October, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

The long, strange road to sainthood

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MONTREAL: At birth, Brother André was so weak and sickly that his parents had the newborn baptized immediately, fearing he wouldn’t survive till morning. He lived to the venerable age of 91. His heart, which […] […]

New wave of toxic sludge feared in Hungary

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THE cracking wall of an industrial plant reservoir appeared on the verge of collapse in the Hungarian town of Devecser yesterday. Engineers were working to blunt a possible second wave of the caustic red sludge […] […]

Portraying Palestinians as victims who can do no wrong is one-eyed

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CHRISTOPHER Hitchens, one of the most important journalists in the English-speaking world, is of two minds about the Islamic Arab world. Or, rather, for him it is divided in two – the Palestinians and all […] […]

News: Jamaica’s war on gangs

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Caribbean societies are reportedly being devastated by the highest rates of violent crime in the world. According to the United Nations, Bahamians, Jamaicans, Haitians, Puerto Ricans and Trinidadians are four times more likely to die […] […]

Tobacco firms deny internet marketing tactic

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Health organisations have expressed alarm at how the internet is being used to promote smoking. Tobacco companies deny using the online world to market their brands, but there is mounting concern that social networking sites […] […]

News: Bombing inquests opening in London

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BRITAIN will open long-awaited inquests tomorrow into the deaths of 52 people in the 2005 London bombings to probe alleged failings by police and intelligence services before the attacks. A judge ruled in May that […] […]

News Autism linked to jaundice in babies

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INFANTS born with jaundice are at much greater risk of developing autism, a study published on Monday showed. The study published in the US journal Pediatrics found full-term infants born in Denmark between 1994 and […] […]

Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell stabbed in South Africa

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FORMER All Blacks coach John Mitchell has been stabbed at his apartment in South Africa after mistaking an intruder for his practical-joking flatmate. Mitchell was stabbed twice, once in the upper arm and once in […] […]

News: Fetus captured on film smiling at just 17 weeks

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Pictures of a fetus appearing to give a “sunny” smile at just 17 weeks have been captured by a doctor. The images, taken using revolutionary 3D and 4D scanning equipment, reveal the fetus smiling at […] […]

Baby born from embryo frozen for 20 years

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A healthy baby has been born from an embryo frozen for almost 20 years. The infant’s mother, who is 42, had undergone 10 years of unsuccessful infertility treatment when she was given the embryo last […] […]