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“An 18-year-old Belgian housewife said Tuesday she will sue a local tattoo parlor, where she got 56 star tattoos on her face instead of the three as she had originally asked for.” Why is “18-year-old...

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Homeless Beauty Contest Almost As Outrageous As Homelessness

Feminist groups in Belgium are angry about a “Miss Homeless” competition which offered a prize of a year’s free rent to one lucky-and presentable-undomiciled lady. “I am outraged,” said an activist....

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Remind Me Never To Go Skydiving With Dudes I Have Cuckolded

“A week before the fatal jump, the two women spent the night in his flat, Ms. Van Doren sharing his bed while Ms. Clottemans slept on a mattress or sofa. Ms. Clottemans would have had the opportunity...

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I Wish I Were A Belgian Pigeon

“Six racing pigeons in Belgium were found to have been doped with drugs such as cocaine and painkillers, newspapers in the country say.”

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Bill Finally Comes Due In Ghent

“He was a ‘happy-go-lucky’ guy who was notorious for spicing up life on benefits in the medieval Belgian town of Ghent by strolling into a restaurant, calmly ordering lobster washed down with the...

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Brussels, After Paris

Shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13th, Molenbeek, a neighborhood just outside of Brussels, became the focus of international attention as “a haven for jihadists.” I went there...

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Remind Me Never To Go Skydiving With Dudes I Have Cuckolded

“A week before the fatal jump, the two women spent the night in his flat, Ms. Van Doren sharing his bed while Ms. Clottemans slept on a mattress or sofa. Ms. Clottemans would have had the opportunity...

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I Wish I Were A Belgian Pigeon

“Six racing pigeons in Belgium were found to have been doped with drugs such as cocaine and painkillers, newspapers in the country say.”

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Bill Finally Comes Due In Ghent

“He was a ‘happy-go-lucky’ guy who was notorious for spicing up life on benefits in the medieval Belgian town of Ghent by strolling into a restaurant, calmly ordering lobster washed down with the...

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Brussels, After Paris

by Peter Wieben Shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13th, Molenbeek, a neighborhood just outside of Brussels, became the focus of international attention as “a haven for...

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