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NEWS ABOUT: Netherlands

Netherlands stories: 62 news summaries

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 Nazi Hitman Goes on Trial 

88-year-old who killed Dutch civilians faces German court

Oct 28, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutch Nazi collaborator who killed his countrymen in reprisals for anti-German actions has gone on trial in Germany. Heinrich Boere, 88, has admitted gunning down three civilians as part of a Waffen SS death squad. He fled to Germany after the war and dodged extradition attempts for years. Prosecutors... More »

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Iraq • Germany • war crimes • Netherlands • Nazi • World War II • Nazi collaborators

 Public Enemy Hooks Up 
 With 'Crowdfunding' Site 

Hip-hop innovators will raise $250K through Dutch site Sellaband

Oct 7, 09 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hip-hoppers Public Enemy, one of the first groups to release on mp3, is entering the brave new world of crowdfunding. The group has partnered with Dutch site SellABand to raise the $250,000 necessary to record a new album entirely through $25 donations from fans. The payout? Donors—or “... More »

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social networking • Netherlands • hip-hop • rap music • Sellaband • album • recording • fundraising • Public Enemy • Chuck D • Flavor Flav • crowdfunding

 UN Names Norway 
 Best Place to Live 

Niger, Afghanistan round out list of 182 nations; China makes big gains

Oct 5, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Norway is the best country in the world to live in, according to the UN’s human development index, and Niger is the worst, ranking just below Afghanistan. The index ranks 182 countries based on life expectancy, school enrollment, and GDP per capita. China came in at 92, up seven... More »

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Afghanistan • Australia • Canada • Netherlands • Norway • Ireland • Iceland • Niger

WATCH IT

 Only Footage 
 of Anne Frank 
 Hits YouTube 

Film of neighbor's wedding in 1941 was given to Holocaust victim's family in the 50s

Oct 2, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Anne Frank House has posted the only surviving video of the young diarist and Holocaust victim on YouTube. “The footage is very moving and very unique because these are the only moving images of Anne Frank,” a museum representative tells the Guardian. The film, of an... More »

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YouTube • Holocaust • museum • Netherlands • Amsterdam • World War II • Holland • Anne Frank • diary • footage • Otto Frank

 Race for Better Light Bulb 
 Heats Up 

Philips bids for US government's $10M 'L Prize'

Sep 25, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch electronics giant Philips has created an LED light bulb that, if it lives up to its billing, could claim the US government’s coveted “L Prize.” More important, the new bulb could inherit the 60-watt bulb’s throne. The Energy Department is offering $10 million—and a... More »

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compact fluorescent bulbs • electronics • Netherlands • light bulb • US government • Philips • LEDs • fluorescent light bulbs • low-energy light bulbs • Energy Dept.

 New York, Age 400, 
 Looks Back to Holland 

Exhibition features letter signaling founding of Manhattan

Sep 11, 09 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today is an unhappy date in New York, but tomorrow is a much more joyous anniversary—on Sept. 12, 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up the river that now bears his name, leading to the founding of New Amsterdam. The Dutch royal family will visit for the anniversary, and two historical... More »

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New York City • New York • Netherlands • colonialism • Holland • Henry Hudson • exhibition • Dutch royal family • colonial America

OPINION

Liberals Ought to Ditch the Public Option

An incentivized private market can cover everyone, at lower cost

Sep 8, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Liberals need to abandon the notion that no health care reform is acceptable without a public option, former Clinton aide and health industry consultant Matt Miller writes in the Washington Post. Progressives’ top priority should be to make sure every American can access group coverage outside an employment... More »

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Switzerland • Netherlands • health care industry • Clinton administration • health care reform • public option

Dutch Museum's 'Moon Rock' an Out-of-This-World Fake

Gift from NASA is just petrified wood, tests reveal

Aug 28, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - A “moon rock” exhibited at the Dutch national museum is actually petrified wood, the BBC reports. The three Apollo 11 astronauts gave the object to former PM Willem Drees on a tour following their 1969 moon mission; NASA shared similar artifacts with more than 100 other countries. The purported... More »

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NASA • museum • Netherlands • moon • Holland • hoax • moon rock • Rijksmuseum • petrified wood

(Newser) - Trouble at nuclear reactors that produce two-thirds of the world’s medical isotopes have created massive testing delays in the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The isotopes, created in Canada and the Netherlands, are used for presurgery stress tests and to locate some cancers; doctors are limping along with... More »

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cancer • surgery • Canada • Netherlands • nuclear reactor • tests • thyroid cancer • radioactive isotopes • medical isotopes • nuclear medicine

 Digital Rembrandt Show 
 Restores Lost Details 

Controversial reproductions aim to show the works at they were

Jul 1, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(AP) - The life work of Rembrandt, including all 317 known paintings, goes on display next week in full-sized digital reproductions that attempt to re-create the works as they emerged from the artist's studio. The Complete Rembrandt, Life Size, in Amsterdam, restores sections lopped off of canvases, transforms colors, and brightens up... More »

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art • Netherlands • painting • Amsterdam • Rembrandt • art restoration

 Infected Concrete 
 Heals Self: Study 

Scientists create self-healing concrete

May 2, 09 2:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bacteria that secrete minerals are a well-known tool for "healing" cracked limestone statues, and the process got a Dutch scientist thinking. He theorized that concrete seeded with bacteria and a substance they transform into calcium carbonate would create a material that's able to seal cracks as they form. It... More »

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Netherlands • bacteria • engineering • scientific study • concrete • calcium carbonate • limestone

 Dutchman Dies After 
 Attempted Attack on Queen 

Assailant killed 5 by ramming his car into crowd

May 1, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The man who drove his car into a crowd at a parade in an attempted attack on the queen of the Netherlands died of his injuries today. Five people were killed and 12 injured after 38-year-old Karst Tates rammed his car through two police barricades and careened toward an open-top... More »

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Netherlands • royalty • Holland • assassination attempt • Queen Beatrix • Dutch royal family

UPDATED

Possible Assassination Try Kills 4 Near Dutch Royals

Car zooms through crowd at Queen's celebration; 13 injured

Apr 30, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four people were killed today and 13 injured in a possible assassination attempt at a celebration honoring the Dutch queen, Radio Netherlands reports. A car broke barriers and zoomed through a crowd, crashing into a monument just as the royal family was passing in an open-topped bus; they were sped... More »

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Netherlands • royalty • attack • Holland • assassination attempt • crowd • Queen Beatrix • Dutch royal family

 Finally, a 'Leak-Proof' Tomato  


Apr 28, 09 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch scientists say they've built a better tomato, ABC News reports. The “Intense” variety is being heralded as “leak-proof” and an end to soggy sandwiches by Tesco, the British supermarket chain that will sell it. The tomato—the result of a Dutch seed-breeding program—leaks virtually none of... More »

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Netherlands • produce • tomatoes • supermarket • sandwich • soggy • juice • food science • Bayer AG

Iris Cards Let Travelers Skip Customs

US signs deal with Holland, and more
are on the way

Apr 24, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new digital card will allow Americans to skip customs lines at a foreign airport for the first time, reports USA Today. In a deal between Homeland Security officials and the Netherlands, US travelers approved for the ID card will be able to speed through Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, while... More »

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travel • JFK Airport • Netherlands • Department of Homeland Security • air travel • LAX • Customs and Border Protection • iris recognition • customs • Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

 Skinny French 
 Women Feel 
 Fat: Study 

Europeans weigh themselves on a sliding scale

Apr 23, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most French women feel fat, despite being among the thinnest women in Europe, a study finds. By contrast, much larger women in Britain, Spain, and Portugal consider themselves skinny, AFP reports. Researchers say women in France have a lower ideal weight compared to other European countries. In fact, more than... More »

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Spain • women • France • weight • Netherlands • Portugal • Greece • overweight • Britain

Israel Yanks Ambassador
to Switzerland

Outraged as Iranian, Swiss leaders meet at UN racism conference

Apr 20, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has angrily called home its ambassador to Switzerland after that country's president met with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of a politically charged UN meeting on racism that began today, the Times of London reports. On Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day, Switzerland’s “guest of honor is a racist... More »

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Iran • Israel • United Nations • Australia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Germany • Poland • Holocaust • Canada • Italy • Switzerland • United States • Benjamin Netanyahu • Netherlands • New Zealand • racism • boycott • ambassador • Ban Ki-Moon

Dutch Forces Free 20 Pirate Hostages, Let Pirates Go 

Somali pirates forced Yemeni captives to turn fishing boat into pirate mother ship

Apr 18, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch commandos freed 20 hostages in a raid on a pirate "mother ship" today, Reuters reports. The captives, Yemeni fisherman, had been forced to sail their vessel after it was hijacked by pirates for use in support of attacks in the Gulf of Aden. Seven pirates were briefly... More »

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NATO • piracy • Netherlands • pirates • Gulf of Aden

Hong Kong Brothers Brave Tide With Life-Size Ark

Biblical specs set it apart from others worldwide

Apr 14, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A trio of billionaire brothers in Hong Kong is offering shelter from the financial storm in the form of a life-size Noah’s ark replica, built using the Bible as a manual, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ark is one of many replicas worldwide, but the only one that... More »

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Hong Kong • ship • Netherlands • Noah's Ark • boat • replica

 7 Busted in 
 Amsterdam 
 Bomb Plot 

Shops shut, concert canceled as tipster warns of 'many casualties'

Mar 13, 09 2:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amsterdam police have busted seven people linked to a large-scale bomb plot in the city, authorities announced. An anonymous tipster told police the terror gang was planning an action aimed at "claiming casualties in busy places"; targets included megastores, reports the BBC. Several stores and a movie theater were... More »

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Madrid bombings • terror plots • Netherlands • bomb • Amsterdam • terrorist • arrest

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