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Alec Baldwin's Tendency to Overshare Is Becoming a Bit of a Problem
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Plus: George Clooney rages against "dumbasses" from the Netherlands....
Dutch deny Chavez aggression claim
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home
Chavez asked to explain accusations that The Netherlands was permitting US "aggression"....
Focus: Should it be on Copenhagen or Calera?
Alexia Parks | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green
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Today's most interesting Climate Change conversation may not be taking place in policy discussions in Copenhagen, but at the Power-Gen International conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Maintenance work to limit use of Holland, Lincoln tunnels over weekend
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | Home
REENA ROSE SIBAYAN / THE JERSEY JOURNALThe Holland Tunnel will be closed westbound into New Jersery tomorrow and Sunday morning for scheduled main...
Are Swiss Alps Threatened by Minarets?
John L. Esposito | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
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The Swiss minaret ban, like some other European countries' policies, highlights a failure of Western liberalism and raises fundamental questions about religious discrimination and freedom of religion.
Young Arab Leaders
ASMALLMAGAZINE. | ASMALLMAGAZINE | Posted 12.01.2009 | Home
Muna Al Gurg at a meeting with YAL members and Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Founded in 2004 and under the patronage of HH Sheik...
Slain Transgender People Remembered Around World
CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 11.20.2009 | Home
A year ago this month, Lateisha Green, a transgender woman, was shot to death as she sat in a car outside a house party in upstate New York. In...
Three Britons 'killed after cash machine raid'
The Independent | Independent | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home
Three Britons have died after their car crashed while it was being pursued by police in Holland following a raid on a cash machine, according to ...
Law Week Colorado's Inaugural 'Colorado 200′ List Of Largest State Firms
Law Week Colorado | Law Week Colorado | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home
LAW WEEK COLORADO DENVER -- Law Week Colorado, Colorado's weekly newspaper for lawyers, presents the 2010 'Colorado 200′ list of largest law ...
Dutch FM: Israel, Hamas must probe Gaza war crimes charges
Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home
Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen urged Israel and Hamas to investigate war crimes allegations stemming from the Gaza conflict earlier this year....
Dutch Jews, Israelis clash over Lieberman visit to Holland
Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home
The scheduled arrival of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in the Netherlands Wednesday has touched off a rare display of discord between the local J...
Tokai Challenger Leads World Solar Challenge at Halfway Point
AllAboutElectric | AllCarsElectric | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
With the leading vehicles just passing the halfway point in the 3000 km World Solar Challenge, the Tokai University(Japan) Challenger leads the pac...
Switzerland, Slovakia qualify for World Cup
AP | STUART CONDIE | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home
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— Switzerland and Slovakia earned Europe's final two automatic berths for next year's World Cup on Wednesday night, while Argentina tried to beat out Uruguay and Ecuador for South America's last certain spot in the 32-nation field.
Costa Rica played at the United States, which clinched its sixth straight berth last weekend, and the Ticos hoped to stay ahead of Honduras and gain the final automatic place from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Portugal, Greece, Slovenia and Ukraine finished second in their groups and joined Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Ireland and Russia in the European playoffs. They will be drawn into four pairs on Monday, and the winners of home-and-home, total-goals matches on Nov. 14 and 18 will qualify for next year's 32-nation field.
By the end of Wednesday, 23 of the 32 nations will have been determined for next year's tournament in South Africa.
In addition to the U.S., Mexico had ensured a berth in CONCACAF, while Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia and Spain had clinched automatic berths in Europe. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay had earned berths from South America, and Australia, Japan, North Korea and South Korea won Asia's spots. Ghana and Ivory Coast joined host South Africa, which qualified automatically as host.
Turning the Corner on Drug Law Reform
Norm Stamper | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
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Australians are acutely aware that the U.S. is and has been since 1971 the chest-thumping, fist-banging four-star general in the global war on drugs. Their willingness to stand up to our bullying ways is growing.
Anne Frank gets her own YouTube channel
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home
Perhaps the most famous child of the Holocaust was Anne Frank. She is known, of course, for the diaries she kept as a teenager in Holland, hiding from...
Video: Why Did Lewis Resign?
MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 12.01.2009 | Home
Mike Holland, of Holland & Company, and Donald Powell, fmr. FDIC chair, discuss the reasoning behind Ken Lewis' resignation as Bank of America CEO...
4 of 6 escaped wolfdogs recaptured in Holland Township
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home
David Gard/For The Star-Ledger Cliff Zager of Holland walks with some of his dogs on his property.HOLLAND TOWNSHIP -- Six wolfdogs escaped from th...
Wolfdogs escape Holland Township home again
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home
David Gard/For The Star-Ledger Cliff Zager of Holland walks with some of his dogs on his property.</form HOLLAND TOWNSHIP -- Six wolfdogs escap...
Wolfdogs escape Holland home again
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home
David Gard/For The Star-Ledger Cliff Zager of Holland walks with some of his dogs on his property.eighbors say they like the dogs and think Zager ...
Chevron seeks Ecuador liability in pollution case
AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home
Chevron Corp. on Wednesday filed suit against the government of Ecuador for trade violations, an effort to protect against a potentially negative ruling in a separate $27 billion suit over environmental damage.
Chevron accuses Ecuador of "exploitation" for its pursuit of an ongoing lawsuit over environmental damage the plaintiffs allege Texaco caused in the Amazon rain forest between 1972 and 1990. Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, acquired Texaco in 2001.
Chevron claims Texaco already paid millions to clean up the region as part of a 1998 agreement with the government and is not liable for further damages. Company officials also have said Texaco's former partner, state oil company Petroecuador, continued to pollute the region after Texaco departed.
Chevron's complaint against Ecuador was filed with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands. It effectively seeks international arbitration of the environmental dispute, which would be legally binding.
In the filing, Chevron says Ecuador is trying to shift its own share of liability for any remaining environmental damage to Chevron, as well as liability for Petroecuador's own oil operations since 1992 and damage caused by "government-sanctioned colonization and agricultural and industrial exploitation of the Amazonian region." It says the nation's conduct has violated investment agreements and Ecuador-U.S. trade agreements.
Dutch delay 13-year-old sailor's worldwide trip
AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 09.28.2009 | World
UTRECHT, Netherlands — A 13-year-old girl's plan to sail solo around the world was called "undeniably daring and risky" by Dutch judges Friday. ...
Is 13-Year-Old Too Young to Sail Around the World?
GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 09.26.2009 | Home
Laura Dekker from the Netherlands is 13 years-old and wants to sail around the world alone to break a world record. On her website [nl] she introduces...
Abortion Ship Forced To Cease Operations After Passage Of Dutch Pregnancy Law
Diana Whitten and Anita Schillhorn van Veen | Posted 09.07.2009 | World
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Recent changes to Dutch abortion law have caused international abortion provider Rebecca Gomperts to cancel upcoming campaigns for her renowned organization Women on Waves.
Dutch Return Severed Head Of King Badu Bonsu II To His Descendants In Ghana 171 Years Later
AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 08.23.2009 | World
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The descendants of an African chief who was hanged and decapitated by a Dutch general 171 years ago reluctantly accepte...
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