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Dutch sailor, 14, gets OK for solo world trip 
A Dutch court cleared the way today for 14-year-old Laura Dekker to embark on a risky attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world, an adventure that could begin in the next two weeks.
By Mike Corder , July 27, 2010
Dutch teenage sailor gets green light from mother
The mother of a 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to sail solo around the world said in an open letter published today she has given up her opposition to her daughter’s planned trip.
By Associated Press , July 17, 2010
World Cup: Time for Earth's epic game
Spain meets the Netherlands for all the marbles today
By Grahame L. Jones , July 11, 2010
World Cup: Dutch hope to pain the town Orange
Netherlands is looking for its sixth win in a row today
By Michelle Kaufman , July 05, 2010
Boy who survived Libya plane crash back in Netherlands
Ruben van Assouw's survival has been hailed as a miracle. He was found unconscious but alive in wreckage Wednesday near Tripoli airport. Everyone else on the plane was killed — 103 people in all, including Ruben's parents and his 11-year-old brother.
By Toby Sterling , May 15, 2010
Iceland's volcanic ash halts flights across Europe
Ash clouds from Iceland's spewing volcano disrupted air traffic across Europe today as authorities closed air space over Britain, Ireland and the Nordic countries. Tens of thousands of passengers were stranded as flights were canceled and it was not clear when it would be safe enough to fly again.
By Robert Barr , April 15, 2010
Dutch airlift brings 123 Haitian kids for adoption
Enveloped in his new mother’s embrace, 4-year-old Jersen Silvester Eefting gazed wide-eyed around a hotel lobby at the end of an 11-hour flight that whisked him from the devastation of Haiti to his new home in the Netherlands.
By Mike Corder , January 21, 2010
European nations divided on use of airport body scanners
Amid concerns about privacy, health and data protection, the European Union said it may force natie to comply with using body scanners at airport security screeings.
By Slobodan Lekic , January 07, 2010
ALWAYS IN SEASON: Some birds are associated with Christmas
Probably, the birds most associated with Christmas are the goose and the partridge. Both of these traditions come to us from England — and in fact are among the few authentically English Christmas traditions in the United States. Most American Christmas traditions come from the Netherlands and northern Germany — Santa Claus, for instance, who is an outgrowth of a Dutch tradition.
December 20, 2009
Clash between Dutch parents, authorities delay 13-year-old sailor's worldwide trip
Dutch judges today called a 13-year-old girl's plan to sail solo around the world "undeniably daring and risky," but refused to scupper it completely, in a high profile clash between child care authorities and liberal Dutch parenting.
By Mike Corder , August 28, 2009
MASSIVE IDENTITY THEFT: 130 million credit, debit card accounts affected
A former government informant known online as "soupnazi" stole information from 130 million credit and debit card accounts in what federal prosecutors are calling the largest case of identity theft yet.
By Devlin Barrett , August 18, 2009
OUR OPINION: Europe's new appeal
If that’s the free market result, then hey, we’ll try central planning, more Americans seem to be saying. That’s the GOP’s dilemma, and it won’t be solved until the party comes to grips with the seeming strengths of the Dutch system and the weaknesses of the American one.
May 05, 2009
1 dead, 3 wounded in Dutch shooting rampage
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — A man pulled a gun in a crowded Dutch cafe after an argument early today and shot a patron inside, then rushed outside where he shot three more people, one fatally, police said.
By Associated Press , April 11, 2009
Remains of 4 U.S. citizens killed in Netherlands plane crash repatriated
The remains of four U.S. citizens killed in a plane crash in the Netherlands last week have been returned home. The U.S. Consulate has confirmed that they have been returned for services and burial.
By Associated Press , March 02, 2009
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