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  • The Look Of Silence: Our Darkest Natures Exposed

    The Look Of Silence: Our Darkest Natures Exposed

    We all know what a communist victory in Southeast Asia can look like. But what would it look like if the “good guys” had won? In his chilling documentaries ‘The Act of Killing’ and ‘The Look of Silence’, filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer looks…

  • Vietnamese Couple Receive Residence Permit

    Vietnamese Couple Receive Residence Permit

    The Vietnamese couple accused by the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) of a sham marriage have received permanent residence permits, reports Vísir. “Well it’s obviously very nice that the case should be handled so quickly, six days after it hit the papers,” said…

  • Iceland Becomes You: Four Former Refugees Relay Their Stories

    Iceland Becomes You: Four Former Refugees Relay Their Stories

    Biljana Boloban Nationality: Serbian Age: 21 Year of arrival: 2001 Biljana arrived in Iceland with her mother, father, and younger sister, who was five at the time. The family were refugees even in her earliest memories, she says. Thus, coming to Iceland—where…

  • Vietnamese Protest At Chinese Embassy – VIDEO

    Vietnamese Protest At Chinese Embassy – VIDEO

    Dozens of Vietnamese Icelanders gathered in front of the Chinese embassy today, and then marched to the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to express their discontent with the Chinese government’s alleged violation of Vietnamese waters for oil drilling.MBL reports that the protesters gathered…