November, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

9/11 workers face deadline for health settlement

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NEW YORK—Thousands of laborers, police officers and firefighters suing New York City over their exposure to toxic World Trade Center dust have until Monday to decide whether to join a legal settlement that could ultimately […] […]

Tea Party seeps into GOP policy

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TENSIONS are emerging within the Republican Party after victory in last week’s US mid-term elections. Candidates backed by the ultra-conservative Tea Party movement have begun to flexing their newfound muscle. Republicans are being urged to […] […]

Kenyan police officer kills 10 in HIV fury

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A POLICE officer who said he was looking for a woman who infected him with HIV rampaged through three bars in a central Kenyan town and killed 10 people, including two fellow officers, officials say. […] […]

Pope’s Spain visit rocked by gay kiss-in protest

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POPE Benedict XVI consecrated a world monument to family, the Sagrada Familia church, in Spain but faced a gay kiss-in protest before he attacked abortion and defended male-female marriage. As the 83-year-old Pontiff paraded in […] […]

Pope rounds on abortion as he consecrates Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia

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POPE Benedict XVI sprinkled holy water to consecrate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church and used the opportunity slam Spain’s new abortion laws. Transforming the masterpiece of Antoni Gaudi into a Basilica, the 83-year-old pontiff blessed the […] […]

Al-Qa’ida fomenting terror via YouTube

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YouTube is hosting hundreds of clips in which al-Qa’ida preachers incite viewers to commit acts of terrorism and violence against the West. This is despite claims by the video-sharing website that it wants to restrict […] […]

Burmese ‘scared votes can be traced’

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THE first national and provincial elections in Burma in 20 years began slowly, blighted by accusations of fraud and electoral unfairness. With armed police patrolling the streets and businesses closed for the weekend in cities […] […]

Rescue helicopter crashes near Everest

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A NEPALESE pilot who performed the highest helicopter mountain rescue in history is missing after crashing near Mount Everest overnight. Sabin Basnyat and an engineer were attempting to rescue two climbers from Mount Amadablam, a […] […]

Al-Qaeda bomb dog plan for US-bound jet

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AL-QAEDA operatives in Iraq tried to unleash deadly terror in the skies by deploying a pair of dogs on a US-bound plane, it has emerged. The plot failed because the bombs were so badly stitched […] […]

Blood-clot risk for desk-bound

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Doctors are urging regular breaks after a study found a three-fold increase in the risk of blood clots for those who sit at computers or work desks for prolonged stretches. The heightened risk was linked […] […]