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Wednesday 10th March, 2010

  • Dutch bishops announce abuse probe

    The Hindu

    THE HAGUE: Dutch Catholic bishops announced an independent inquiry Tuesday into allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests at church schools, and apologised to victims. “Bishops and rel...

  • Royal Dutch Shell halts gasoline sales to Iran

    CNN Money

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales after a threat of future U.S....

  • Royal Dutch Shell halts gasoline sales to Iran

    Fortune

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales after a threat of future U.S....

  • Royal Dutch Shell halts gasoline sales to Iran

    CNN Money

    NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales after a threat of future U.S....

  • Bracelets to ignite Dutch team spirit

    IOL

    By Colleen Dardagan Four hundred tons of beaded bracelets made in KZN by hundreds of rural women are to be shipped to The Netherlands on Friday, as part of a campaign to get "crazy" Dutch football ...

  • Solazyme signs deal with Unilever

    Business Journal

    Solazyme CEO Jonathan Wolfson (left) and President Harrison Dillon want to have their algae oil for transportation fuels, personal care products, and eat it, too.

  • Solazyme signs deal with Unilever

    San Francisco Business Times

    Solazyme CEO Jonathan Wolfson (left) and President Harrison Dillon want to have their algae oil for transportation fuels, personal care products, and eat it, too.

  • Dutch regulator fines Fortis Holding for market manipulation

    Breitbart

    Dutch financial markets watchdog AFM said Wednesday it had fined insurance group Fortis Holding 576,000 euros (780,000 dollars) for market manipulation and withholding share price sensitive informatio...

  • Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands

    WHP CBS 21

    (File, IDM) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, ...

  • Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands

    The Miami Herald

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said We...

  • Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands

    Fox 23

    (File, IDM) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, ...

  • Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands

    The Seattle Times

    First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said Wednesday.

  • Amsterdam airport boosts security

    New Zealand Herald

    Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport - the departure site for the alleged Detroit underwear bomber - tightened security yesterday after journalists orchestrated a sting operation that smuggled bottles of liqu...

  • Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlan...

  • Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands

    Associated Press

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities sai...

  • Royal Dutch Shell stops selling gasoline to Iran

    Market Watch

    +0.45% spokesman Rainer Winzenried told MarketWatch that the oil major is not exporting gasoline to Iran. He declined to elaborate on how much gasoline Shell has typically sold to Iran, or how long ...

  • Strange fruit: Dutch police discover half-ton of cocaine stashed in plastic pineapples

    Sun-Sentinel

    Netherlands (AP) — First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said Wedn...

  • Aegon Religare to double headcount next fiscal

    Business Standard

    Aegon Religare Life Insurance, a joint venture of the Netherlands-based Aegon and India's Religare Enterprises, plans to double its headcount to 3,600 in the next financial year.

  • Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands

    Denver Post

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands—First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said ...

  • [03/10] Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands

    Find Law

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities said...

  • Fake fruit conceals cocaine cargo in Netherlands

    San Diego Union-Tribune

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands — First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands, authorities sai...

  • Wolters Kluwer Appoints Jon Teppo as Vice President, Investor Relations

    Market Wire

    ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - Alphen aan den Rijn (March 10, 2010) -Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company focused on professiona...

  • Wolters Kluwer Appoints Jon Teppo as Vice President, Investor Relations

    Earth Times

    Alphen aan den Rijn (March 10, 2010) -Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company focused on professionals, announced today that the company has appointed Jon Teppo as Vic...

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