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Paradigm to Showcase its Geolog Formation Evaluation Solution at SPWLA 2013
booth 516 for both main theater presentations and one-on-one demonstrations showcasing the new and enhanced capabilities in Geolog 7. ...
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Dutch teens convicted for killing referee
A Dutch court has convicted six teenage soccer players and a father of manslaughter for kicking a volunteer linesman to death. The game between the two teams, Nieuw Sloten and Buitenboys, took place last November in Almere, near Amsterdam. The game ended in a 2-2 tie after Nieuw Sloten came back from being down 2-0. While the players were shaking hands with the three volunteer officials after ...
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Seven men convicted following death of Dutch linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen - video
Six teenage football players and one 50 year old man were convicted of manslaughter on Monday in a Dutch court, after kicking a volunteer linesman, Richard Nieuwenhuizen, to death. Forty-one-year-old Nieuwenhuizen was officiating in a match in which his son was playing. The defendants still maintain their innocence and have two weeks to ...
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FIFPro Opens and Bluewater breaks ground in the Netherlands Park 20|20 Development
BEUKENHORST ZUID, HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --In recent weeks, FIFPro, worldwide representative union for professional soccer players, opened its new headquarters building and Bluewater Energy Solutions, a technical service provider to the energy and industrial marketplace, broke ground for a new building at Delta Development's Park 20|20, the first full-service ...
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Ireland well beaten by Netherlands
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Amsterdam to remain a competitive Hot Spot until 2025
Amsterdam has been ranked as the 13th most competitive city "Hot Spot" in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Hot Spots 2025 ...
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Hong Kongs Li purchases Dutch waste company for 944 mil. euros
A group of Li's companies including Cheung Kong Infrastructure said Monday they were buying AVR-Afvalverwerking BV. Li's companies said they were buying the company because it represents a "compelling long-term investment opportunity for the consortium." Van Gansewinkel Groep, which is selling the company, said the deal would close in the third quarter of 2013. The deal still ...
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UPDATE 1-Dutch food ingredients firm to return 250 mln euros to shareholders
Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:38am EDT * Payout via cash dividend, buyback * Remaining ingredient operations named Corbion * Sets sales growth targets for Corbion of 6-9 pct (Adds financial targets, quote) AMSTERDAM, June 18 (Reuters) - Dutch firm CSM NV, which is selling its core bakery business, is returning 250 million euros ($334 million) to shareholders and setting targets for its remaining ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Tuesday June 18
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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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