Posts Tagged ‘Volkskrant’

Now it is Iran, tomorrow Cuba?

June 17, 2009

Interesting the protests which are going on in Iran after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected. It is possible that they will go on for quite a time. And even Twitter plays a part, now that the government has severely limited the possibilities of journalists to do their work. The Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez draws a parallel between Cuba and Iran.

Iranian women, painted in 1669

Iranian women, painted in 1669

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Gays and prostitutes should be decent

December 12, 2008

Senator Víctor Velásquez in Colombia wants to oblige the gay, lesbian, bisexual en transsexual population as well as prostitutes to dress more decently in public. Neither are they allowed to express their sexual preference, as the daily newspaper El Espectador said. (more…)

Colombia is getting safer and safer

December 4, 2008

Some headlines in the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant (4th of December 2008): The Dome of the Italian town of Milano was almost attacked by Moroccon terrorists. Fake engineer of the Australian airline Qantas almost caused ten thousands of deaths. The terrorist threat in the Netherlands is bigger than ever. (more…)


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