Netherlands

Netherlands

• Fire blazes at Dutch firelighting block factory

  Authorities in the Dutch city of Oisterwijk say a fire has broken out at a factory that makes firelighting blocks for barbecues and campfires. 

• Wawrinka downs Lorenzi in 2 sets to advance

  Simona Halep continued her strong recent form to humble top-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-0, 6-1 on Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals of the ... 

• Dutch government may miss 2014 deficit target

  Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Wednesday the country's government plans to cut spending again in 2014 but acknowledged that the ... 

• Dutch manure silo fall kills 3 farmworkers

  Dutch police say three farmworkers have died and a fourth has been critically injured after they fell into a silo filled with manure for use as ... 

• Lawyer for Gadhafi son wants him handed to ICC

  A lawyer for a son of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi accused Libyan authorities on Tuesday of showing a "blatant disregard" for the International ... 

• Players, father convicted in death of linesman

  A Dutch court convicted six young footballers and the father of one of the players of manslaughter on Monday for kicking to death a volunteer linesman ... 

• Report: doping was widespread among Dutch cyclists

  An independent commission that investigated doping by Dutch cyclists and their teams recommended Monday that the responsibility for testing and ... 

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  Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too

  From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key ... 

• Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen's capital

  Yemeni security officials say a Dutch couple is believed to have been kidnapped from the capital, Sanaa. The officials say police received a phone ... 

• Dutch budget office lowers economic forecasts

  The Netherlands' independent budget planning office has lowered its economic forecasts for 2013 and says the government will run a 3.7 percent deficit ... 

• Dutch high court rules against Aegon

  The Netherlands' Supreme Court has upheld a ruling against insurer Aegon NV, finding that found it misled thousands of investors. In a case launched ... 

• Yugoslav and Rwanda courts won't meet UN deadline

  The presidents of the U.N. tribunals prosecuting alleged war criminals from the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and key figures in the 1994 Rwanda ... 

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  Dutch cafe owners on trial for selling weed

  Owners and staff of three cannabis-selling cafes went on trial Wednesday in the southern Netherlands charged with selling weed to foreigners, in a ... 

• Duel estimates of harm caused by Dutch tax system

  Two prominent nonprofit organizations in the Netherlands have offered widely differing estimates of the harm caused to developing countries by ... 

• Court says case against Gbagbo can go ahead

  International Criminal Court judges say the crimes against humanity case against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo can go ahead because he ... 

• Dutch finance minister defends austerity approach

  Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem defended his strategy of cutting government spending and increasing taxes to reduce the country's budget ... 

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  Victims of Saddam-era gas attack seek French probe

  Twenty victims of Saddam Hussein's 1988 chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja, requested a judicial investigation of French suppliers ... 

• Dutch central bank says deficit set to worsen

  The Netherlands' central bank is warning that unless the Dutch government cuts spending, the country's budget deficit will widen from 3.5 percent of ... 

• Libya appeals ICC ruling on Gadhafi son case

  Libya has appealed the International Criminal Court's order that a son and one-time heir apparent of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi be tried in The ...