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After Early Spring, Annual Tulip Fest Shows Off Stems

AP | Posted 05.04.2012

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HOLLAND, Mich. -- The annual Tulip Time festival in West Michigan is looking like it might be more of a "stemfest" this year after unseasonably warm w...

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How To Travel Amsterdam On The Cheap

Off Track Planet | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Backpacking, Budget, Free, Travel, Budget Travel, Holland, Otp, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Travel News

Believe it or not, as broke as you may be, you can still find entertainment in the land of wooden clogs and bikes.

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Woman Dies In Train Crash Tragedy

AP | Posted 04.22.2012

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AMSTERDAM -- A woman died Sunday of injuries a day after two trains collided head-on in Amsterdam – a crash a top rail official described as one...

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Amsterdam By Bike

Jetsetter.com | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Holland, Cocktails, Bars, Amsterdam, Steak, Jordaan, Netherlands, Spas, Biking Destinations, Biking, Travel News

If ever a city were made for cycling, Amsterdam -- with its miles of safe bike lanes on flat, canal-skirting roads -- is it.

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Dutch Royal In Frightening Accident

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 04.18.2012

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VIENNA, Austria — An avalanche buried and seriously injured the second son of Dutch Queen Beatrix while he skied off marked trails Friday in the...

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Dutch Cabinet Cancels Ritual Slaughter Ban, Adopts New Guidelines

AP | Posted 02.20.2012

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AMSTERDAM -- The Dutch government said Wednesday it will study new standards for ritual slaughter to satisfy animal rights activists without infringin...

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Are You Familiar With BBK?

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Blandine Barret-Kriegel, European Debt Crisis, History, European History, France, Holland, European Union, Europe, World News

Blandine Barret-Kriegel's book, La République et le prince moderne [The Republic and the Modern Prince] was just published in France and is an important book and in many ways a timely one, given the current ideological and political situation.

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Surprising Things We Can Learn From The Dutch About Sex Education

healthland.time.com | Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Parents-Teens, Amy Schalet, The Sex Talk, Holland, Teen Pregnancy, Safe Sex, Teen-Abortion, Teen Sex, Sex Education, High School News

Teen birth rates are eight times higher in the U.S. than in Holland. Abortion rates are twice as high. The American AIDS rate is three times greater t...

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WATCH: Dutch Anti-Gay Bullying PSA Tackles Subject In Profound Way

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: It Gets Better Project, Gay Bullying, Video, Dutch Public Service Announcement, Holland, LGBT Rights, Lgbt Teens, It Gets Better, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Voices News

A new European public service announcement is tackling the issue of anti-gay teen bullying in a more direct, detailed way then ever before. Produc...

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Early Morning Blast Rocks Amsterdam Courthouse

AP | Posted 11.21.2011

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AMSTERDAM -- An explosion in the early hours of Wednesday morning damaged Amsterdam's court complex and a government minister swiftly condemned the bl...

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Dutch Royal House Denounced Over 'Racist' Painting

AP | By TOBY STERLING | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Nicolaas Van Der Waay, Dutch Roayl House, The Hague, Amsterdam, "Homage of the Colonies", Queen Beatrix, Royal Horse Carriage, Netherlands, Queen Wilhelmina, Dutch Debts of Honor Committee, Holland, Jeffry Pondaag, UK Arts, Home News

AMSTERDAM -- Critics urged the Dutch royal family Friday to get rid of a painting they say is an offensive reminder of wrongs from the Netherlands' co...

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Dutch Government Drafts Burqa Ban Legislation

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch prime minister says the government has drawn up legislation to ban face-covering veils such as the burqa worn...

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Saved to Serve

Ryan Leslie | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Boys and Girls Club of America, Amsterdam, Ryan Leslie, Christmas, Holland, Phillipines, Atlanta, Richmond-Virginia, Music, Suriname, Salvation Army, Impact News

You may know the Salvation Army for it's signature bell-ringing and red kettles outside of department stores during the holidays, I know the organization as a remarkable prism of social service.

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Dear Travel Section: Help Me!!

Peter Mandel | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Newspapers, Advice Columns, Travel Tips, New Jersey, Adventure Travel, Barge Trips, European Capitals, Holland, Travel Writing, Travel Sections, Belgium, Travel Websites, Travel News

Those of us who write for newspapers and still enjoy reading 'em tend to think of our travel articles as vital and indispensable to all who encounter ...

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An American Sculptor in Holland

Susan Fogwell | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Artisanie Europe, Leiden, Etsy, Holland, Amsterdam, Laurie Poast, Rembrandt, Expats, Dutch Artists, Netherlands, Travel News

There are the sights and sounds of tall-masted old sailboats and put-putting tugboats outside and that ochreous Dutch sunlight pouring in during the afternoon.

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Three Travel-Writer Tips to Help You Focus in Life

Lea Lane | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Balanced Life, Holland, New Zealand, Belgium Beers, Travel News

Have you noticed how you seem to observe more acutely when you travel to a foreign destination or even an unfamiliar neighborhood? As a travel writer...

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WATCH: Amazing Dutch Music Video

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Zanger Rinus, Video, Zanger Rinus - Met Romana Op De Scooter, Met Romana Op De Scooter, Weird, Holland, Huffington Zanger Rinus, Urlesque, Music Videos, Rinus Met Romana Op De Scooter, Dutch Songs, Comedy News

Every once in a while a mythical beast of a YouTube video comes along where you can't tell if the people in it are kidding or being 100% serious. Thus...

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Stadium Roof Collapses, Killing One

AP | MARTIN MEISSNER | Posted 09.06.2011

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ENSCHEDE, Netherlands -- The roof of a Dutch sports stadium partially collapsed during off-season construction work Thursday, killing one person and l...

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Lighting up in Amsterdam

Danna Harman | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Drugs, Pot, War on Drugs, Holland, Ganja, Marijuana, Amsterdam, World News

Beyond the arguments about lost revenue, there is another debate being prompted by the proposed new measures to control drug use by imposing restrictions. And that is -- will they even work?

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Picasso Work Goes On Display In West Bank

AP | By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Palestine, Palestinian Art, Art Loans, West Bank, Ramallah, Modern Art, Loans, Holland, Pablo Picasso, Picasso, Israel, Arts News

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A Palestinian art academy on Monday put on display a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece, the first of its kind in the West Ba...

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Notes on the Dutch Decision to Leave Oruzgan

Abdulhadi Hairan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taliban, Dutch, Afghanistan, Development, Holland, World, The Netherlands, Oruzgan, World News

Regrettably, the Dutch have decided to leave Oruzgan. However, Afghanistan continues to need their help for reconstruction, development, and education.

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I Like Ike

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Empire, Germany, 1952 Election, Normandy, Churchill, Suetonius, Journalism, Dwight Eisenhower, Ike, Richard Nixon, 1776 Exhibition, Field Marshal Montgomery, Denis Hamilton, World War II, Holland, Dunkirk, American Caesars, D Day, Politics News

How those two figures -- Eisenhower and Nixon -- have resurfaced in the news over these past few days!

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Sex for Sale: Legalized Prostitution Hurts Human Trafficking Victims

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011

Whether or not anyone would willingly choose to prostitute themselves is a separate debate. To the extent that legitimized prostitution increases the demand for human trafficking, a contemporary form of slavery, it must be condemned.

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A Muslim's Defense of Geert Wilders

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Koran, Islam, First Amendment, The Hague, Qur'An, Geert Wilders Islam, Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, The Netherlands, Free Speech, Holland, Hate Speech, Anti-Islam, Europe, Muslim, World News

I'm disgusted by the bigoted ideology of Islamophobes like Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders. But to try someone in a court of law, just for running his mouth, is inherently abhorrent to me.

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Dutch Elections: Profiles Of Leading Candidates

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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AMSTERDAM — Profiles of the leading candidates for prime minister in Wednesday's Dutch parliamentary elections, in order of their ranking in the...

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