Ahmed Aboutaleb, the first mayor in the Netherlands of Moroccan origin, has officially been inaugurated. 47-year old Aboutaleb, former Labour deputy minister of social affairs, was officially inaugurated as mayor of Rotterdam on the first Monday of 2009. Rotterdam’s major political issues include issues of immigration and crime, but Aboutaleb also faces practical matters like…
About 5,000 people demonstrated themselves in the streets of Seville against the Israeli offensive in Gaza. Many people wore garments in support – a Palestinian scarf and/or a shoe over a stick or an umbrella, as a symbol of the shoe that was thrown against former US President George W. Bush during his last visit…
The trial of three suspected terrorists behind the deadly 2002 attacks on a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba began in Paris on Monday. If a conviction is secured for a German man thought to be involved in the attack, it could prove embarrassing for investigators in Germany. On April 11, 2002, at 9:35…
