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Andy Murray feels ready for Wimbledon after winning Aegon Championships
British tennis ace Andy Murray has said he feels ready for Wimbledon after surviving a groin scare and winning the Aegon Championships. Murray had developed the scare after he slipped and fell on the grass during the rain-delayed final at Queen's Club. But after losing the first set to defending champion Marin Cilic, Murray recovered to win 5-7 7-5 6-3. It was the third time he claimed the ...
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Paes celebrates birthday with win
Veteran Indian tennis player Leander Paes celebrated his 40th birthday with a win in the men's doubles first round at the Aegon International here Monday. Third seeds Paes and Radek Stepanek proceeded to the quarterfinals winning 5-7, 7-6(5), 10-6 in one hour and 35 minutes against Croat-Brazilian pairing of Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo on the grass courts of Devonshire Park. After losing the ...
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Evgeny Donskoy rallies over John Isner in the Netherlands
John Isner Monday in first-round play of the grass-court Topshelf Open. Donskoy rallied after dropping the first set to bounce the 6-foot-9 Isner 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-4 at Autotron Rosmalen in the Netherlands. Joining Isner in the ranks of Day 2 upset victims at the Wimbledon tune-up were No. ...
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Dutch court convicts young soccer players father in beating death of volunteer linesman
The widow (pink shirt) and sons of linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen leave the courthouse of Lelystad, Netherlands, on Monday, June 17, 2013. A Dutch court on Monday jailed six teenage boys and a father for up to six years for brutally beating to death amateur soccer linesman Nieuwenhuizen last ...
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Ireland hammered by Holland
A disappointing performance by Ireland saw them fall to a heavy 5-0 defeat in the World League at the hands of hosts Holland. It was always going to be a tough game against the current World champions, but once again Irish defensive errors and incisive Dutch finishing proved the difference between the two sides. The attacking trio of Hofman, Hertzberger and Jonker provided the magic for the ...
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W+Ks Journey With Heineken Leads to Grand Prix in Creative Effectiveness
CANNES, France-Wieden + Kennedy in Amsterdam picked up the Grand Prix in Creative Effectiveness here tonight for its remarkable Heineken campaign, which helped boost sales of the Dutch brewer's flagship beer by 5.3 percent in ...
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Asias richest man Li Ka-shing pays $1.3 B for Dutch waste and energy company AVR
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., gestures during a press conference to announce his companies' annual results in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Billionaire Li's Hong Kong conglomerate said profit last year fell by about half compared with the previous year, when income was inflated by a huge one-time gain. (AP ...
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Shellies travels Fun in Amsterdam
Around the World in 72 Days travel blog . She and her family most recently visited one of Amsterdam's most popular tourist attractions - the 'I amsterdam' sign. Visit her blog for video and more travel updates! Photo courtesy of Shellie ...
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Teenagers and a father jailed for killing of Dutch linesman
Judges at a court in Lelystad in the Netherlands found a 50-year-old man and six teenagers guilty of the manslaughter of an amateur football ...
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Royal Dutch Shell plc Buyback of Own Shares
RDS-B ) announces that on 17 June, 2013 it purchased for cancellation 970,000 "B" Shares at a price of 2182.84 pence per share. Following the cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of "A" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 3,797,974,999 and the remaining number of "B" Shares of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be 2,550,918,362. Enquiries Shell Media ...
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Seven convicted of Dutch linesmans manslaughter
A Dutch court has convicted six young footballers and one player's father of the manslaughter of a volunteer linesman who was attacked after a youth match in December.Judges in Lelystad sentenced the 50-year-old father, identified only as El-Hasan D, to six years in prison. Five teenage players were given two-year sentences in youth detention for their roles in the attack and another was ...
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Damning report on Dutch cyclings past
The Dutch Anti-Doping Commission has delivered a report that suggests as many as 95% of Dutch cyclists in the 90s and early 2000s were doping. According to the Commission's report, its interviews "confirmed the suspicion that most of the peloton, and the Dutch part thereof, during the heyday of EPO (late nineties and beginning of this century) used doping. It is difficult to give ...
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Boeing Netherlands integrate helo logistics support
A $60 million integrated contractor logistics support contract has been signed by Boeing and the Dutch Air Force, merging two separate helicopter supply chains. Boeing said the deal -- the first for maintenance and spare parts for Chinook and Apache helicopters, is based on the number of expected flight hours rather than ordering and stocking parts and will lead to lower costs and increased ...
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Dutch teen footballers jailed for kicking linesman to death
LELYSTAD, The Netherlands (Reuters) - A Dutch court found six teenage footballers and a player's father guilty on Monday of beating an amateur linesman to death, an incident that shocked the nation and prompted soul-searching over football violence and ...
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Dutch DJ Duo Produces Summer Smash With David Guetta
AMSTERDAM, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Young Dutch producers/DJs Albert Harvey and Kevin Ramos a.k.a GLOWINTHEDARK have recorded a single with successful producer and the world's former number one DJ, David Guetta. The track 'Ain't A Party' is released on Monday June ...
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Report doping was widespread among Dutch cyclists
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- An independent commission that investigated doping by Dutch cyclists and their teams recommended Monday that the responsibility for testing and sanctioning riders be taken away from the International Cycling Union to prevent the appearance of a conflict of interest. The commission's report concluded that doping was endemic among Dutch cyclists for years and ...
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Dutch Court Jails Man Six Youths for Killing Soccer Linesman
A 50-year-old Dutchman and six youths were jailed for manslaughter after they kicked and beat a soccer linesman to death during a match outside Amsterdam. The man got a six-year sentence and the teenagers were sent to youth detention for up to 24 months, the Lelystad court said in a statement on its website. The linesman, Richard Nieuwenhuizen, died a day after the Dec. 2 assault. The ...
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Creating mega province around Amsterdam will save €70m minister
Merging the provinces of Noord-Holland, Utrecht and Flevoland into a single entity will save €70m a year, according to draft legislation published by home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk on Monday. The minister plans to press ahead with the merger, despite widespread opposition. He says it will allow the region to operate more effectively and efficiently in terms of housing, ...
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Players father convicted in death of linesman
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- A Dutch court has convicted six young soccer players and the father of one of the athletes of manslaughter in the death of a volunteer linesman who was knocked to the ground and repeatedly kicked after a youth match last December in a brutal attack that shocked this soccer-loving nation. Judges in Lelystad sentenced the 50-year-old father to six years in prison. Five teenage ...
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5th Sustainable Foods Summit Amsterdam
European edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit which is organized by the Organic Monitor. It brings together food manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, retailers, industry organizations, certification agencies, investors and researchers. This time the Summit discussed practical methods of reducing the environmental impact of food products by changing consumer behaviour and encouraging ...
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DealBook Asia’s Richest Man Buys Dutch Waste Firm
HONG KONG - A consortium of companies owned by Li Ka-shing, the richest person in Asia, said on Monday that it would pay more than $1 billion to acquire the Dutch waste management company AVR from ...
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Expatica SpeedDate in Amsterdam – Saturday 13 July
JavaScript Tag // Tag for network 870: Expatica // Website: Expatica NL // Page: General // Placement: General-1-175 x 60 (3091233) // created at: Apr 28, 2011 6:01:02 ...
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The Netherlands tried to broker peace between Israel and Palestinians
The Netherlands spent at least a year trying to broker a breakthrough in the deadlocked peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the NRC reports on Monday, quoting confidential ...
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Dutch environment policy is outdated and short-term says agency
The Netherlands’ environmental policy needs a complete overhaul because it is out of date in many areas, according to the government’s environmental assessment agency PBL. The policy of successive governments has been short-term without a vision for the future, the report says. For example, old coal-fired power stations are being used to burn biomass to meet 2020 green energy ...
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SC Associate Justice Leonen denies walking out of The Hague event
Marvic Leonen file photo MANILA, Philippines--Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen denied reports that he made an "outburst" during the 10th International Judicial Colloquium on Insolvency in The Hague, Netherlands last month. High Court's Information Chief Theodore Te, who was authorized by Justice Leonen to speak on the matter, said Monday the report was "totally ...
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Amsterdam and the Clash of Civilisations: is this city on the frontline?
There is a polarising pattern of insult and violence going round and round in Europe, and Amsterdam seems to be one of the cities leading the continent down the spiral toward a culture of intolerance toward everyone who isn't European.
The Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks is frequently in the media for his decisively controversial cartoons that seem to unremittingly try and provoke the Islamic communities across Europe. Just this week alone he was the target of two separate assassination plots that were to be carried out, interestingly, by two women who had converted to the religion he vilifies. Read more
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