November, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Cholera confirmed in traveler from Haiti to Florida.

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MIAMI—Florida health authorities are reporting the state’s first case of cholera linked to the current outbreak in Haiti. Dr. Thomas Torok of the Florida Department of Health said Wednesday the case involved a woman who […] […]

US wants tribesmen to fight Taliban in Afghanistan

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SANGIN, Afghanistan—When members of the Alikozai tribe rose up against the Taliban in this critical insurgent stronghold, neither coalition forces nor the government in Kabul lifted a finger to help them. The Taliban promptly crushed […] […]

Colombia spurns US extradition for reputed narco

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BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spurned a U.S. request to extradite an alleged cocaine kingpin from Venezuela, saying Tuesday that the suspect will be sent back to face charges in his home country. Walid […] […]

Britain: no charge against suspect in torture case

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LONDON—British prosecutors say there’s not enough evidence to charge a British intelligence agent with any criminal offense arising from the interrogation of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed. Police have been investigating an officer from […] […]

Iran says foreign planes violated its airspace

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TEHRAN, Iran—Iran said Wednesday that unidentified foreign planes violated its air space six times as the country kicked off its biggest ever air defense drill but that the intruders were intercepted and forced back by […] […]

Heavy rain and gales spark floods in SW England

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LONDON—Heavy rain and gales sparked floods and landslides in southwest England Wednesday, disrupting travel and trapping people in their homes. Police said they are dealing with a “major incident,” with flooding in several areas of […] […]

Sweden slams EU court for Iraqi asylum reviews

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STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s immigration authority has criticized the European Court of Human Rights for being inefficient in handling complaints from Iraqi asylum-seekers. In a statement Wednesday The Swedish Migration Board said the European court has a big […] […]

Iraqi president: I won’t sign Aziz death order

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PARIS—Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says he won’t sign off on a death penalty sentence against Tariq Aziz, seen by many as the international face of Saddam Hussein’s government. “I cannot sign an order of this […] […]

Haitians barricade city, stone UN base

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PORT-AU-PRINCE – Protesters who hold United Nations soldiers from Nepal responsible for a deadly outbreak of cholera that has killed nearly 1000 people barricaded Haiti’s second-largest city yesterday, burning cars and stoning a UN peacekeeping […] […]

‘Survivor’ producer arrested in wife’s death

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More than seven months after Monica Beresford-Redman’s body was found in the sewer of an upscale Mexican resort, US authorities arrested her reality TV producer husband and plan to extradite him for trial. Bruce Beresford-Redman […] […]