September 2007

world car free day - 22/09

Thursday, den 20. September 2007

Every September 22, people across the globe get together to swear off their cars - if only for one day - in a collective reminder that we don’t have to accept car-dominated societies, cities, or personal lives. Since its earliest incarnations in the 1970s and ’80s, WORLD CAR-FREE DAY has grown into a massive global […]

Independence Day: Monkeys gain back their Freedom

Sunday, den 2. September 2007

On Augustus 31, while Malaysia was celebrating its 50th Independence day, 500 monkeys were freed from a monkey farm in Pontian. These monkeys remained after authorities had confiscated 1000 monkeys on the same location on 07 July 2007. All the monkeys were trapped on site by the Vietnamese and local workers of the farm and […]

norwegian whaling ship sunk

Sunday, den 2. September 2007

The Norwegian whaling vessel ‘Willassen Senior’ was sunk in the northern harbor city of Svolvaer on Thursday evening, August 30, 2007. The following is a translation of an original Norwegian News Report:
Norway: Whaling Vessel Sunk
The night before Friday, the whaling vessel Willassen Senior sank in the North Norwegian harbor city of Svolvaer. No person was […]