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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Amsterdam

Amsterdam stories: 26 news summaries

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Virgin Tests First Biofuel Plane

Jet flies on coconuts and babassu nuts

Feb 24, 08 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - A Virgin Atlantic jet powered partially by a coconut- and Brazilian babassu nut-based biofuel made it from London to Amsterdam today in the first commercial flight to do so, the BBC reports. Virgin topdog Richard Branson hailed the flight as "pioneering" in the development of "fuels of the... More »

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Richard Branson • London • biofuel • Virgin Atlantic • Amsterdam • jet • Boeing 747 • coconuts • babassu nuts

Studios Win Suit Against TorrentSpy

Site allows users abroad to find, download films

Dec 19, 07 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge has put an early end to a copyright infringement trial, finding online file-sharing service TorrentSpy.com liable for movie piracy. In a victory for Paramount Pictures and other film studios, the Los Angeles court ruled that the operators of TorrentSpy destroyed evidence and made false statements under... More »

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copyright law • Los Angeles • Amsterdam • Paramount Pictures • TorrentSpy • torrents

Voodoo Child Smugglers Busted in Netherlands

Young prostitutes
took mystic vows

Oct 25, 07 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch police have broken a child prostitution ring that used voodoo to control its young charges, authorities announced today. Authorities found missing Nigerian children prostituting themselves in France, Italy, and Spain, apparently obeying mystic vows given them by their kidnappers and voodoo shamans. Police have so far arrested dozens accused... More »

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prostitution • Nigeria • Amsterdam • child labor • smuggler • slavery • human trafficking • child pornography • child prostitution • prostitute

Mushrooms Declared Illegal in Netherlands

Teen's suicide leads to surprise change in anything-goes policy

Oct 12, 07 5:52 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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drugs • Netherlands • Amsterdam • psilocybin mushrooms

New Van Gogh Surfaces

Work created during stay at asylum

Aug 3, 07 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A previously undiscovered Van Gogh has been found hiding in plain sight—beneath another painting. Conservators at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts X-rayed The Ravine, revealing another painting created several months earlier, the MFA and the Van Gogh Museum said today. A pen-and-ink drawing of the concealed painting, Wild Vegetation,... More »

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Boston • art • painting • Amsterdam • Vincent Van Gogh • Museum of Fine Arts • Van Gogh Museum • Wild Vegetation • asylum

Danone Swallows Up Numico

Paris-based company spits up $16.8B for
big-boy serving of baby food market

Jul 9, 07 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - French food corp Groupe Danone put in a $16.8B cash offer to buy baby food magnate Royal Numico—at just under $75 a share, a 38% premium over last week's closing price. The acquisition will make Danone an industry leader in the baby food market and should be finalized... More »

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food • stock market • France • business • stock • baby food • Danone • Groupe Danone • Royal Numico • Amsterdam • Euros • CFO • Paris • buyout

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