November, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Argentine gays proud of 500 same-sex marriages

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Thousands marched in Argentina’s Gay Pride parade on Saturday, celebrating the country’s status as the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage and vowing to campaign for new rights for transgender people. […] […]

The Queen joins Facebook, but no poking

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THEY’RE already regular users of Twitter and YouTube, but now Britain’s royal family is setting up its own page on internet social networking site Facebook. The British Monarchy page features pictures, videos, news and speeches […] […]

Disguised plane passenger outed by ‘dirty’ tricks: Lawyer

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VANCOUVER—An Asian passenger who disguised himself as an elderly Caucasian man before boarding an Air Canada plane in Hong Kong is being outed in a sensational way by Canadian officials “playing dirty,” says the man’s […] […]

Woman who gave birth at 70 sparks motherhood debate

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ALEWA, INDIA—Rajo Devi Lohan, a 72-year-old with weathered skin and short white hair, loosened her shirt and gingerly sat down, leaning back against a stack of fresh cut sheaves of wheat. As her 80-year-old husband […] […]

Gigantic statue of Christ erected in Poland

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A HUGE statue of Jesus Christ was erected Saturday in a small Polish town, marking the end of a five-year project led by the local priest that has divided opinion throughout the country. The statue […] […]

18 bodies found in Mexico mass grave were missing tourists

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ALL 18 bodies unearthed this week from a mass grave near Acapulco were part of a group of Mexican tourists kidnapped in the Pacific resort city in late September, prosecutors said Saturday. As of Friday, […] […]

Accused Somali pirates headed for US trial

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NORFOLK, Va.—Five Somali men accused of firing assault rifles at a Navy ship off the coast of Africa are set to face the first U.S. piracy trial in more than 100 years. The suspected pirates […] […]

Saudi Arabia halts Afghan mediation

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says Riyadh has halted mediation efforts between the Afghan government and the Taliban because the fundamentalist movement has refused to break ties with al-Qaida. Prince Saud al-Faisal spoke Saturday […] […]

Interpol publicizes details of Yemen mail bombs

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PARIS—Interpol released on Saturday details and photographs of two U.S.-bound mail bombs intercepted by authorities in Dubai and United Kingdom, to help police and the public look out for such devices in the future. The […] […]

Iran cuts boost prices and worries for leaders

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The most potent challenge to Iran’s ruling system may not be international sanctions or the homegrown political opposition, but something as simple as a shopping list. When Sanaz, a 47-year-old Tehran mother, […] […]