
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 ...
Poland finds horse meat DNA in beef samples
One of Poland's top veterinarians said Thursday that traces of horse-meat DNA have been found in beef samples taken from three meat processors — the ...

UN appeals court acquits ex-Serb military chief
In a stunning reversal, U.N. appeals judges on Thursday acquitted the former chief of the Yugoslav National Army of aiding and abetting atrocities by ...
Dutch deficit on path to break European rules
Dutch government deficit spending is set to break European limits in both 2013 and 2014, a development that may compel Finance Minister Jeroen ...
Pension costs dent retailer Ahold's Q4 profits
Royal Ahold NV, the Dutch operator of U.S. supermarket chains Stop & Shop and Giant, has reported a 41 percent fall in fourth quarter profits as a ...

Wireless connections creep into everyday things
A car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your ...

Poland emerging as major European outsourcing hub
The first time Javier Bofarull Marques left Spain for Poland, it was for love. It was 2006, a boom time in Spain, and his friends thought he was crazy
Amsterdam plans sober party for Dutch inauguration
The Dutch capital is known for boozy stag nights and pot-smoking tourists. But for what could be the nation's party of the decade — the abdication of ...
Shell to buy Repsol LNG assets for $6.2 billion
Royal Dutch Shell says it has struck a deal with Spain's Repsol SA to buy Repsol's liquefied natural gas assets in Peru and Trinidad & Tobago in a ...
Amsterdam to raise legal age for prostitutes
Amsterdam plans to raise the minimum age for prostitutes from 18 to 21 and force brothels to close during early morning hours. At a press conference ...

Prosecutors do not object to Kenya trial delays
The trials of four prominent Kenyans charged with orchestrating deadly postelection violence in 2007 and 2008 could be delayed until next summer.
Dutch court: Jews must also carry ID cards
A Dutch appeals court has upheld a €60 ($90) fine against an Orthodox Jew who refused to show police an identity card, citing religious reasons.
Dutch court rejects terror suspect's injunction
A court has rejected a Dutch-Pakistani terror suspect's final attempt to use the Dutch legal system to block his extradition to the United States, ...

Ireland: Plant sent horse labeled 'beef' to Czechs
An Irish slaughterhouse has been caught labeling horse meat as beef and shipping it to a company in the Czech Republic, Ireland's government said ...

Spanish monarchy's popularity hits new low
When King Juan Carlos appeared at a recent basketball game in front of thousands of subjects, he was greeted by persistent heckling and whistling.

Former Ivory Coast president faces charges
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was prepared to go to any lengths — including using lethal force — to cling to power after losing ...
Court: US custody case not moot with child abroad
The United States court system doesn't lose jurisdiction in international custody disputes simply because the child involved is no longer in the ...
Japan's ORIX takes over asset manager Robeco
Dutch bank Rabobank says Japan's ORIX Corporation is taking over its asset management arm Robeco Groep NV for €1.9 billion ($2.54 billion). The deal, ...

Runners and riders in Europe's horsemeat scandal
The European Union agreed Friday to begin random DNA checks on meat products in a bid to put a lid on a spreading scandal over horsemeat, while ...

Swedish photographer wins World Press Photo award
Swedish photographer Paul Hansen won the 2012 World Press Photo award Friday for newspaper Dagens Nyheter with a picture of two Palestinian children ...

Horsemeat: French company blamed, UK arrests
The price, smell and color should have been clear tipoffs something was wrong with shipments of horsemeat that were fraudulently labeled as beef, ...

Dutch company eyed in mislabeled horsemeat scandal
A Cyprus-registered company called "Draap Trading Ltd." moved to the center of Europe's horsemeat mislabeling scandal Wednesday, as it emerged that ...
Heineken full-year profit soars on one-time gain
Heineken NV said Wednesday its profit doubled in 2012 following a reappraisal of its Asian business. However, the company's actual performance was ...

Banana Joe the affenpinscher wins Westminster
Banana Joe is very appealing, in any language. The little affenpinscher with a monkey face added to his world of success Tuesday night, winning best ...

ING 4Q profits up, plans 2,400 job cuts
ING Group NV, the Dutch bank and insurance company, says net profit rose in the fourth quarter due to larger gains from asset sales, and it plans to ...