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Netherlands Prisons Closing For Lack Of Criminals

NRC | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Netherlands Crime, Europe, Prison, Crime, Netherlands, Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands, Europe Crime, Advocacy, Netherlands Prisons, Dutch Prisons, Denmark, World News

The Dutch justice ministry has announced it will close eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in the prison system. A decline in crime has left many cells e...

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Report: Most Heavily Taxed Nations Are the Happiest

MarketWatch | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Northern European Taxes, Taxes, Organization-for-Economic-Cooperation-and-Development, Denmark, Netherlands, Taxes and Happieness, Taxes and Socialism, Finaland, Finland, The Netherlands, Business News

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says people in Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands are the most content with their lives. T...

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Dutch Museum Has Paintings Stolen By Armed Robbers

AP | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Museum, Dutch Museum, Salvador Dali, Salvador Dali Paintings, Dali Paintings, Netherlands, Holland, The Netherlands, Europe, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Masked gunmen stole two paintings from a Dutch museum Friday, including a work by surrealist Salvador Dali, officials s...

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Karst Tates, Dutch Parade Attacker, Dies Of Injuries

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

AMSTERDAM — The man who drove his car into a crowd of parade spectators and killed six people died of his injuries Friday, leaving unresolved th...

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Dutch Parade Struck By Car (VIDEO)(PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Dutch Parade Attack, Amsterdam, Dutch Queen Beatrix, Dutch Parade Car Crash, Dutch Parade, Netherlands, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Video, World News

UPDATE: According to Reuters, the death toll from the incident is four, with 13 other injured. [WATCH:] ----- At least two people died during a p...

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Swine Flu Spreads To Netherlands

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Swine Flu, Netherlands, Health, Swine Flu Netherlands, Netherlands Swine Flu, Swine Flu Phase 5, Swine Flu Alert Level 5, World News

The Netherlands is the latest country to confirm its first case of swine flu as concern mounts over the speed at which the virus is spreading around t...

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New NIMBY: Dutch Locals Protest Shell Carbon Storage Project

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Barendrecht-Netherlands, Netherlands, The Netherlands, Home News

The outlook for Shell's carbon sequestration plans is not rosy in the town of Barendrecht in the Netherlands. The town's council recently said that it...

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Geert Wilders To Make Sequel To Anti-Islamic Film

AP | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Geert Wilders Anti-Islamic Film, Europe, Geert Wilders Sequel, Geert Wilders, Dutch Lawmaker Islam, Fitna, Dutch Lawmaker Film, Netherlands, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch lawmaker is planning to make a sequel to the anti-Islamic film that sparked protests among Muslims around the w...

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What Real Diplomacy Looks Like

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Barack Obama showed up in Europe this week and the world did not simply swoon at his feet. Some may choose to portray that as failure, but they would be dead wrong.

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Summit To Launch New Commitment To Afghanistan

AP | MIKE CORDER and ARTHUR MAX | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Dutch, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Netherlands, Barack Obama, The Hague, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A 72-nation conference on Afghanistan will launch a broader international commitment to the security of the region, inc...

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New York Times' Gay Marriage Nothing New

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: South Africa, Gay Rights, Evangelical Christians, Religious Freedom, Equal Rights, New York Times, Canada, Constitution, Netherlands, Deaf, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Evangelicals, Politics News

Imagine my surprise when the New York Times published an op-ed yesterday describing a new "great compromise" on gay marriage that essentially provided for marriage rights with religious exemptions.

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Ireland: Dutch Woman Jailed 6 Years For Swallowed Bags Of Cocaine

BBC | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

Read More: Belfast, Netherlands, HMRC, Ireland, Drugs, War on Drugs, Europe, Coke, Cocaine, World News

A Dutch woman who swallowed cocaine worth £520,000 in an attempt to smuggle it into Northern Ireland has been jailed for six years....

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Dutch Politician, Geert Wilders, Banned From Britain For Anti-Islam Campaign

The Independent | Ben Russell and Vanessa Mock | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

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Geer Wilders, a far-right Dutch MP whose film linking Islamic texts with the terror attacks on New York sparked protests around the Muslim world was l...

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Science is Back in the House

Bill Allen | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, TIMMS Report, President Obama, Inaugural Address, Competitiveness, Secretary of Education, Teacher Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Science, Anti-Science, Mathematics, Barack Obama Inaugural Address, Science Education, Barack Obama, Taiwan, Yemen, England, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Borat, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Education Reform, Schools, Japan, Teaching, Learning, Politics News

A worldwide study of education in science and math contains a mixed report card for the U.S. The good news: We did manage to beat Yemen soundly.

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Dutch MP, Geert Wilders, To Be Tried For Comparing Muslims To Nazis

The Independent | Vanessa Mock | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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The Far-right Dutch politician who gained global notoriety with a film claiming links between the Koran and terrorism is to be put on trial for his pu...

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Not a Woman in the Picture

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Al Gore, White House, Women's Rights, Sweden, George W. Bush, Sex Trade, Asia, Missouri, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, South Africa, Angola, Kay Hagan, Dan Quayle, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Nancy Pelosi, Racism, Nigeria, Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of the Treasury, African-American Issues, Latin America, Speaker of the House, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Netherlands, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Secretary of Energy, Condolleezza Rice, Secretary of Agriculture, Janet Napolitano, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Claire McCaskill, Secretary of State, Women's Issues, Civil Rights, Arizona, Laura Bush, Gay Rights, Vietnam, Slavery, Sexism, Secretary of Defense, Senate Majority Leader, Vice President, Bill Clinton, Islam, John McCain, Africa, Belgium, Secretary of Transportation, Homeland Security, Attorney General, North Carolina, Colombia, Cia Director, Cambodia, Secretary of Interior, Death Penalty, Gay Issues, Politics News

Is it a coincidence that in the world's largest economy, whose military expenditure accounts for half the global total, the most senior posts dealing with money and war are still reserved for men?

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Dutch University Has Tribal Head

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 01.23.2009 | World

Read More: Ghana, Academia, Badu Bonsu II, Tribal Head, Netherlands, World News

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — It's a brutal 19th century revenge story: An African tribal chief kills two Dutch emissaries and hangs their heads from...

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Amsterdam To Close Many Of Its Brothels, Marijuana Cafes, Sex Shops

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 01.06.2009 | World

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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Amsterdam unveiled plans Saturday to close brothels, sex shops and marijuana cafes in its ancient city center as part o...

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Global Bloggers Rejoice for President-Elect Obama

Ari Herzog | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

Read More: United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Barack Obama, World Reaction, Blogs Obama Win, Blogs Obama Victory, World Reaction Obama, Global Reaction, World Reaction Election, Blogosphere Reaction Us Election, Blogs Obama, Global Reaction u.s. Election, International Reaction u.s. Election, Global Reaction Obama Win, World Watches, 100 Days, Home News

Belgian blogger Marco Rossi wrote: "Thank you Obama. You did it. You showed the world that change can happen."

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Fortis, Huge European Bank, Partially Nationalized

AP | AOIFE WHITE | Posted 10.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortis, Fortis Rescued, Fortis Nationalized, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Benelux Government Fortis, Business News

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Dutch-Belgian bank and insurance giant Fortis NV was given a 11.2 billion euro ($16.4 billion) lifeline to avert insolvency ...

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Obama's Fundraising Breaking Records, Still Causing Concern

Hoa Quach | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Mexico, Ireland, Obama, Colombia, Netherlands, Barack Obama; Fundraising Barack Obama; Style Obama; Substance Obama; Sarah Palin; John Mccain; Obama Brand, Home News

Obama has raised $66 million in one month, but will voters still think he's all style and little substance?

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Marijuana Loopholes In New Netherlands Tobacco Policy

Reuters | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Tobacco, Netherlands, Marijuana, Home News

When a smoking ban comes into force in the Netherlands next Tuesday, it may kill the buzz for people who like to smoke their cannabis with tobacco. Bu...

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