Ghana’s coffin art

Friday, 29 May 2009, 17:03 | Category : Crumbs, Curiosities
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Would you like to be put to rest in a coffin shaped like a pen, a saw or maybe a car?

Women in Lebanon

Friday, 29 May 2009, 16:54 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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Women in Lebanon enjoy more liberties than in most other Middle Eastern countries, but their role in politics is still marginal.

Afghanistan’s bravest woman

A news report about Malalai Joya, an outspoken critic of the Taliban, the Northern Alliance and the USA’s presence in Afghanistan. As you may imagine, death threats are a common occurrence in her life…

Of nudist nights and Liga Polskich Rodzin

I found this highly amusing, though I probably shouldn’t have :]
For those who cannot read Polish, there was a nudist night at a Łódź swimming pool. Liga Polskich Rodzin (Poland’s resident right-wing psychos) took the case to the police because some of the people present at the event were underage. The official bodies explained that [...]