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Dutch author Bakker wins Booktrust foreign fiction prize
LONDON (Reuters) - Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker has won the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize awarded by Britain's Booktrust charity for "The Detour", a tale of infidelity, exile and ...
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Mkts will make new highs this year Andrew Holland
Bullion traders say the refining of these impure gold bars will be a new line of business in India and jewellers may also look at setting up refineries to ensure a steady supply of the ...
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Swimming sites in Cyprus ranked cleanest in Europe
European Union 's best in the latest EU bathing report published on Tuesday. In contrast, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands had the highest percentages of bathing sites that failed to meet EU standards in 2012, in part because torrential rains washed sewage into them. The trend overall was positive as 94 percent of beaches, lakes and rivers ...
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Update-MoodysDutch RMBS 60+ day delinquencies continued to increase in March 2013
Tue May 21, 2013 5:18am EDT Dutch RMBS For the full text of this story please click the following ...
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Quintiq to Host Executive Meeting for Metals Industry
L'Albereta Relais & Chateaux in Franciacorta, Erbusco (Brescia) on May 30, 2013. The Quintiq Metals Executives Meeting will explore metal SCP&O best practices and present attendees with the opportunity to hear from representatives of two leading European metals ...
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The Netherlands fifth best Western European country to invest in
The Netherlands has been ranked as the fifth best Western European country to invest in, according to the "Global Best to Invest ...
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Top-level speed skating must stay in Friesland says champion Kramer
World and Olympic champion speed skater Sven Kramer has thrown his weight behind efforts to keep the national speed skating stadium in Friesland, Nos television reports. On Monday it emerged the Dutch skating association favours the development of a new stadium in Almere over refurbishment of the Thialf rink in Heerenveen. ‘Thialf must remain the skating Mecca,’ Kramer said using ...
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Driving schools need more checks Labour MP
There should be more regulation of driving schools and a central point where people can make their complaints, Labour MP Atje Kuiken told the Nos on Tuesday. Kuiken, who has raised the matter before, is worried about the increasing number of driving schools and says those which do not perform properly should lose their licence. Last week, transport minister Melanie Schultz wrote to parliament ...
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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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