November, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Wayne Rooney’s myriad sins get him burnt in effigy

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Getting burned in effigy is one thing. Anybody with fifteen minutes of free time, access to straw and a Sharpie can have a go without working up a real hate for you. But when people […] […]

Yemen puts militant on trial over bomb plot

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YEMEN, under intense US pressure to crack down on al-Qa’ida, put an American-born radical cleric on trial in absentia yesterday. He was charged with plotting to kill foreigners and being a member of the terrorist […] […]

Survivors starve as storms hit tsunami aid

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AID boats bringing food and medical equipment to the tsunami-devastated Mentawai islands in Indonesia have been stranded by huge storms. As the army delivered its first shipment of aid, a massive storm system that has […] […]

Catholic leader defends gay, AIDS remarks

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THE embattled head of Belgium’s Roman Catholic church today defended his controversial remarks on AIDS, gays and paedophile priests, insisting that his words had been twisted. Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard has been accused of homophobia and […] […]

Boy, 13, father of 10-year-old’s baby

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A BABY who was born to a ten-year-old Roma girl in Spain was fathered by a boy aged 13, it has been revealed. The boy, who has not been identified, is still living in Romania […] […]

Gaza blast kills leading militant

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A SENIOR Palestinian militant from a radical Islamist group was killed overnight when his car exploded outside Hamas police headquarters in Gaza City in an attack blamed on Israel. Hundreds of supporters promised revenge at […] […]

Obama takes responsibility for voter frustration

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WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said Wednesday that voters frustrated by the pace of economic recovery dictated a Republican takeover of the House in midterm elections, adding, “As president I take responsibility” for a failure to restore […] […]

Israel cuts off special dialogue with Britain

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JERUSALEM—Israel has suspended a special strategic dialogue with London as long as Israeli officials visiting Britain face possible arrest for suspected war crimes against Palestinians, officials said Wednesday. The announcement came as British Foreign Secretary […] […]

British woman charged over convicted Jamaican husband

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Admitted to assisting man enter UK under false identity A British social worker has been charged with facilitation after sponsoring a Jamaican male to enter the United Kingdom on two different application forms in two […] […]

Iran’s president in check!

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In chess terms, it can be said that the recent US arms sale to Saudi Arabia has put Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmajinedad in “check” militarily. The US$68 billion sale of the latest land and air […] […]