman’s infected kidney by pulling it through her vagina, in a medical first. The 117kg patient is morbidly obese and lost the use of her kidney to a series […] […]