November, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Kevin Spacey honored in UK for services to drama

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LONDON—Kevin Spacey has received a royal honor from Prince Charles for his role in reviving London’s Old Vic Theatre. The Academy Award-winning actor was named an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire, […] […]

European embassies under siege from parcel-bombs

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ALMOST a dozen parcel-bombs addressed to European leaders and embassies have been found in three European cities. The wave of attacks was blamed on domestic leftist extremists. Small mail bombs exploded outside the Russian and […] […]

Tories up in arms at pooled defence

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DAVID Cameron has insisted that British sovereignty has been strengthened by the historic defence accord with France. This was despite Conservative unease that he had surrendered military independence. The British Prime Minister hailed the deal […] […]

Iranian stoning woman not executed as feared, activist says

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TEHRAN has accused the West of trying to pressurise it over the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, as an exiled activist said the woman was not executed today as feared. […] […]

Britain, France to bury the hatchet at last

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OLD enemies will become comrades-in-arms. MORE than a millennium of mutual mistrust, nationalistic hostility and thoroughly enjoyable reciprocal stereotyping is under threat as Britain and France outline plans for unprecedented military collaboration. British and French […] […]

Brazil’s democratic revolution

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THE Left has brought about transformation. IT was a handsome victory. Dilma Rousseff, who spent three years in jail under Brazil’s military dictatorship, swept to power on Monday, winning 56 per cent of the vote […] […]

Al-Qa’ida widens terror campaign

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IT is determined to strike wherever it can. BEHIND the latest terrorism plots is an al-Qa’ida leadership that is getting battered in Pakistan but is determined to strike back wherever it can – using a […] […]

Woman gets 15 years for UK lawmaker stabbing

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LONDON—A British university student radicalized by the sermons of an al-Qaida-linked cleric in Yemen was sentenced Wednesday to at least 15 years in prison for trying to murder a British lawmaker in retaliation for his […] […]

Judge orders Irish government to stage by-election

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DUBLIN—A High Court judge has ordered Ireland’s government to stage a by-election for a parliamentary seat left empty for 17 months, a judgment that further weakens the ability of Prime Minister Brian Cowen to stay […] […]

Watchman charged with killing actor in Philippines

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MANILA, Philippines—Police filed homicide charges Wednesday against a Philippine village watchman who allegedly shot a masked actor he mistook for a real gunman during the filming of a movie. Watchman Eddie Cuizon told investigators he […] […]