October, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Singer Mario charged with assaulting mother

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BALTIMORE (AP) — R&B singer and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Mario has been charged with assaulting his mother at their Baltimore home. Officers were called to an apartment building in the Fells Point […] […]

Dozens of Europeans in terror training – Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD – Dozens of Muslim militants with European citizenship are believed to be hiding out in the lawless tribal area of northwestern Pakistan, Pakistani and Western intelligence officials say, training for missions that could include […] […]

Key NATO supply route hit in Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD – Suspected militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 tankers carrying oil for NATO and US troops in Afghanistan on Monday, the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days, police […] […]

A damaging climate of fear

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An editorial from the UK’s Independent on why the recent terror alerts give the damaging impression Europe is somehow unsafe in general. Last week’s reports that terror attacks are being planned in Europe on the […] […]

ADHD caused by genetic disorder, scientists say

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SCIENTISTS have produced the first proof that genetic code faults play a key role in triggering attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This undermines theories that the fault lies with poor parenting or eating too many lollies. […] […]

Database to raise alarm on vaccines

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HEALTH authorities are to be alerted instantly to any severe side effects from vaccination in the first “real-time” immunisation database. The Australian Health Ministers Conference will debate Western Australia’s plan to set up an online […] […]

Nine-year-old killed in minivan domestic

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A NINE-year-old girl died after a minivan in which she was seated was riddled with bullets while a family tried to flee a domestic dispute in Davie, Florida. The dead child, two women, and three […] […]

Police gun down knife wielding man

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POLICE officers fatally gunned down a knife-wielding man outside his New York apartment early yesterday in a shooting that touched off tensions in his neighborhood, police and witnesses said. It was the second police-involved shooting […] […]

Militants set 20 NATO and US oil tankers on fire in Pakistan

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POLICE say suspected militants have attacked and set on fire at least 20 oil tankers in Pakistan that were en route to NATO and US troops in Afghanistan. The attack early today close to the […] […]

Duke, ex-PM told of Nigerian bomb plot

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THE Duke of Gloucester and former British PM Gordon Brown had a lucky escape after pulling out of last Friday’s 50th anniversary parade in Nigeria. It was targeted by bombs that killed at least 12 […] […]