There is a history to the Tour. It has its legendary riders: Eddy Merckx (a.k.a. "the canibal") who is the only one to ever win all three jerseys in a single Tour, Miguel Indurain, Fausto Coppi, and of course Lance...
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""I was here in July. Now I came to pay respect to the victims and to talk to you," Boudewin Kok, one of the former UN peacekeepers, said in a meeting with survivors.
"I think that this should be the beginning of our joint search for some answers, including to why Radovan...
After failing to bring the promised devolved powers for regional governments Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has resigned just ahead of a state reform deal in the parliament on Tuesday. "Belgian Prime...
A court order was issued to have Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) pay US$428,000 to the Dutch government. Payment is due in a dispute over ransom paid to liberate a Dutch aid worker Arjan Erkel from captivity in the Russian republic of Dagestan....
Hague’s International Criminal Court has declared it had no jurisdiction to judge UN failure to protect Muslim in Srebrenica in 1995. But such declaration does not meen UN is not responsible. According to a CSM article, this is Europe's only genocide since World...
A Dutch tabby cat has adopted a red panda cub, which was abandoned by its mother at a zoo in the Netherlands." Red pandas are a rare species only distantly related to giant pandas. When fully grown, they are not...
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"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian students have low interest in pursuing studies in the Netherlands so that they needed to be encouraged further, Marrik Bellen, director of the Dutch Educational Assistance Office (NESO), said here on Thursday. Bellen said only about 500...
Mohammed Omer, at 24 the youngest recipient ever of the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism was seized upon his return to Israel after accepting the 2008 prize and subsequently tortured by agents of the Israeli...
A new law passed today by the Netherlands is threatening coffee shop owners, devestating cigarette smokers, and increasing the potency of marijuana joints, all in one fell legislative swoop."Dutch coffee shops, long...
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That is why I always loved giraffes. " Dutch police suspect that a giraffe was responsible for a herd of animals escaping from a travelling circus in Amsterdam today. Fifteen camels, two zebras, several...
After the sham election results in Zimbabwe, opposition leaders who have taken shelter at Dutch embassy have left to return his home. Mr Tsvangirai defeated Mr Mugabe in the presidential vote on 29 March but failed...
There's a reason why they call it "DOPE"!"EU study promises straight dope on marijuanaAgence France PressePublished: Wednesday, June 25, 2008PARIS - Dutch dope-selling coffee shops, hash smoking in 1960s London,...
"Wireless systems used by many hospitals to keep track of medical equipment can cause potentially deadly breakdowns in lifesaving devices such as breathing and dialysis machines, researchers reported Tuesday in a...
More and more bloggers are adding their voices to the chorus of confusion and unease in Zimbabwe, as opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced his withdrawal from the presidential run-off from the safety of the...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Morgan Tsvangirai sequestered inside the Dutch Embassy, as Police storm opposition Headquarters taking dozens of party members. Yep, certainly looks like democracy...