October, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Billion-dollar home has parking for 168

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Later this month, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani will invite a few friends over for a housewarming. There’s plenty of parking at Ambani’s new digs, which he’s named Antilia. Six storeys worth. Enough for 168 cars. […] […]

US gripped by its growing moral crisis

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By: Jeffrey D. Sachs AMERICA’S political and economic crisis is set to worsen following the upcoming November elections. President Barack Obama will lose any hope for passing progressive legislation aimed at helping the poor or […] […]

Judge orders military to end ban on openly gay soldiers

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SAN DIEGO – A federal judge ordered the United States military yesterday to immediately stop enforcing its ban on openly gay troops, bringing the 17-year “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy closer to being abolished. Justice […] […]

US Hispanics outliving other races

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ATLANTA – US Hispanics can expect to outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life […] […]

Make my day: end the bigotry

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HOLLYWOOD legend Clint Eastwood has lashed out at US politics and the rise of ultra-conservatives. CLINT Eastwood has taken a swipe at rising bigotry and ignorance in the US, as the nation’s politics turns toxic […] […]

Half of home wi-fi ‘can be hacked in under five seconds’

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Lax security on home wi-fi means that nearly half of all wireless networks can be hacked into in less than five seconds, according to a study cited by Sky News UK today. Of the 40,000 […] […]

Hiroshima, Nagasaki protest US nuclear test

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JAPANESE officials from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world’s only cities to have been hit by atomic bombs, expressed their outrage and regret Thursday at a US nuclear test conducted last month. The US government said […] […]

Court gives woman second chance for niqab at trial

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Ontario’s highest court has quashed a judge’s order that required a Muslim woman to remove her niqab while testifying at the trial of two male relatives accused of sexually assaulting her. However, in its 3-0 […] […]

Bomb blast kills 3 NATO troops in western Afghanistan

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KABUL—A bomb blast killed three NATO troops in western Afghanistan on Thursday, a day after six service members died in a spate of attacks by insurgents in the east and south. An improvised explosive device […] […]

Bahrain charges 23 Shiite activists with terrorism

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MANAMA, Bahrain—Bahrain has charged 23 Shiite activists detained in a sweeping crackdown by the country’s Sunni rulers with terrorism and conspiring against the government, a top justice official said Wednesday. Prosecutor General Abdul-Rahman al-Sayed said […] […]