November, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may seek Swiss asylum

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WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange says he is considering requesting asylum in Switzerland and basing the whistleblowing website in the fiercely neutral Alpine country. “That is a real possibility,” Assange said today when asked in an […] […]

World probe begins into Qantas explosion, as airline is hit by delays from A380 grounding

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INTERNATIONAL investigations have begun into the cause of an engine explosion on a Qantas flight, as the grounding of the carrier’s A380 fleet forced delays to services. Passengers have also told of the “anxious calm” […] […]

US Treasury targets anti-India terror groups

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WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department took aim Thursday at an anti-Indian terror group behind the Mumbai attacks and a second group trying to drive India out of Kashmir, just before President Barack Obama’s upcoming Indian visit. Treasury […] […]

Lotto winners’ generosity touches hearts at home and abroad

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The phone hasn’t stopped ringing at Allen and Violet Large’s home over news the elderly Nova Scotia couple has given away almost $11.2 million in lottery winnings. Allen Large said they’ve been overwhelmed by calls […] […]

Spain shocked when girl, 10, gives birth

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MADRID—Spanish social workers have inspected the home of a 10-year-old Romanian girl who gave birth last week to determine whether her baby is being properly cared for, officials said Thursday. Authorities in the small southern […] […]

Keep up foreign aid budgets, UN official urges

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OTTAWA—Canada dropped to eighth place Thursday in a United Nations index that tries to measure quality of life in countries around the world. That follows Canada’s fourth-place showing in the 2009 UN Human Development Index. […] […]

States urge court to uphold Ariz. immigration law

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—A coalition of 13 states has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold an Arizona law penalizing businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. The Supreme Court is to hear arguments next month on […] […]

Al-Qaida No. 2 vows revenge for imprisoned woman

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CAIRO—Al-Qaida’s No. 2 in a message released Thursday vowed revenge on the United States over an 86-year jail sentence handed down in September to a Pakistani woman convicted of attacking Americans. Ayman al-Zawahri threatened new […] […]

Wikileaks urges US to probe alleged rights abuses

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GENEVA—The founder of the group Wikileaks is urging U.S. authorities to probe alleged rights abuses in Afghanistan and Iraq instead of focusing on tracking down who leaked that information to his group. Australian-born Julian Assange […] […]

Pa. man acquitted of plot to impregnate teen girl

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UNIONTOWN, Pa.—A western Pennsylvania man has been acquitted of all charges he faced for allegedly conspiring with a woman to drug, rape and impregnate her 13-year-old daughter. A Fayette County jury took less than an […] […]