November, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Nelson: Deportees can’t complete sentences in Jamaica!

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THE Jamaican Government says plans by Britain to return foreigners imprisoned in that country — of which Jamaicans top the list — to their soil to complete their sentences cannot be done without legislative changes […] […]

Bullying abroad reveals weakness at home

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By:-Ian Buruma BEIJING’S increasingly aggressive stance internationally has a domestic purpose. IT must be galling for the Chinese government to keep seeing Nobel prizes go to the wrong Chinese. The first wrong Chinese was Gao […] […]

Obama’s Indonesia visit likely to be cut short

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US President Barack Obama arrived in Indonesia today as he continued his Asian tour ahead of this week’s G-20 summit in Seoul. But the president may be forced to leave the nation earlier than previously […] […]

‘Indescribable fear’: Kidnap victim tells court of abduction

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Elizabeth Smart remembers not being able to make out the threat, only the feel of a cold knife at her neck. As the then-14-year-old lay in bed alongside her baby sister, the man repeated: “Don’t […] […]

Are you too wasted for Facebook?

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WASHINGTON – A web security company is offering a free tool designed to prevent users of social networks from posting embarrassing drunken messages online. On the premise that “Nothing good happens after 1:00 am,” the […] […]

Canada bans printer cartridges from planes

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OTTAWA—Canada is banning office printer cartridges from airplanes in the wake of the Yemen scare 10 days ago. Transport Canada says cartridges weighing more than 454 grams will be banned from carry-on bags, checked baggage […] […]

Child molesting cop merits 10-12 years, Crown says

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A former OPP officer who sexually molested boys for most of his policing career deserves 10 to 12 years behind bars, the prosecution argued Monday. Robert Lewis, a hulking man who committed his crimes throughout […] […]

Serani hits Hot 97

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Serani’s career continues on an upward path as his popular dancefloor track Skip to My Luu, featuring Ding Dong and Razz n Biggy, has been added to daytime rotation on America’s #1 radio station HOT […] […]

Haiti gov’t suspects cholera entered capital

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Health officials said today that they are examining at least 120 suspected cases of cholera in Haiti’s capital, the most significant warning sign yet that the epidemic has spread from outlying areas […] […]

US, UN lead critics of Israel settlements

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ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met a barrage of UN and US criticism of his country’s new settlements in the Palestinian territories in tough talks in New York. Israel’s approval of 1300 more homes […] […]