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  • December 2007

    • Dutch Float Plans for Island in North Sea

      Reuters  |  Dec 10, 07 6:35 PM CST

      Dutch Float Plans for Island in North Sea

      (Newser) - The Dutch are seriously considering building a tulip-shaped island in the North Sea to expand the severely crowded nation and shield the coast from the rising ocean, Reuters reports.  "People live on top of each other in the Netherlands," said a politician.  "We are hungry for land." More »

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      global warming  • Netherlands  • North Sea  • island

  • November 2007

    • 3 Holloway Suspects Arrested Again

      Associated Press  |  Nov 21, 07 3:42 PM CST

      3 Holloway Suspects Arrested Again

      (Newser) - The last three people seen with missing American teenager Natalee Holloway, who disappeared on a graduation trip to Aruba in 2005, were arrested again today on suspicion of manslaughter. Dutch teen Joran van der Sloot was detained in the Netherlands, where he attends university, the AP reports; he’s expected to be extradited to Aruba. Surinamese brothers Satish and Deepak Kalpoe were arrested on the Caribbean island. More »

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      Netherlands  • Natalee Holloway  • Aruba  • Joran van der Sloot  • Satish Kalpoe  • Deepak Kalpoe  • missing student

    • Dutch Try New Strategies as Tides Rise

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Nov 18, 07 9:52 AM CST

      Dutch Try New Strategies as Tides Rise

      (Newser) - The most famous dike-builders in the world are reconsidering their strategy for holding out against climate change, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Instead of tightly controlled and engineered dikes, the Netherlands is trying out a so-called "soft approach" that breach dikes and allow large areas to flood, while protecting large cities from the brunt of the sea's ever-rising wrath. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Netherlands  • sea level

  • October 2007

    • Mushrooms Declared Illegal in Netherlands

      Associated Press  |  Oct 12, 07 5:52 PM CDT

      Mushrooms Declared Illegal in Netherlands

      (Newser) - The party is over in Amsterdam. The Dutch government today announced a ban on psilocybin mushrooms, long tolerated under the Netherlands’ notoriously liberal drug laws, after the well-publicized suicide of a teenage user. The fungus “will be outlawed the same way as other drugs,” the justice minister said. The government will crack down on sellers to enforce the ban, the AP reports. More »

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      drugs  • Netherlands  • Amsterdam  • psilocybin mushrooms

    • Protect Her Like You Promised

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 9, 07 5:47 PM CDT

      Protect Her Like You Promised

      (Newser) - Former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi deserves “the freedoms of speech and conscience we take for granted," argue Salman Rushdie and Sam Harris—who urge the Dutch to keep protecting her from Islamic killers. The Dutch promised protection in 2002, and should “recognize a scandal in the making” as they debate this week whether to renew the plan. More »

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      Netherlands  • Somalia  • Salman Rushdie  • protection  • Christopher Hitchens  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  • September 2007
  • July 2007

    • Contador Surges to Lead Tour's 14th Stage

      New York Times  |  Jul 23, 07 4:29 AM CDT

      Contador Surges to Lead Tour's 14th Stage

      (Newser) - Tour de France leader MIchael Rasmussen was bested in Stage 14 in the Pyrenees yesterday by 24-year old Alberto Contador of Spain. After a grueling 122.4-mile slog through the mountains, the two men emerged almost 2 minutes ahead of the field, with the Netherlands' Rasmussen, 33, still holding a 2-minute-33-second overall lead over Contador. More »

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      Spain  • Netherlands  • Tour de France  • Cadel Evans  • Michael Rasmussen  • Alberto Contador  • Pyrenees

    • 'Goose Whisperer' Saves the Day

      Associated Press  |  Jul 21, 07 12:50 PM CDT

      'Goose Whisperer' Saves the Day

      (Newser) - The "goose whisperer" is helping humans and geese to coexist peacefully in the Netherlands. Martin Hof has a gift for gabbing with ganders, the AP reports, and he's working with officials to develop gentler approaches to controlling the messy birds in public places, taking into account family groups and moving geese around rather than making them into pate. More »

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      Netherlands

  • June 2007

    • Dutch Do Pensions Right

      Time  |  Jun 15, 07 2:00 PM CDT

      Dutch Do Pensions Right

      (Newser) - Governments around the world are stuck between tightfisted Anglo-American pension plans that pay only a fraction of one's past salary, and extravagant European-style social security that ends up welshing on the payments. But the Dutch have struck a balance that's working, reports Time , as sufficient amounts of money are saved up and invested skillfully. More »

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      US economy  • Europe  • money  • retirement  • Social Security  • Netherlands  • world economy  • pensions  • retirees  • profits

  • April 2007

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