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  • August 2008

    • Pedophile Ring May Have Nabbed Maddy

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 7, 08 12:49 PM CDT

      Pedophile Ring May Have Nabbed Maddy

      (Newser) - Madeleine McCann may have been abducted by a Belgian pedophile ring, according to recently released police files. British police sent an email to their Portuguese counterparts in March, detailing a tip they’d received from an anonymous source, the Telegraph reports. The tip said the Belgian ring had agreed to nab Maddy after someone in Portugal took a picture of the 3-year-old. More »

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      kidnapping  • Madeleine McCann  • Portugal  • Belgium  • pedophile  • abduction  • police investigation  • kidnaping

  • July 2008

    • Belgian Gov't Collapses After Just 4 Months

      Bloomberg  |  Jul 15, 08 8:13 AM CDT

      Belgian Gov't Collapses After Just 4 Months

      (Newser) - Belgium's fragile five-party coalition government collapsed last night after only four months in power. Yves Leterme, the prime minister, submitted his resignation to the king after failing to resolve several longstanding disputes between the French- and Dutch-speaking regions of Belgium. The fall of the Leterme government plunges the country into what Bloomberg calls the worst political crisis in its 177-year history. More »

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      Belgium  • coalition government  • Flanders  • Yves Leterme  • King Albert

  • May 2008

    • Takeover Could Leave Anheuser A Bit Skunked

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 28, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      Takeover Could Leave Anheuser A Bit Skunked

      (Newser) - Anheuser-Busch executives are surely examining the fate of Interbrew, the Belgian company swallowed in 2004 by InBev, the Brazilian juggernaut reportedly preparing to grab the iconic US brewer, the Wall Street Journal reports. InBev's locker-room, bottom-line-oriented corporate culture has quickly replaced beer-loving Belgians with Brazilian execs, a situation that would seem certain to fly in the face of A-B's tradition. More »

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      Brazil  • Anheuser-Busch  • Belgium  • InBev  • corporate culture

  • March 2008

    • Belgium Breaks Impasse, Forms New Govt.

      Bloomberg  |  Mar 18, 08 11:20 AM CDT

      Belgium Breaks Impasse, Forms New Govt.

      (Newser) - It took 9 months of negotiations and threatened to break the country in two, but Belgium's fractious Dutch- and French-speaking political parties struck a deal today to form a new coalition government and work toward shared priorities. Yves Leterme, the leader of the Flemish center-right party that won the June 2007 elections, will finally become prime minister later this week, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      Belgium  • coalition government  • Flanders  • Yves Leterme  • King Albert  • Guy Verhofstadt

  • December 2007

    • Terror Threat Douses Brussels Fireworks

      BBC  |  Dec 31, 07 8:30 AM CST

      Terror Threat Douses Brussels Fireworks

      (Newser) - Brussels has canceled or cut short many of its traditional New Year's Eve events, saying the terror threat level is still too high to permit large gatherings. Last week, Belgian police arrested—and released on lack of evidence—14 people accused of plotting to break a convicted terrorist out of prison. More »

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      terrorist  • national security  • Belgium  • terror plots  • Brussels  • fireworks  • New Year's Eve

    • Belgium Frees Terror Suspects

      Yahoo!  |  Dec 22, 07 4:01 PM CST

      Belgium Frees Terror Suspects

      (Newser) - Today Belgian police released 14 men accused of plotting to break free an al-Qaeda suicide bomber, the AP reports. A court ruled there was not enough evidence to justify holding them more than 24 hours—the standard time to present evidence on a suspect in Belgium. "The police get the same time to question a terrorist as they would a shoplifter," one expert said. "It's a judicial fiasco." More »

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      terrorist  • Belgium  • terror plots  • terror suspects

    • Belgium Foils Terrorist's Prison Break

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 21, 07 5:19 PM CST

      Belgium Foils Terrorist's Prison Break

      (Newser) - Police in Belgium today arrested 14 men accused of plotting to bust one of Osama bin Laden's devotees out of jail; authorities then ramped up security at airports and Christmas markets to guard against a terror attack. Police say the men planned an armed assault on the prison holding Nizar Trabelsi, convicted in 2003 of plotting to attack US military personnel in Belgium. More »

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      terrorism  • terrorist  • Osama bin Laden  • Belgium

    • A Belgian Government, at Last

      Deutsche Welle (Germany)  |  Dec 19, 07 10:44 AM CST

      A Belgian Government, at Last

      (Newser) - Six months after inconclusive elections, Belgium will finally get a new government, thanks to a deal struck overnight. The emergency administration, to be led by "outgoing" prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, will include five parties from both French- and Dutch-speaking Belgium and will only govern until March 23, when the binational kingdom will once again go to the polls, reports Deutsche Welle. "The crisis is over for Belgium," said one minister. More »

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      Belgium  • Flanders  • Yves Leterme  • Guy Verhofstadt  • interim government

    • It's All Greek to Miss Belgium

      AFP  |  Dec 17, 07 2:28 PM CST

      It's All Greek to Miss Belgium

      (Newser) - The new Miss Belgium sparked fury in Flanders this weekend with her admission that she doesn't speak Dutch, AFP reports. In a country already torn over the Flemish-French conflict that's derailed the government for months, 20-year-old Alizee Poulicek's attempt to speak the language of the country's majority was met with boos and mockery—but she still emerged victorious. More »

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      Netherlands  • language  • Belgium  • beauty pageant  • Flanders  • Guy Verhofstadt

    • 6 Months After Losing, He Still Runs Belgium

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 4, 07 10:50 AM CST

      6 Months After Losing, He Still Runs Belgium

      (Newser) - Six months after he was defeated in inconclusive elections in June, Guy Verhofstadt is still Belgium's "outgoing" prime minister—and might end up leading a new government. Verhofstadt has met with the king twice and now will try to head a provisional coalition of French and Flemish parties, the Guardian reports. It's a stunning reversal for a man written off as finished. More »

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      Belgium  • coalition government  • Yves Leterme  • Guy Verhofstadt

    • PM-Elect Quits As Belgian Crisis Deepens

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 2, 07 2:36 PM CST

      PM-Elect Quits As Belgian Crisis Deepens

      (Newser) - Belgians awoke today to a fresh political crisis: last night Yves Leterme, the putative PM-elect of last summer's inconclusive elections, abandoned his attempts to form a coalition. Leterme submitted his resignation to the king after an ultimatum issued to other party leaders fell on deaf ears, the Observer reports, and the deadlock continues nearly six months after Belgians went to the polls. More »

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      Belgium  • Flanders  • Yves Leterme  • King Albert

  • November 2007

    • Belgian Monks Balance Brewing and Benediction

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 29, 07 6:42 PM CST

      Belgian Monks Balance Brewing and Benediction

      (Newser) - A Belgian monastery is struggling to balance the growing global craving for Westvleteren, the "holy grail of beers," with its devout way of life, the Wall Street Journal reports. Customers are limited to two cases per month of the St. Sixtus brew, which the monks neither label nor advertise. "We sell beer to live, and not vice versa," the brewmaster says. More »

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      beer  • Belgium  • monks  • brewery

    • Who Needs a Government? Not Belgium

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 6, 07 2:00 PM CST

      Who Needs a Government? Not Belgium

      (Newser) - Belgium marks a record 149 days without government today, and the binational kingdom is still mired in protracted coalition talks. It's the most serious political crisis in the nation's history, and yet Belgians are growing used to the situation, the Telegraph reports. "If they are not careful they will realize that we don't need them," said one. More »

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      European Union  • Belgium  • coalition government  • Yves Leterme

  • September 2007

    • Flemish Recycling Runs to Chicken Feed

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 26, 07 5:43 PM CDT

      Flemish Recycling Runs to Chicken Feed

      (Newser) - The Belgian region of Flanders is attracting international attention with novel recycling schemes that include reuse centers, pay-per-bag garbage collection, and omnivorous chickens. The Russians, the Chinese and the British have come calling to see how Flanders has managed to hold its total waste generation steady even as its population and economy have grown, the Guardian reports. More »

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      China  • Russia  • Great Britain  • recycling  • Belgium  • Flanders