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Belgium Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Belgium.

Results 1 - 20 of 7,096 in Belgium

  1. Robert Fisk: When Propaganda Turns Out To Be FactRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Groong Armenian News Network

    ... What happens when myths turn out to be true? I'm talking about the "myth" of the German army's atrocities in little Belgium in 1914, the raped nuns and the babies spitted on Prussian bayonets. "Hun barbarism" was the powerful propaganda tool to send ...

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  2. Stalked by black bear?Read the original story

    4 hrs ago | Toronto Sun

    ... to act overtly aggressive and to continue in a very determined manner," he said. Charisse D'hamers, of Antwerp, Belgium, was jogging on an abandoned mountain road about 4 km south of Lake Louise when the bear came rushing out of the bush at her. She ...

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  3. A whale (shark) of an experienceRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | The Toronto Star

    ... Aquarium. Chester, U.K. One of Europe's largest collections of sharks. www.blueplanetaquarium.com Nemo 33, Brussels, Belgium, the world's deepest indoor pool (33 metres) for scuba divers. www.nemo33.com Siam Ocean World, Bangkok, Thailand, a ...

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  4. Fairhaven bank gets new leadersRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Cape Cod Times

    ... of product strategy and management with FRS Global, a financial and regulatory software firm based in Brussels, Belgium. "It's a very well-run, quite substantial organization, and I see a lot of opportunity here," he said. "It's been run very ...

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  5. Belgian king urges resolutionRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | The Baltimore Sun

    King Albert II has rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Yves Leterme but asked three other politicians to help resolve a crisis that has prompted fears that Belgium may split on regional lines.

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  6. Union property owner to receive nuisance citationRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | WisInfo

    The Union Town Board Tuesday approved issuing a nuisance citation to the owner of property along County N at Namur, where more than a dozen derelict vehicles dot the landscape outside an unoccupied and ...

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  7. Evolutionary Game Theory And The Mathematics Of AltruismRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Scientific Blogging

    ... D. Santos (University of Lisbon, Portugal) did - together with Francisco C. Santos (Free University of Brussels, Belgium) - in order to overcome this apparent paradox, was to introduce into PGG, for the first time, a new variant - ' social diversity ...

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  8. Hoist a pintRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | The Globe and Mail

    ... enterprise that can trace its roots back to the Middle Ages. The oldest records for the Den Horen brewery in Leuven, Belgium, where InBev's Stella Artois was first made, are from 1366, when ale could be both sipped and chewed, its composition a ...

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  9. EU Nations Rule Out New Farm Concessions Ahead of Trade TalksRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | KDIN-TV Johnston

    BRUSSELS, Belgium: European Union nations have ruled out any new concessions on farm imports or subsidies at global trade talks next week, France's trade minister Anne Marie Idrac said Friday.

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  10. Crisis Talks As Row Threatens Break-up of BelgiumRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 15 | Buzzle.com

    Belgium's political leaders were in negotiations yesterday to resolve a fresh dispute between its Dutch-speaking Flemish majority and French-speaking minority that threatens to break up the country.

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  11. Robert Fisk: When propaganda turns out to be factRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Independent

    What happens when myths turn out to be true? I'm talking about the "myth" of the German army's atrocities in little Belgium in 1914, the raped nuns and the babies spitted on Prussian bayonets.

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  12. Experts say latest black bear attack in Alberta is 'highly unusual'Read the original story

    14 hrs ago | Canoe

    ... to act overtly aggressive and to continue in a very determined manner," he said. Charisse D'hamers, of Antwerp, Belgium, was jogging on an abandoned mountain road about four kilometres south of Lake Louise when the bear came rushing out of the bush ...

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  13. Belgian PM returns as 'three wise men' seek end to crisisRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | Turkish Daily News

    Belgium entered a new period of uncertainty Friday after King Albert II, short of options to end a political crisis that has split the country, refused to accept the prime minister's resignation.

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  14. Belgian prime minister stays onRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | International Herald Tribune

    BRUSSELS : The political chaos that has threatened the unity of Belgium continued Friday when the prime minister, Yves Leterme, resumed the office he offered to quit three days earlier.

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  15. MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political correspondent Andrei Fedyashin) -...Read the original story

    17 hrs ago | RIA Novosti

    ... parties, find common ground between them, and, by the end of the month, offer recommendations for saving the nation. Belgium is in serious trouble. They must find a way out of linguistic enmity and economic imbalance. Nobody considers the country's ...

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  16. Dolce International Promotes Paul C. van Wijk to Senior Vice...Read the original story

    18 hrs ago | Hotel Online

    ... Dolce since May 2006, Paul Van Wijk has most recently served as the opening Managing Director of Dolce La Hulpe, Belgium's first hotel, resort & conference destination where he successfully led the property to company-wide prominence as Dolce's ...

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  17. Set Fire to Your Nintendo Ds With Moto Racer DsRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | GamersHell

    ... over 8 million units sold to date. Nobilis has several distribution subsidiaries in France (Lyon), Spain (Madrid), Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg (Bruxelles), and an office in Italy (Rome). Nobilis Publishing games are already sold in over 40 ...

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  18. Belgium king refuses to accept PM resignationRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Jurist

    Leterme submitted his resignation Monday night because of his coalition government's inability to successfully divide federal powers between the Flemish- and French-speaking communities.

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  19. Karen O Debuts New Side Project With Silly NameRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | Pitchfork

    ... LP3 carrots in front of us . Meanwhile, some of Nick Zinner's photography is presently on display in Brussels, Belgium as part of a previously mentioned exhibit at the city's Palais des Beaux Arts entitled "It's Not Only Rock'n'Roll, Baby!" The ...

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  20. Anheuser-BuschRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | Atlanta Business Chronicle

    ... Companies, Inc. (BUD) < sign in to watch this company Page: 1 of 103 Blunt meets with InBev officials in Belgium Gov. Matt Blunt met Friday with InBev officials at their brewery in Leuven, Belgium, to welcome the company that bought Anheuser-Busch ...

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