Netherlands

Netherlands

• Dutch to send Turkey 2 Patriot systems

  The Dutch government approved a NATO request Friday to send two batteries of Patriot missile defense systems to Turkey, following in Germany's ... 

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  NATO moves toward deployment on Syria border

  As fears grow in the West that Syrian President Bashar Assad will unleash chemical weapons as an act of desperation, NATO moved forward Thursday with ... 

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  Dutch call off search for 6 missing crewmen

  Rescuers called off search efforts for six missing crewmen Thursday from a cargo ship that sank in the North Sea after a collision with another vessel 

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  Germans OK Patriot missiles to defend Turkey

  Germany's Cabinet on Thursday approved sending German Patriot air defense missiles to Turkey to protect the NATO member against possible attacks from ... 

• Ship sinks off Dutch coast, 4 dead, 7 crew missing

  Four crew members died and seven were missing in the icy waters of the North Sea, after a cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank off the ... 

• Justices struggle with international custody law

  The Supreme Court seemed to struggle Wednesday to find a middle ground on whether American courts have any further say in an international custody ... 

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  Criticism of Dutch "Black Pete" tradition grows

  Foreigners visiting the Netherlands in winter are often surprised to see that the Dutch version of St. Nicholas' helpers have their faces painted ... 

• 3 youths to be charged after fatal soccer attack

  Richard Nieuwenhuizen was doing what he loved: watching his son play soccer and volunteering as a linesman. On Monday, the 41-year-old father's ... 

• Digital rights groups blast Dutch computer plan

  Digital rights groups have called on the Dutch justice minister to retract a proposal that would give the country's police the right to break into ... 

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  Peru asks UN court to set sea border with Chile

  Peru asked the U.N.'s highest court Monday to set a maritime border between it and Chile, in a case that could greatly expand the amount of rich seas ... 

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  Britain to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance

  The British government said Monday it would spend more money catching tax avoiders, after a lawmakers' committee accused major multinational companies ... 

• UPS offers regulators concessions on TNT bid

  United Parcel Service Inc. says it has offered the European Union's regulatory watchdog some concessions in its proposed €5.16 million ($6.8 billion) ... 

• Dutch to scrap blasphemy law on insulting God

  The Almighty will have to defend his own name from now on: Dutch parliament has accepted a motion that will scrap a law making it a crime to insult ... 

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  Floods in Britain highlight insurance dispute

  Lynne Jones' cozy bed and breakfast in Britain's Lake District boasts views over the River Greta where heron come to feed, and a panoramic vista of ... 

• Dutch gov't: suspects must decrypt computers

  The Dutch government says it is planning to make it a crime for a suspect in a child sex abuse or terrorism case to refuse to help decrypt a computer ... 

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  Serbia seeks evidence against freed Croat generals

  Serbia asked U.N. war crimes prosecutors on Monday to hand over evidence against two Croatian generals whose convictions have been overturned, ... 

• Fiat Industrial and CNH reach merger agreement

  The Italian heavy-duty vehicles maker Fiat Industrial reached an agreement Monday for a full merger with its U.S. subsidiary, the farm equipment maker ... 

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  Historic Jewish cemetery in Caribbean fades away

  Headstones are pockmarked, their inscriptions faded. Stone slabs that have covered tombs for centuries are crumbling. White marble has turned grey, ...