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Soccer-Twente and Utrecht to meet for Europa League place
Twente Enschede a 3-2 win over Groningen on Sunday, securing a 4-2 aggregate victory and a place in the Dutch playoff final for a Europa League berth. Twente will host Utrecht, who ...
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Obama approval rating holds steady in CNN poll
Barack Obama did not seem to do any serious damage to his popularity among U.S. voters, a CNN poll released Sunday concluded. The CNN/ORC International poll -- conducted Friday and Saturday -- pegged the president's job approval at 53 percent, slightly better than the 51 percent approval level the same poll found in early April. "That two-point difference is well within the ...
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Devilish Dutch drama Borgman debuts at Cannes
Director Alex Van Warmerdam poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Borgman at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel ...
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Dark Dutch fairy tale spooks Cannes
Shape-shifting home invaders terrorise a wealthy family of five in a Dutch thriller tinged with black comedy that sent a shiver through Cannes Sunday."Borgman" by Alex van Warmerdam is a dark fairy tale that explores the guilty conscience of a cosseted modern wife living in a luxurious suburban home like a gilded cage.An opening sequence sees feral-looking men emerging from secret ...
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Masdar showcases innovative projects in Rotterdam
WAM ABU DHABI, May19th, 2013 -- Bader Al Lamki, director of Masdar Clean Energy, delivered a keynote speech last Wednesday stressing the importance of collaboration and co-innovation as a pathway to accelerate the technologies and policies needed to address global energy needs and water security. The speech was delivered during the "Powering Progress Together" forum - an event ...
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Laura Dekker victim of ageism in Netherlands?
Laura Dekker’s future plans to sail around the world solo hang in the balance as her emotional and mental stability is argued over by two national child care agencies that are in disagreement about her state of mind.
Laura Dekker, 14, has been trying since August last year to sail around the world on her own and in so doing become the youngest person to accomplish the feat. When she first announced her plans, the courts quickly intervened and according to Netherlands news reports, she was placed under the custody of the Child Protection Board in order to be assessed. Read more
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