Saturday 28th January, 2012
Dutch government approves burqa ban
The Dutch government Friday approved a ban on face-covering clothing, such as a burqa, a niqab, a forage cap, or a full face helmet, reported Xinhua. People going on the streets with one of these ...
Russia postpones rocket launch
The launch of a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a Dutch telecommunication satellite onboard scheduled for Friday has been postponed indefinitely for technical reasons, Russian space agency ...
Esther Vergeer's Grand Slam Singles Title Streak
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Women's wheelchair singles champion Esther Vergeer of the Netherlands has won 20 consecutive Grand Slam titles in which she has appeared. She is currently on a ...
Dutch move closer to banning the burka
Globe and MailProtestors demonstrate against the ban on Muslim women wearing the burqa in public in The Hague, November 30, 2006. The Dutch government agreed to a total ban on the wearing of burqas and other ...
Dutch plan ban on Muslim face veils next year
RTB NewsThe ban would make the Netherlands, where 1 million out of 17 million people are Muslim, the second European Union country to ban the burqa after France, and would apply to face-covering veils if ...
Peak in Dutch immigration and emigration
ExpaticaAround 160,000 people settled in the Netherlands in 2011. That is 6,000 more than in 2010. In the same year, some 133,000 people left the country, which is 12,000 more than the year before. Most of ...
PSV bump AZ as Premier League leaders
ExpaticaTim Matavz, Dries Mertens and Stanislav Manolev scored for PSV. Mike Havenaar netted Vitesse’s single goal. After 19 matches, PSV now have 41 points, two more than AZ. On 65 minutes, former ...
Willem Holleeder, the 'Dutch Godfather,' Back on the Streets
IBTimesWillem Holleeder, one of the most infamous criminals in the Netherlands, was released from Rotterdam’s De Schie prison on Friday after serving six years of a nine-year extortion sentence. In ...
Vander Zalm in court over contents of his book
Vancouver SunA B.C. Supreme Court trial is set to begin Monday in a defamation lawsuit involving one of Ladner's best known and most colourful residents.Former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm is ...
Dutch one step closer to banning the burqa
General SourcesTHE HAGUE, Netherlands -; The Dutch Cabinet moved a step closer Friday to banning the burqa, making good on an election promise that is largely symbolic but has broad public support. Deputy Prime ...
Netherlands wants burqa ban in 2013
General Sources';We hope that the ban on wearing face-restrictive clothing will come into force at the start of 2013,'; spokeswoman Vera Hoogendoorn told ...
Wolters Kluwer Promotes Richard Flynn to Group President and CEO of Corporate Legal Services
General SourcesCorporate Legal Services (CLS). CLS is a leading portfolio of businesses offering legal compliance and performance management solutions under go-to-market brands that include CT Corporation, CT Lien ...
Jail term for Dutch real estate millionaire
ExpaticaMillionaire Jan van Vlijmen, the main defendant in the biggest Dutch fraud trial ever, has been sentenced to four years in jail after being convicted of forgery, money laundering and ...
Dutch burqa ban draws widespread criticism
ExpaticaA large Turkish interest group, IOT, says the government hasn’t considered the ban’s consequences. "Women who currently only venture outside, or are allowed to go outside, wearing a ...
Netherlands hopes to enforce Islamic veil ban next year
ExpaticaNetherlands hopes to introduce a ban on the wearing of the full Islamic veil early next year, the interior ministry said Friday."We hope that the ban on wearing face-restrictive clothing will ...
Dutch force EU to weaken Israel criticism
ExpaticaThe paper says the Dutch move meant the final EU statement did not refer to an interim report which was critical of the settlements. Opposition party Green Left is pushing for a debate in parliament ...
UN court to rule on Italian victims of Nazi crimes
ExpaticaThe International Court of Justice will rule on February 3 on a German application demanding Rome stop its courts from hearing Italian compensation claims for Nazi war crimes."On Friday 3 ...
Fascination with the 'Dutch godfather'
BBCThe man known as the godfather of Dutch crime has been released from prison in the Netherlands. Willem Holleeder served six years of a nine-year sentence for extortion. He has been a hugely ...
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