Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/officials-us-drone-killed-five-militants-in-pakistan
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Officials: US drone killed five militants in Pakistan
A US drone strike on a militant compound early Thursday killed five insurgents in northwest Pakistan’s lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. “The drone fired two missiles on a house in Hassokhel town,” 25 kilometres east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a security official said. “So far five bodies
Cannibalism case Chinese man arrested
POLICE in southwest China have detained a man suspected of murdering more than a dozen boys and young men, chopping up their bodies and selling the flesh to unsuspecting consumers. Zhang Yongming, 56, was detained two weeks ago in Nanmen village in Yunnan province and is being investigated over the murder of a 19-year-old man
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/cannibalism-case-chinese-man-arrested
Israel convicted two police in Palestinian death
JERUSALEM?A Jerusalem court on Monday convicted two Israeli police of negligent homicide for abandoning an injured Palestinian man on a roadside, where he was found dead two days later. The case has raised questions about failures that led to the death of Omar Abu Jarban, a car thief from the Gaza Strip who illegally lived
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/israel-convicted-two-police-in-palestinian-death
Emergency worker cut obese teenager out of house
LONDON?Emergency workers who needed to take an obese teenager from her home to a hospital in Wales had to break through a wall of the residence to get her out and into an ambulance, officials said Friday. The rescue on the second floor of the small house on Thursday used scaffolding as a ramp to
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/emergency-worker-cut-obese-teenager-out-of-house
UK Police asked to investigate MP?s claims of blackmail
Detectives carrying out the investigation into illegal news gathering techniques at Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group have been asked to investigate whether it tried to blackmail politicians. The alleged plot centres on News International’s apparent efforts to warn off MPs on a parliamentary committee from disproving its discredited defence that phone hacking was the work
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/uk-police-asked-to-investigate-mps-claims-of-blackmail
Sharon Stone former nanny sues for harassment
A former nanny for Sharon Stone has sued the actress claiming the Oscar-winner repeatedly insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime. Erlinda T. Elemen’s harassment lawsuit claims Stone insulted her accent, her religion and other aspects of her culture in the final months of her employment. Elemen worked
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/sharon-stone-former-nanny-sues-for-harassment
US Secretary of State joins condemnation of Syrian ?atrocity?
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the “atrocity” of the deaths of 92 people in the Syrian town of Houla, joining global calls for world action to end the bloodshed. Mrs Clinton said the United States would work with its international allies to increase the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad and his “cronies”
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/us-secretary-of-state-joins-condemnation-of-syrian-atrocity
Tax on Cornish pasties ditched by UK government
THE British government is ditching plans to introduce a tax on Cornish pasties and other hot snacks after critics accused it of targeting working families. The government has been embroiled in the row since it announced in March plans to close a loophole which allows bakeries in Britain to serve hot takeaway food without incurring
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/tax-on-cornish-pasties-ditched-by-uk-government
Friend testify Norway killer Anders Breivik a vain metrosexual.
ANDERS Behring Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in Norway, tried to be a metrosexual “like David Beckham”, a childhood friend has said. Testifying on the 26th day of the 33-year-old right-wing extremist’s trial, four childhood friends described Breivik as a person very concerned about his appearance, who used makeup and was effeminate. They
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/friend-testify-norway-killer-anders-breivik-a-vain-metrosexual
Native American's Olympic dream
A century after her childhood inspiration Jim Thorpe won two gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics, synchronized swimmer Mary Killman will be competing in her first Games in London this year. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/gCdzHmOZwgQ/index.html
Scandals block Vatican's message
John Allen: While the world follows the scandals consuming the Vatican, persecuted Catholics at real risk get no attention. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/5174wRuFWEM/index.html
Ex-Liberian president gets 50 years for war crimes
Charles Taylor, the first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II, is sentenced to 50 years in prison for war crimes in Sierra Leone.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/30/world/africa/netherlands-taylor-sentencing/index.html?eref=edition
Emergency worker cut obese teenager out of house
LONDON?Emergency workers who needed to take an obese teenager from her home to a hospital in Wales had to break through a wall of the residence to get her out and into an ambulance, officials said Friday. The rescue on the second floor of the small house on Thursday used scaffolding as a ramp to
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/emergency-worker-cut-obese-teenager-out-of-house
Officials: US drone killed five militants in Pakistan
A US drone strike on a militant compound early Thursday killed five insurgents in northwest Pakistan’s lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. “The drone fired two missiles on a house in Hassokhel town,” 25 kilometres east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a security official said. “So far five bodies
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/officials-us-drone-killed-five-militants-in-pakistan
Canadian tuition fee protest almost 700 arrested
POLICE have arrested almost 700 people in the latest protest in Quebec over higher university tuition. The student protests have only grown since the provincial government last week passed emergency legislation in an attempt to end Canada’s most sustained student demonstrations ever. Protesters yesterday threw objects at police in Montreal as what started as a
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/canadian-tuition-fee-protest-almost-700-arrested
Tuesday 29 May 2012
The most bike-friendly state is...
For fifth year straight, Washington ranks as most bicycle-friendly state thanks to policies that create alternatives to driving. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/hzX0RGiwk0k/index.html
Minorities are not after 'payback'
Ruben Navarrette Jr. says people like Rush Limbaugh see the changing demographics as a threat, but they have nothing to fear 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/Dbq7PcWC8Jw/index.html
Belgian mother admits strangling, chopping up daughter
A BELGIAN mother confessed overnight to strangling her four-year-old daughter, chopping her up and then stuffing the body parts in the family freezer. The national Belga news agency said police, who had been searching for the missing toddler since Tuesday, made the gruesome discovery at�Juliana Santana Duran’s home in Chatelineau, 7km from the southern Belgian
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/belgian-mother-admits-strangling-chopping-up-daughter
Bidding adieu to Madonna's home
Years before Karolyne Smith sold Golden Palace Casino ad space on her forehead for $10,000, and long before an image of the Virgin Mary was toasted into the buttery crust of a grilled cheese sandwich and hocked for $28,000, there was a little family in a little town in Michigan that imprinted their names onto the awkward pages of eBay infamy with another strange sale. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/gWPH-GrlTpg/index.html
'Vertical farm' at meatpacking plant
A meatpacking plant in Chicago is being transformed into an eco farm, which its founders says will produce food while creating no waste. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/NMmuGMEJfOQ/index.html
Syria humanity crimes defectors says orders are from Assad
The “crimes against humanity” being perpetrated in Syria are being co-ordinated directly by President Bashar al-Assad and his inner circle, according to defectors from the country’s security and intelligence services. Legal experts have claimed it would be “preposterous and completely implausible” that the President did not know about shoot-to-kill orders and widespread torture being used
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/syria-humanity-crimes-defectors-says-orders-are-from-assad
Sharon Stone former nanny sues for harassment
A former nanny for Sharon Stone has sued the actress claiming the Oscar-winner repeatedly insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime. Erlinda T. Elemen’s harassment lawsuit claims Stone insulted her accent, her religion and other aspects of her culture in the final months of her employment. Elemen worked
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/sharon-stone-former-nanny-sues-for-harassment
Bidding adieu to Madonna's home
Years before Karolyne Smith sold Golden Palace Casino ad space on her forehead for $10,000, and long before an image of the Virgin Mary was toasted into the buttery crust of a grilled cheese sandwich and hocked for $28,000, there was a little family in a little town in Michigan that imprinted their names onto the awkward pages of eBay infamy with another strange sale.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/gWPH-GrlTpg/index.html
Danes hold 'Somali terror camp' man
Anti-terror police in Denmark say they have arrested two brothers, one of whom trained at a terror camp in Somalia.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/29/world/europe/denmark-terrorism-arrest/index.html?eref=edition
Tax on Cornish pasties ditched by UK government
THE British government is ditching plans to introduce a tax on Cornish pasties and other hot snacks after critics accused it of targeting working families. The government has been embroiled in the row since it announced in March plans to close a loophole which allows bakeries in Britain to serve hot takeaway food without incurring
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/tax-on-cornish-pasties-ditched-by-uk-government
Tony Blair to give evidence in hacking scandal
Tony Blair will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry tomorrow, three days before the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt provides testimony that is likely to decide his Cabinet future. The first former Prime Minister to appear before the press standards inquiry will be asked about his relationship with newspaper groups before and during his time in
Source: http://www.mygripeanthing.com/tony-blair-to-give-evidence-in-hacking-scandal
Tyson Gay's golden Olympic goal
There's a fine line between success and failure in top-level sports, perhaps nowhere more so than in track and field sprint events. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/Prdjtpi7Dfw/index.html
15 killed, many trapped in Italy quake
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake kills at least 10 people in northern Italy, officials say, just nine days after a quake in the same region left seven people dead.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/29/world/europe/italy-earthquake/index.html?eref=edition
Tyson Gay's golden Olympic goal
There's a fine line between success and failure in top-level sports, perhaps nowhere more so than in track and field sprint events.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/Prdjtpi7Dfw/index.html
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