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Small Dutch passenger ferry capsizes after crash (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

AP - A freight ship struck a passenger ferry in a canal near Amsterdam Friday, capsizing the smaller vessel and knocking several people into the water, national police say.

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Dutch politician on trial on hate speech charges (AP)

October 8th, 2010

FILE- Geert Wilders poses during an interview with The Associated Press in The Hague, Netherlands, in this file photo dated Thursday, July 15, 2010.  According to anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, on Thursday Sept. 30, 2010, a new Dutch minority government may rely on the support of the 24 seats held by Wilders and his Freedom Party to hold power in a government coalition which could be formed as early as next week. (AP Photo/Cynthia Boll, file)AP - Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders appealed for freedom of expression Monday as he went on trial for alleged hate speech at a time when his popularity and influence…

Violent protests after Dutch outlaw squatting (AP)

October 1st, 2010

AP - More than 100 people protesting the outlawing of squatting at unused buildings in the Netherlands clashed with police in Amsterdam’s historic center late Friday, throwing stones, setting fires…

Dutch arrest alleged UK terror suspect at airport (AP)

September 19th, 2010

AP - Dutch police on Sunday arrested a British man of Somali ancestry at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport for possible links to a terrorist group, a spokesman for the Dutch prosecutors…

Dutch arrest alleged terror suspect at airport (AP)

September 19th, 2010

AP - Dutch police say a terrorism suspect has been arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.

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Dutch prosecutors say Yemenis freed (AP)

September 1st, 2010

A man is led away from a plane at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam Monday Aug. 30, 2010 in this image taken from TV. The FBI probe of two men arrested in Amsterdam after suspicious items turned up in one of the men's luggage were probably not on a test run for a future terror attack, a U.S. official said Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010, casting doubt on earlier suggestions even as Dutch authorities held the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act. (AP Photo/RTL, via APTN) ** NETHERLANDS OUT: ONE TIME USE ONLY:   FOR USE UNTIL 1600 GMT  SEPT 2, 2010 ONLY:  WEBSITES MUST REMOVE THIS IMAGE AFTER 1559 GMT THURSDAY SEPT. 2, 2010: NO ARCHIVE:**AP - Two Yemeni men arrested on arrival from the United States on suspicion they may have been conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack were released without…

Dutch question 2 men in suspected US terror probe (AP)

August 31st, 2010

Graphic on the movements of two men on a US flight arrested on arrival in Holland after their luggage was reportedly found with box cutters, knives and a cellphone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle.(AFP/Graphic)AP - Dutch investigators on Tuesday questioned two men arrested at Amsterdam’s airport after U.S. authorities found suspicious items in their checked luggage, including a cell phone taped to a…

Dutch teen sailor reaches Canary Islands (AP)

August 26th, 2010

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Laura Dekker hoists a flag of The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on her boat in the harbor of Den Osse, southwest Netherlands. The 14-year-old Dutch girl will try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world when she sets off from Portugal on Saturday Aug. 21, 2010. Laura Dekker's ambition of completing the yearlong trip has fueled a global debate over the wisdom of allowing young sailors to take on the tremendous risks of sailing the high seas alone. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)AP - A 14-year-old Dutch sailor aiming to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world says she has reached Spain’s Canary Islands off northwest Africa but declined…

Dutch teen sets sail in secrecy on solo world trip (AP)

August 21st, 2010

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Laura Dekker hoists a flag of The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on her boat in the harbor of Den Osse, southwest Netherlands. The 14-year-old Dutch girl will try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world when she sets off from Portugal on Saturday Aug. 21, 2010. Laura Dekker's ambition of completing the yearlong trip has fueled a global debate over the wisdom of allowing young sailors to take on the tremendous risks of sailing the high seas alone. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)AP - A 14-year-old Dutch sailor departed in secrecy from Gibraltar Saturday on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, avoiding the media because…

Dutch sailor girl set to leave on solo world trip (AP)

August 20th, 2010

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 Laura Dekker hoists a flag of The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on her boat in the harbor of Den Osse, southwest Netherlands. The 14-year-old Dutch girl will try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world when she sets off from Portugal on Saturday Aug. 21, 2010. Laura Dekker's ambition of completing the yearlong trip has fueled a global debate over the wisdom of allowing young sailors to take on the tremendous risks of sailing the high seas alone. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)AP - A 14-year-old Dutch girl will set off Saturday on a controversial attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, her representatives said.


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