Merge to Reissue Destroyer Albums (Pitchfork)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:41:25 GMT
Destroyer , the art-pop project of big-haired New Pornographer and word- splatterer Dan Bejar , changes so much from album to album that it can be hard to keep up. Merge , however, will make catching up a little easier when the label reissues remastered versions of three of the band's early albums on April 20: 1998's City of Daughters , 2000's Thief , and 2001's cultishly beloved Streethawk : A ...
Bob Elmore: More On The War (Excerpt 11) (The Chattanoogan)
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:04:18 GMT
In every war, both sides have numerous casualties due to friendly fire. It is tragic but it happens. Sometimes we drop bombs where we shouldn’t. Sometimes our troops shot our planes down. Sometimes we shot our own planes down. One day one of our crews crash landed in friendly territory in Belgium.
Indian diamond dealer robbed (The Telegraph)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:51:00 GMT
London, March 8 : The wife and teenage children of a wealthy Indian diamond dealer in Antwerp in Belgium were held hostage by, at least, three armed gunmen while he was given an hour to go back to his office and return with his entire stock.
Robbers take Indian diamond merchant hostage in Brussels (Press Trust of India)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:37:16 GMT
Brussels, Mar 7 (AFP) Robbers held an Indian diamond merchant hostage for 18 hours in Belgium before freeing him in return for millions of euros' worth of gems, the Belga news agency reported today.
Belgian police swoop on high-profile Kurds (Malaysian Mirror)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:19:02 GMT
BRUSSELS -Police rounded up high-profile Kurds in Belgium on Thursday as part of a Europe-wide investigation into alleged "terrorist" operations, drawing Kurdish ire and Turkish delight. Twenty arrests included ex-lawmakers, according to Turkish sources, after raids that followed an announcement by France on Wednesday Read more...
Belgian authorities raid houses and businesses associated with the PKK (Deutsche Welle)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:09:53 GMT
Belgian police have raided sites in Brussels, Antwerp and other cities as part of an international investigation into connections with a Kurdish separatist group, the PKK.
Belgian police swoop on high-profile Kurds (Malaysian Mirror)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:34:02 GMT
BRUSSELS -Police rounded up high-profile Kurds in Belgium on Thursday as part of a Europe-wide investigation into alleged "terrorist" operations, drawing Kurdish ire and Turkish delight.
BELGIAN POLICE SWOOP ON HIGH-PROFILE KURDS (The Tocqueville Connection)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:45:50 GMT
BRUSSELS, March 4, 2010 (AFP) - Police swooped on high-profile Kurds across Belgium on Thursday as part of a European probe into elements within the indpendendence-seeking minority, as Turkish sources cited 15 arrests including ex-lawmakers.
EU tells Balkan countries not to abuse of new-found visa freedom (EARTHtimes.org)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:38:49 GMT
Brussels - Balkan countries that recently won visa-free access to the European Union's Schengen area should tell their citizens not to abuse the system, the European Commission said Tuesday after Belgium reported an influx of asylum seekers. Last wee...
No longer a boy, but still a Scout (Times Leader)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:59:05 GMT
DALLAS -- Harry Rothstein has been around nearly as long as the Boy Scouts of America.
