Signs of the times in New York
New York is plastered with notices – some of them carrying rather obvious instructions. It’s a new kind of visual pollution.
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Humour
Ghent: Free at last
With Belgium on the verge of collapse, the quaint city of Ghent has declared its independence from Flanders.
Read MoreSheikh with laughter at Muslim humour
With Osama bin Laden unlikely to branch out into comedy, it’s important to give westerners a taste of Muslim humour.
Read MoreVirgin vote at the ballot box
Khaled Diab gives up his electoral chastity and gets a taste of political participation with his first ever vote.
Read MoreThe threat of depleted geraniums
American and British forces have failed to find any WMD in Iraq, but our reporter has stumbled across a nightmare cache of biological weapons right on his Brussels’ doorstep. He risks life and limb to stop and smell the flowers.
Read MoreHigh noon for Dubya at the last chance saloon
It’s high noon. The sun is beating down mercilessly on the tin roofs of a generic one-horse town. Inside the smouldering saloon, Dubya the Kid slots the last silver bullet into his patent revolver.
Read MoreThe urban legend of the kelabgi and the dog kebab
Do unscrupulous kebab shops really serve unsuspecting customers with the meat of feral street dogs?
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