Dutch Pair Win Women's Double Sculls Gold as Finland Settles for Silver...Again

The Netherland's women beat the Finns by 1.29 secs to clinch the gold in the women's light weight double sculls.   " Dutch pair Kirsten van der Kolk and Marit van Eupen won the women's lightweight double...

First win for Chinese at Olympic Games

Yes, yes, it is really true. The Chinese womens footballteam won their first game against Sweden with 2-1. So, although the official Opening Ceremony has to come yet, the Games are already started. Today the...

'My name's Maddie. They took me from my holiday': McCanns' fury over the sigh...

This CCTV image was one of the earliest clues in the search for Madeleine McCann. Taken at a petrol station on the A22 motorway, which runs east to west across the Algarve, it shows a young blonde girl hand in...

Dutch Peace Traveller Concludes Her On-foot Visit in Pakistan

A Dutch lady, on a world peace mission, is walking for the cause in various countries. She was in Pakistan for the past 20 days, visiting the northern mountaineous areas, which she thoroughly enjoyed and was not...

Computer security consultant charged with infecting a quarter million computers

I came across this story which was published on the US Department of Justice website today and after reading the story, I had to share this with the NowPublic community.This 26 year old has been controlling OUR computers without our knowledge for sometime now.  The thing...

Double Dutch Gets Status in New York Schools

Starting next spring, double dutch, an urban street staple, will be the newest of 35 varsity sports played in New York City schools.I think this is very exciting and will get students more involved in sports."As...

Tour de France: Why Stage 17 Matters

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...

Belgian PM offers his resignation

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...

Medecins Sans Frontieres to pay for aid worker release

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....

UN not guilty in Srebrenica case?

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...

Dutch cat suckles abandoned panda

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...

Indonesian students not so interested in studying in Netherlands

"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...

Dutch law bans tobacco, purifies pot

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,...

Mugabe rival leaves Dutch embassy

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...

Two dutch sisters

Video:    Twee 20-jarige 'tweeling-zusters'   De 20-jarige tweelingzusjes Angela en Chiara zijn in 2007 toegetreden tot de zusters Clarissen in Eindhoven. ´We zijn geroepen,' vertellen de meisjes tegen Omroep Brabant. Zuster Angela: 'Ik voelde mij toen ik op...

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