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Dutch royals visit NY 400 years after Henry Hudson

Dutch Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife, Princess Maxima, met dignitaries up and down the Hudson River, lunched with military cadets and lauded their country's long friendship with the United States as they marked the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's historic voyage.

Dutch treat: Foreign funds for NY's Hudson events

The Dutch are coming — again — and they're bringing more than the $24 they supposedly paid for Manhattan.

Expert: Cinderella Dutch team out to ‘prove a point’

The last time we heard from Bert Blyleven, the circumstances weren't so pleasant — another miss in his frustrating, 12-year bid for a spot in the Hall of Fame.

NYC adds double dutch rope jumping as school sport

The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools.

Louisiana Delegation Studies Dutch Levees

The beleaguered engineers trying to shore up the city's flood protection say they learned a major lesson during a tour of Dutch levees and floodgates: It's unfair to compare projects here to those in the Netherlands, where the government has spent billions of dollars on flood control.

Ecstasy pill collector calls cops after his collection is stolen
Source: metro.co.uk

A Dutch man who spent two decades collecting Ecstasy pills of all colours and shapes as a hobby called the police for help after they were stolen - because he says some of them are poisonous.

Terror Suspect Working With Feds « Liveshots
Source: FOXNews.com

A terror suspect is being tried in the US in connection with attempts to blow up a Dutch news establishment. He is also suspected to have been involved with the Mumbai attacks last year. The trial got coverage in Dutch and India news media.

Yuck: Scientists Grow Pork In Laboratory
Source: Truthdig

Dutch scientists are doing their bit to address the food crisis, the climate crisis and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals by growing pork meat from muscle cells harvested from a live pig.

Iranian Activist Awarded Dutch Human Rights Highest Honor
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Iranian activist Shadi Sadr awarded Dutch human rights prize.

ING to Spin Off Units - WSJ.com
Source: Wall Street Journal

AMSTERDAM -- Dutch financial-services company ING Groep NV said Monday it will spin off its insurance and investment-management businesses and repay half the €10 billion ($15 billion) it owes the government in a bid to assuage European Union concerns over the state-aid package  …

Winning Through Intimidation: Immigrant Threats Cow Europe—And America
Source: V DARE

A small skirmish was won recently in the long war between Western Civilization and alien totalitarian religion—but the associated agitation shows that even a win can be costly.

Waterpolo sisters guilty of attacking opponent
Source: Dutchnews.nl

Two sisters have been found guilty of physically abusing an opponent during a water polo match by holding her under the water so long she almost drowned, news agency ANP reported on Thursday.

Temple Muslim Students Association Attempts To Shut Down Wilders Event
Source: The Bulletin US

The Temple Muslim Students Association has issued a call to the Temple University administration to censor the forthcoming campus appearance of Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders on the 20th of October, which is sponsored by the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

Everything must go: gallery owners confront crisis by offering art on the cheap
Source: nrc.nl

Rotterdam gallery owners are trying to overcome the crisis by offering 100-euro works of art. An innovative approach or distorting the market?

What is the US-Dutch arms connection?
Source: The Nation

What is the US-Dutch arms connection? By: Kashif Ali Abbasi | Published: October 07, 2009 ISLAMABAD - City police on Tuesday held two diplomats of Netherlands' Embassy and recovered unlicensed arms and ammunition from their vehicle.

War in Afghanistan: Civilians Killed in Dutch Air Raid
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

An air attack by a Dutch F-16 on September 30, 2009 resulted in civilian casualties in Afghanistan.

Police net 45,000 marijuana plants in sweet corn
Source: Dutchnews.nl

A string of police raids across Limburg since last Friday have led to the discovery of 45,000 marijuana plants growing among sweetcorn. In total, seven large and 87 small plantations were found after police flew over the region in a helicopter. The biggest had 15,000 plants.

Cannabis mix-up
Source: ABC Action News

Dutch authorities busted what they thought was an illegal cannabis farm - only to wreck a scientist's experiment.

Recipe Review: The New York Times "No-Knead" Bread

With twenty-plus mile per hour winds, pouring rain, horizontally falling pea sized hail, thunder and lightning, even my Big Green Egg couldn't lure me outside today.

Dutch to prosecute Arabs over Holocaust cartoon
Source: Yahoo! News

AMSTERDAM – Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday they will charge an Arab cultural group under hate speech laws for publishing a cartoon that suggests the death of 6 million Jews during World War II is a fabrication.

'Moon Rock' in Museum Supposedly Brought Back by U.S. Astronauts Is Just Petrified Wood
Source: Yahoo! News

It's not green cheese, but it might as well be. The Dutch national museum said Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by U.S. astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.

Teen Takes to the Skies in Pedal-Powered Plane
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

Jesse van Kuijk actually flew briefly in his homemade "pedal-powered plane" on Sunday, August 9, 2009.

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Debunking a YouTube hit
Source: BBC News

BBC Magazine article by Richard Knight fact checks a xenophobic and anti-Muslim propaganda video which claims that Muslims will take over Europe and install Islamic Emirates.

Uncovered: 350-year-old picture of dodo before it was extinct
Source: Telegraph

A previously undiscovered 17th century picture of a dodo, drawn before the bird became extinct, is to be sold at auction by Christie's.

Wilders Big Winner of Dutch EU Elections
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

Populist Dutch politician Geert Wilders' right-wing party scored big in European elections held in the Netherlands on Thursday. The Party for Freedom is now the second largest Dutch party in Brussels, with the far left having made gains as well.

Dutch Voters Give Populist, Anti-Immigrant Party Its First Four Seats Ever In The European Parliament
Source: Wall Street Journal

Dutch voters gave a populist, anti-immigrant party its first four seats ever in the European Parliament, sending a warning to incumbent European governments, according to exit polls.

Shell on Trial for Causing the Dealth Of Africans
Source: Democracy Now!

A landmark trial against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell's alleged involvement in human rights violations in the Niger Delta begins this Wednesday in a federal court in New York.

Thirty Cannabis Cafes in the South of the Netherlands will Become Private Clubs
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In an attempt to discourage crime and drug tourism, as well as because sharing is really annoying when the cycle of Puff-Puff-Give is FUBAR'd by greedy tourists, some Coffee shops will be for card carrying members only. The government is backing this decision.

Language Rift in Belgium Election
Source: BBC News

Feuding over the rights of Dutch and French speakers has erupted again in Belgium in the run-up to voting in the European Parliament election on 7 June.

Dutch say American Express No Dutch Treat
Source: Dutchnews.nl

A little 'last month' but I'm certain nothing has changed in three weeks. (I would like to know if they profile travelers and peer into their card statements looking for hash brownie or red light district charges.)