November, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Around the world, a race against time bombs in air

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The woman stepped off Hadda Street into a pair of courier offices in Yemen’s capital. In FedEx and UPS storefronts tucked among shopping centres and travel agencies in San’a, she mailed two Hewlett-Packard printers to […] […]

Reputed drug kingpin killed in Mexico shootout

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Mexican marines killed a reputed Gulf cartel leader and one of Mexico’s most-wanted drug lords in a spectacular, hours-long gunbattle near the US border, the latest in a growing number of hits on the country’s […] […]

Clinton praises Australia’s peacekeepers

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised Australia’s role in peacekeeping missions in the Asia Pacific region. Speaking to an audience of under 35s to be broadcast on the ABC on tonight, Ms Clinton […] […]

London Mayor Boris Johnson says housing cuts risk ‘social cleansing’

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BORIS Johnson has infuriated PM David Cameron. ONE of the first things a foreigner notices about London is the way it throws rich and poor together, with multi-million-dollar mansions sitting beside subsidised housing for the […] […]

Canadian multiculturalism vs. German “multikulti”

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Many countries in the Americas think of themselves as having been largely built by immigrants. Multiculturalism is easier to achieve in such new societies. This is true of countries in Latin America, the United States […] […]

EastEnders star McFadden arrested

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EastEnders star Steve McFadden has been arrested and bailed over claims that he harassed a woman believed to be the mother of his baby girl. The 51-year-old actor was picked up by police in Haringey, […] […]

German protesters await nuclear waste convoy

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GERMAN police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, vowing to block a nuclear waste convoy arriving from France. The heavily guarded train carrying a cargo that activists say is […] […]

Fear of volcanic ash cancels flights to Jakarta

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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia—Just days before President Barack Obama’s long-awaited visit to Indonesia, international carriers canceled flights to the capital over concerns about a volcano spewing ash hundreds of miles away. Malaysia was preparing to airlift […] […]

Israel to quit northern sector of Lebanese village

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JERUSALEM—Israel will present to the U.N. a plan to withdraw from the northern sector of a disputed Lebanese border village that it has occupied since its 2006 war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas, an Israeli official […] […]

While warning about fat, U.S pushes cheese sales

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Domino’s Pizza was hurting early last year. Domestic sales had fallen, and a survey of big pizza chain customers left the company tied for the worst-tasting pies. Then help arrived from an organization called Dairy […] […]