Nikon Press Photo Awards 2011 winners known.
Winner of the Nikon Press Photo Award 2011 is Jorge Dirkx with his picture of the Arabian Spring in Cairo.(Also the winner of the Dutch ‘Zilveren Camera’ award.
Nominated in both the categories News and Portrait was Sander de Wilde.
These prizes were won by Jorge Dirkx with the mentioned Cairo picture, and by Yann Bertrand with a picture of a Girl at Lake Arthur, Louisiana.
Jamal; day 90 of the VUB hungerstrikers Belgium
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Slideshow of Jamal, the 20 year old aslylum seeker that stitched his mouth.
The European Commission mourns with Belgians after bus crash | Demotix.com
The European Commission mourns with Belgians after bus crash | Demotix.com.
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De europese commissie herdacht ook de 28 slachtoffers van de bus crash in Zwitserland. Buiten het Berlaymont gebouw verzamelden mederwerkers van EU om de Belgen, en de aanwezige commissaris Karel de Gught een hart onder de riem te steken.
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Hunger striker stitches up mouth at #VUB University
One of 23 asylum seekers who have been on a hunger strike at the VUB for 56 days now has had his mouth stitched.
Jamal, 20 jaar, is nummer 23 van de illegalen die al 56 dagen in gebouwen van de VUB bivakkeren. Uit wanhoop heeft hij nu zijn mond dicht genaaid, in de hoop toch een werkvergunning te krijgen.
After 56 days of not eating, this illegal immigrant, age 20, sewed his own mouth to stop even drinking.
































