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Four debutants in Dutch squad for Indonesia China friendlies
Dutch football head coach Louis van Gaal has named four debutants in the squad for the friendlies in Indonesia and China in June. Heracles Almelo midfielder Lerin Duarte, Feyenoord leftback Miquel Nelom, Swansea City defender Dwight Tiendalli and FC Utrecht midfielder Jens Toornstra were included in the squad Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Ajax reserve goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen, who is yet to ...
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Dutch trader arrested over horsemeat
A Dutch meat wholesaler, Willy Selten, has been arrested for allegedly selling 300 tonnes of horsemeat as beef, officials say. Mr Selten, who owns meat wholesaler Willy Selten BV, was arrested with the company's interim director. The public prosecutor said they were suspected of false accounting and fraud. In April, it was reported that 50,000 tonnes of meat sold as beef by Mr Selten may ...
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Dutch signal willingness to sell Urenco stake
The Dutch government announced Thursday it would explore the sale of the one-third stake it owns in British-based uranium enrichment specialist Urenco.The government said in a statement that the council of ministers had approved exploring the sale of part or the entire stake, and was in discussion with the other shareholders in the company which supplies nuclear fuel to power plants in Europe ...
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Boulder transient arrested in double stabbing at campground near Nederland
Investigators on scene at the Nederland police station after two victims in a double stabbing were transported there by fellow campers. Officials made an arrest early this morning (James ...
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UPDATE 1-Dutch aluminum products maker Constellium shares fall in debut
Thu May 23, 2013 3:07pm EDT * Shares open at $13.50, 10 pct below IPO price * At IPO price, company was valued at $1.51 bln By Aman Shah May 23 (Reuters) - Constellium NV, a Dutch aluminum products maker part-owned by miner Rio Tinto , fell as much as 12 percent below its initial public offer price in a market debut that failed to capture investor appetite. The stock regained some losses and was ...
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Netherlands cant win World Cup says Van Gaal
Singaporean director Anthony Chen described as "surreal" the 15-minute standing ovation that followed the world premiere of his debut feature film "Ilo Ilo" at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. Though the ending of the premiere couldn't have been more perfect, the 29-year-old Chen said the beginning was quite "nerve-wrecking" as it was marred by technical ...
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Dutch Mill works with govt to upgrade dairy standards
Dutch Mill Group and the Agriculture Ministry are collaborating to develop milk production from upstream to downstream and upgrade the quality of local milk to international standards in preparation for stiffer competition coming under the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. "The key role of Dutch Mill Group is to ensure cooperatives that milk-collection centres will have at least four ...
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Human remains found in suitcase in Netherlands
Human remains were discovered in a suitcase floating in the water near the village of Weteringbrug, Netherlands, police said. The suitcase was discovered Thursday by fisherman in the village in North Holland province in east central Netherland, the news website DutchNews.nl reported Friday. Forensic experts are attempting to identify the remains and determine how long they had been in the ...
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Rotterdam Hits Out at EU Port Package
The Port of Rotterdam said the European Union's proposal to appoint a supervisor for ports in every member state will increase bureaucracy on the waterfront.Europe's largest port said the proposal, which is part ...
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Dutch arrest factory owner in horse meat probe
Dutch authorities have arrested the director of a meat processing business at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with ...
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Netherlands reaffirms deficit target of 3.0 for 2014
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday that his government is sticking to its target of bringing its deficit back within EU limits by next year and will not ask the EU for a delay. "We are endeavouring to bring the budget deficit down to 3.0 percent (of output) in 2014. We're not going to ask for extra time," Rutte told a news conference following a meeting here with his ...
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Netherlands Confirms Plan to Sell Urenco Stake
The Netherlands Thursday confirmed it plans to divest its 33% stake in Urenco Ltd., clearing the way for the sale of the world's second-largest nuclear fuel maker.Urenco supplies nuclear fuel to power plants in Europe and the U.S.The U.K. government also owns a third of the company, while Germany's top two utilities--E.ON SE (EOAN.XE) and RWE AG (RWE.XE)--hold equal shares of the ...
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UPDATE 1-Dutch want governments to keep control of Urenco
Thu May 23, 2013 1:13pm EDT * Dutch discuss future ownership structure with Germany, UK * Dutch expect to make progress in talks by this summer * Three parties looking into private sale and IPO (Adds comment by Dutch government, finance minister's letter) By Ivana Sekularac and Geert De Clercq AMSTERDAM, May 23 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is willing to sell its 33 percent stake in nuclear ...
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Dutch man arrested on suspicion of supplying horsemeat as beef
The owner of a Dutch meat wholesaler has been detained on suspicion of fraud and forgery for his alleged involvement in false labelling of meat products. Jean-Paul ...
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Netherlands wants governments to keep majority Urenco stake
AMSTERDAM | Thu May 23, 2013 11:03am EDT AMSTERDAM May 23 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is willing to sell its 33 percent stake in nuclear fuel producer Urenco, but wants governments to retain a majority holding in the firm, the Dutch finance ministry said on Thursday. Britain also holds a 33 percent stake, while the remaining third is held by two German utilities companies. The three ...
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Orkla Royal Unibrew Nordic vie for Heinekens Hartwall-sources
STOCKHOLM | Thu May 23, 2013 10:56am EDT STOCKHOLM May 23 (Reuters) - Norway's Orkla, Danish brewer Royal Unibrew and private equity firm Nordic Capital have proceeded to the second round of bidding for Heineken's Finnish division Hartwall, three people familiar with the matter said. The sources, who put the value of Hartwall at around 500 million euros ($644 million), declined ...
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Dutch arrest company head in horsemeat scandal
23 May 2013 Dutch authorities have arrested the head of a meat trading company at the centre of a horsemeat scandal that prompted a massive recall of tainted beef products, the public prosecutor's office said ...
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Unilevers CEO has a green thumb
Paul Polman calls himself a "hard-core capitalist." Sometimes you have to wonder. The day he became the chief executive of Unilever in 2009, Polman said the consumer products giant would stop providing earnings guidance and quarterly profit reports. "I figured that the day they hired me, they can't fire me," he says, "so that was probably the best moment to do ...
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Ad break Peugeots Wacky Races Heineken adds some Irish humour
For the second week running, we have a very silly film directed by ace US director Baker Smith. In last week's Ad Break, he presided over a sordid scene in a winery so it's a relief to see that his latest film is altogether more wholesome: the Aflac duck's recovery after an injury is improved by the peace of mind provided by the insurance company that gave it its nameand a ...
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Ad break Peugeot Heineken Getty Images - video
Two films from Brazil top and tail this week's review of new TV and internet adverts from around the world. One illustrates the emotional potency of the archive owned by the stock imaging company Getty while the other introduces us to live action versions of the Wacky Races characters. In between there's a wise-cracking dad in an online ad for Polycell; a duck which is receiving ...
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Dutch players chief condemns clubs dumping stars
The head of one of Holland's leading players' unions says the growing trend of players being relegated to the reserves amid stalled contract negotiations is a "sickening state of affairs".Louis Everard, director of Vereniging van Contractspelers (VVCS), made the comments after PSV Eindhoven duo Ola Toivonen and Erik Pieters were told they would find themselves in the ...
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Two-thirds of Dutch cannabis cafes still admit tourists survey
Two-thirds of the country's 478 cannabis cafes continue to sell marijuana to tourists, despite the ban implemented at the beginning of this year, according to research published by Nos television. In total 111 cafes in 33 cities - including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague - took part in the survey, set up by Epicurus, a foundation launched by coffee shop owners. The survey ...
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The Netherlands “Morphological Modeling Using Delft3D” Set for September
The course ';Morphological modeling using Delft3D'; (16 to 20 Sep 2013, UNESCO-IHE, Delft) aims to train students in the application of process-baed morphodynamic modeling ...
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Employers angry at Dutch plans to leave UN trade group Unido
Dutch employers are angry at the government's plans to pull out of a United Nations organisation set up to stimulate trade and production in developing countries. The Financieele Dagblad reports that Unido's work dovetails with the cabinet's plans to make aid work in a more trade-related way. The plan to pull out of Unido stems from the previous government but aid minister ...
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Astellas Receives Marketing Authorisation for VESOMNI™ From the Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board
Netherlands first to approve new fixed-dose combination treatment for men with lower urinary tract symptoms associated with BPH ASTELLAS PHARMA EUROPE B.V., the European subsidiary of ...
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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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