Netherlands

Netherlands

• Dutch Supreme Court rules a 'tongue kiss' not rape

  The Dutch Supreme Court narrowed its definition of rape Tuesday, saying that a "forced tongue kiss" should no longer be considered among the worst ... 

• Dutch Catholic girls abused at home, in church

  A commission investigating abuse of children linked to Dutch Roman Catholic institutions says girls were sexually abused by members of the clergy in ... 

• Dutch bankruptcies hit record in February

  More Dutch companies declared bankruptcy in February than at any time since records began in 1981. The country's Central Bureau for Statistics also ... 

• Accused lawmaker returns to St. Maarten

  A St. Maarten legislator at the center of a bribery probe returned Sunday to the Dutch Caribbean country and said he was prepared to give his side of ... 

• Ajax beats Zwolle 3-0 to go top of Dutch league

  Defending champion Ajax went top of the Dutch league for the first time this season after beating PEC Zwolle 3-0 on Sunday, and Feyenoord moved level ... 

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  Lee Sang-hwa wins speedskating World Cup 500 title

  Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won the women's 500 meters Sunday at the speedskating World Cup to take the season discipline title. 

• Dutch league leader PSV loses to Heerenveen

  Dutch league leader PSV Eindhoven faltered in its attempt to win its first Eredivisie title since 2008, losing 2-1 at SC Heerenveen. PSV remained just ... 

• Flights from NY airport fueled by cooking oil

  A Dutch airliner is flying from New York to Amsterdam on a fuel mix that includes leftover oil from frying Louisiana's Cajun food. The KLM flights ... 

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  Richardson wins WCup title, Nesbitt wins last race

  American speedskater Heather Richardson clinched the overall World Cup title on Saturday after finishing 11th in the final 1,000-meter race, which was ... 

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  Kenya final vote total: Kenyatta has 50.03 pct

  Kenya's election commission posted complete results early Saturday showing that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta prevailed in the country's ... 

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  Smeekens wins to seal speedskating 500 title

  Jan Smeekens sealed the overall 500-meter World Cup title Friday by winning speedskating's shortest event in 34.84 seconds at the season finals. 

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  Bosnian woman helped make rape a war crime

  There were days when she prayed for a bullet to end her suffering. When she thought she was dying of a heart attack, she whispered "Thank you God. 

• Dutch peacekeeper not prosecuted for Srebrenica

  The retired general who commanded Dutch peacekeepers in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica when Bosnian Serb fighters overran the town and massacred ... 

• Dutch ex-cyclist Michael Boogerd admits doping

  Former Dutch professional cyclist Michael Boogerd, a spring classic specialist who once edged Lance Armstrong to win the Amstel Gold Race, admitted ... 

• Shell continues liquefied natural gas push in US

  Royal Dutch Shell PLC is continuing its push into liquefied natural gas with plans to build two plants that will serve LNG to ships and trucks around ... 

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  'This is the top' _ Dutch singer on Broadway debut

  There's a little bottle of champagne in Willemijn Verkaik's dressing room. It sits unopened — she's already plenty giddy. Verkaik, a Dutch actress who ... 

• Dutch police arrest Romanian in major art heist

  Dutch police say they have arrested a 19-year-old Romanian woman in connection with a major art heist from the Kunsthal gallery in Rotterdam, ... 

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  Smeekens wins 500m race to close in on WCup title

  Dutchman Jan Smeekens won a 500-meter speedskating race for the second time in as many days to further extend his lead in the World Cup standings on ... 

• PSV, Ajax win to stay 1st, 2nd in Dutch league

  Ajax beat FC Twente 2-0 in Enschede to maintain second place in the Eredivisie on Saturday, two points behind leader PSV Eindhoven. Twente continued ... 

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  Wang, Smeekens win at speedskating World Cup

  Wang Beixing of China won a women's 500-meter race for the second time in as many days at the speedskating World Cup on Saturday. Wang clocked 38. 

• Libya: Errors caused 2010 plane crash killing 103

  Human error is to blame for a passenger plane crash in Libya in 2010 that killed 103 people, civilian aviation officials said Friday. The Afriqiyah ... 

• Heineken heir to take board job

  A grandson of Freddy Heineken, the man who built the Dutch brewer into an international beer giant, will be the first of a new generation of Heineken ... 

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  Dutch court: woman incited genocide in Rwanda

  A Dutch court on Friday convicted a Rwandan-born Dutch woman of inciting genocide in Rwanda's 1994 mass murders of ethnic Tutsis by members of the ...