November, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Khadr case hands terrorists unearned victory

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By James Travers OTTAWA—Omar Khadr is scaring us silly. Fear and loathing of the man and the extremism he was recruited to serve is more destructive than bombs to the freedoms open societies claim to […] […]

Conviction tossed out over ‘police brutality’

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As Quang Hoang Tran sat handcuffed to a chair in an interrogation room, Const. Will Vander Wier sucker-punched him, breaking his jaw in two places. The provincial Special Investigations Unit (SIU) cleared the Peel Region […] […]

Dad drives into home, killing mum, child

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A young father deliberately slammed his pickup truck into the bedroom of his newborn daughter and her teenage mother, killing both before witnesses rushed to free them from furniture and debris, police in Los Angeles […] […]

US intercepted test parcels from Yemen in September

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THE United States intercepted parcels from Yemen in September thought to be a dry run for the package bomb plot, it was revealed today as Western governments tightened freight security. Two parcels addressed to Jewish […] […]

Volcano forces flight cancellations

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INDONESIA’S most dangerous volcano has forced international airlines to cancel flights to nearby airports, as fiery lava lit the rumbling mountain’s cauldron and plumes of smoke blackened the sky. Scientists warned, meanwhile, that the slow […] […]

Iran ‘smuggling arms through Africa’ as weapons shipment is seized

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ISRAELI defence analysts fear that Tehran has opened arms-smuggling routes across Africa to supply Hamas in the blockaded Gaza Strip after a stash of Iranian weapons was intercepted in Nigeria. The seizure was made in […] […]

Paedophile linked to Bulger killer jailed

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A PAEDOPHILE who negotiated online with the killer of British two-year-old James Bulger has been jailed for breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order. Leslie Blanchard visited dating websites and viewed adult internet pornography three times […] […]