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RNW article: Dutch three-way coalition talks set to resume
Newsflash | 7 September 2010
Negotiations on a new cabinet including the Christian democratic party CDA and the conservative VVD which would be supported in parliament by Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) are set to resume.
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RNW article: Dutch coalition talks break down
Newsflash | 3 September 2010
The Dutch coalition talks between the free market liberals the VVD and the Christian Democrats (CDA) with the support of the Freedom Party (PVV) have broken down.
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Summary of the 2010 US and the Netherlands Pension Seminar
Newsflash | 3 September 2010
On June 24, 2010, the Heritage Foundation, in cooperation with APG-General Pensions Group, The Retirement Security Project, The Employee Benefit Research Institute, The Pensions Right Center and the Royal Netherlands Embassy, hosted a seminar on retirement security issues in the US and the Netherlands.
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Bloomberg, James S. Russell: New Orleans Needs Scenic Canals, Not Billions in Levees
Newsflash | 3 September 2010
New Orleans still can’t handle everyday floods.
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The Netherlands hosts Gaza counter-arms smuggling meeting
Newsflash | 2 September 2010
The Gaza Counter-Arms Smuggling Initiative has just concluded a two-day meeting in The Hague. It was the fifth meeting of this international working group, whose aim is to stop weapons being smuggled into Gaza by sea.
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Dutchman appointed to UN Human Rights Committee
Newsflash | 2 September 2010 | Human Rights
The Dutch professor Cees Flinterman was today elected to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Committee that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its States parties.
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Joint Dutch aid agencies raise EUR 16.1 million for flood affectees in Pakistan with national telethon
Newsflash | 2 September 2010
On August 26, 2010 joint Dutch aid agencies, using a specially designated account called: 'Giro 555', collected a total of EUR 16.1 million in donations with their national telethon: 'help the victims of flood-stricken Pakistan'.
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Netherlands Releases Two Men Suspected of Terrorism (Bloomberg)
Travel advice | 1 September 2010
The Netherlands released two men who were taken into custody upon their arrival at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport from the U.S. two days ago on suspicion they may have been involved in preparing a terrorist act.
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VACANCY: Operator Netherlands Information Desk (in Dutch)
Newsflash | 31 August 2010
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Statement from the Public Prosecutor related to the two men from Yemen suspected of a conspiracy to a terrorist criminal act.
Newsflash | 31 August 2010
Monday morning, two men were arrested by the border police. They had arrived on the flight from Chicago, which had landed on 9.15 h on airport Schiphol, Amsterdam.