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Netherlands News Archives for October 2009

Oct 31, 2009 | TravelPod.com Recent Updates

Abercrombie Pulls T-Shirts - Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Under pressure from the public and supporters of the Allegheny county of Grantmakers girl , retailers, it was announced Friday that two shirts from the market: a slogan is "gentlemen prefer Tig old Bitties" and another, "read these, they need in the brain?" . "We recognize that this problem, also means that shirt is very humor, might make some", ...

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Oct 31, 2009 | CDNN - Scuba Diving News

Whale wars: Japan, Netherlands agree on maritime safety issue

Japan on Monday urged the Netherlands to take action against the Dutch-registered flagship of the Sea Shepherd environmentalist group over its attacks on Japanese whalers in the Antarctic.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Jan Peter Balkenende

Oct 31, 2009 | News.com.au

I hate whale meat - Japan's prime minister

JAPAN'S Yukio Hatoyama has revealed he dislikes whale meat, a newspaper reported, in an unusual confession for the prime minister of a country that defies Western criticism of whaling.

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Related Topix: Jan Peter Balkenende, Europe, World News

Oct 31, 2009 | The Times

Malta to buy swine flu vaccines from The Netherlands

Comment about "Malta to buy swine flu vaccines from The Netherlands" Full Name Phone Name Comment Please limit your comment to a maximum of 200 words.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Europe, World News, Malta, Medicine, Influenza, Lawrence Gonzi

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Young sailor's bid to sail solo around the world remains on hold

Young sailor's bid to sail solo around the world remains on hold Laura Dekker is flanked by her father, left, and her lawyer as she sits in the courthouse in Utrecht.

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Apollo Duck

Netherlands: Sea Fox 237 200 hp mercury saltwater

Outboard. Hull Type: Deep-V Status: Available Location: Utrecht Netherlands Contact: Gerben van der Schoor [ Send Enquiry ] Telephone: 0318643345 This is a free Apollo Duck photo advert! Click here to place your own.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Article: About Radio Netherlands Worldwide

Radio Netherlands Worldwide provides news, background and cultural information to millions of people throughout the world via radio, television and the internet.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Nazi war crimes trial gets under way

Heinrich Boere has already confessed several times to the killings in the Dutch towns of Breda, Voorschoten and Wassenaar, but has said he was just following orders.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Drugs.com

Old, New Pap Methods Equally Good, Dutch Study Finds

Traditional Pap tests and the newer liquid-based cytology are equally reliable in screening for cervical cancer, a new study has found.

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Related Topix: Cervical Cancer, Health, World News

Kyodo News

Japan, Netherlands agree to ensure maritime safety over antiwhaling

Visiting Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio H... Japanese and Dutch leaders agreed Monday to ensure maritime safety with regard to a campaign by antiwhaling activists aboard a Dutch vessel targeting a Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean.

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Related Topix: Jan Peter Balkenende, Europe, World News, New York

Tue Oct 27, 2009

KCPQ

Nazi hit man goes on trial in Germany for 3 wartime killings in Holland

Heinrich Boere is seen in front of his house, in Eschweiler, Germany in this 2003 file photo.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany, Belgium, Prison

Mon Oct 26, 2009

WAPT

Man Indicted In Death Of Cyclist From Netherlands 2hr

A convicted felon faces federal charges that he was on morphine when he allegedly killed a Dutch bicyclist on the Natchez Trace Parkway.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

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TechnoPark Corp. to Present Patent-Pending Method at IWSM/Mensura 2009 in Netherlands

TechnoPark Corp. CEO/co-founder Yegor Bougaenko will present the corporation's dynamic, cutting edge patent-pending method relating to the quality of process control in software development at the International Conference on Software Measurement in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune

Teachers come to America

Ten administrators and teachers from the Netherlands came to America this week seeking answers.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Saint Vincent College, University of Pittsburgh, World News, Salem, AR

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Freerepublic.com

'Dutch' Batavians more Roman than thought

The Batavians, who lived in the Netherlands at the start of the Christian era were far more Roman than was previously thought.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

KTVN Reno

Some Parts of Human Genome Get Lost

Researchers have created their first map of parts of the human genome that are considered disposable.

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Related Topix: Medical Genetics, Medicine, World News

Apollo Duck

Netherlands: Barkmeijer Tjalk

5cyl. Mercedes diesel, Galley with gas rings, fridge etc. Two bedrooms, Toilet, Shower.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

MediLexicon

Broader Age Range Recommended For Cervical Screening

Main Category: Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 18 Oct 2009 Cervical cancer screening programmes that limit tests to women aged 30-60 years are missing a significant proportion of women who are at risk of getting the disease.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

Emirates News Agency

UAE ambassador in Netherlands addresses diplomatic conference

WAM Hague, Oct 20th, 2009 : UAE ambassador to Netherlands Ali Thani Al Suwaidi called on the international community to take effective steps to resolve the Palestinian issue.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Dutch schoolgirl killed in coach accident in Spain

A 16-year-old Dutch schoolgirl has been killed in an accident involving a coach in northern Spain.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

MediLexicon

Theory On Protective Effect Of Being Warm-Blooded Offered By Einstein Research

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Nutrition / Diet Article Date: 17 Oct 2009 The fact that they eat a lot - and often - may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

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Related Topix: Yeshiva University, Microbiology, Biology, Science, Immunology, World News, Dinosaur, Paleontology, Entomology

Sat Oct 17, 2009

HomeTownLife.com

Roeper makes connection to the Netherlands

They're brash, they're bold, they say what they mean. We're taking about high school students.

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Related Topix: Travel, Netherlands Travel, Education Etc., World News, Birmingham, MI, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Pontiac, MI

Fri Oct 16, 2009

National Geographic

Fireball Picture: Meteor Explodes Over the Netherlands

October 15, 2009 - When amateur photographer Robert Mikaelyan went out to snap an old Dutch sugar factory on Tuesday, he captured a rare treat: a huge exploding fireball in the sky.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

Science Blog

Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?

The fact that they eat a lot -- and often -- may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

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Related Topix: Yeshiva University, Science, World News, Dinosaur, Paleontology, Entomology

Circuits Assembly

Totech Super Dry Opens Netherlands Factory

DRONTEN, THE NETHERLANDS a ' Totech Super Dry has opened a factory in The Netherlands.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

Mental Help Net

Lifestyle Counseling May Help Obese With Weight Loss

Lifestyle counseling from a clinical practitioner targeting prevention of weight gain may help overweight and obese individuals lose or maintain their weight, according to the results of a Dutch randomized control trial published in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Preventive Medicine, World News,

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Art Knowledge News

The National Gallery of Denmark presents Graphic Works of Dutch Masters

After becoming free from Spanish control, Haarlem grew in the 1580s into one of the leading artistic centers in the young Republic of the Netherlands.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

Apollo Duck

Netherlands: Amsterdam Barge 66'

For Sale: AMSTERDAM BARGE 66' Sander Doeve Yacht & Shipbrokers Tel: +31 10 248 98 30 Mobile: +31 6 53 20 20 84 Fax: +31 10 248 99 50 http://www.sander-doeve.nl Description Type: ex Amsterdam motor cargo barge, rebuilt by professional yard to living on board vessel, sidewalks around, large sundeck on aftcabin roof, very convenient for France, easy ...

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Sun Oct 11, 2009

The Orlando Sentinel

Volusia fern growers go on promotion mission to Netherlands

Volusia horticultural growers will spend this week in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on a sales mission to promote the county's ferneries and ornamental-green farms.

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Related Topix: World News, Volusia County, FL

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Grand Haven Tribune

Netherlands researcher to visit Holland Museum to study Van Mierevelt paintings

Two 17th-century paintings on display at the Holland Museum by renowned painter Michiel Van Mierevelt will be reviewed privately next week by Netherlands researcher Anita Jansen.

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Related Topix: Holland, MI, World News

Fri Oct 09, 2009

IcWales

Music: Athlete band to give song proceeds to British Legion

Chart act Athlete are to donate proceeds from their new single to the Royal British Legion, following acts such as Radiohead and Mark Knopfler, it was announced today.

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Times of Oman

Netherlands team visits Bait Al Zubair Museum

MUSCAT a ' Jan Kees de Jager, state secretary for financial affairs in The Hague, recently visited Bait Al Zubair Museum, with his delegation, accompanied by the ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as part of his official trip in the Sultanate.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Oman, Middle East

Thu Oct 08, 2009

The State

Van Gogh's letters show method, not madness

While Vincent van Gogh has become almost as famed for his troubled mind as for his paintings, a new exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum seeks to remind us there was more method than madness to his style.

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Related Topix: Arts, Painting, World News,

Newswise

i 1 2Textbooki 1 2 Treatment of Nursemaidi 1 2s Elbow Might Not Be the Best

It can happen in an instant: a father grabs his daughter's arm before she runs out into traffic, and the sudden pull produces sharp pain and loss of movement in her arm.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

RedOrbit

Exercise Programs Recommended For Rheumatoid Arthritis

Exercise programs designed to improve strength and stamina are safe and effective treatments for rheumatoid arthritis , according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review.

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Related Topix: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Medicine, Arthritis, Health, World News

National Post

Hang with the DJ

He sells out arenas and coliseums around the world, hosts summer residencies in the world's biggest nightclub and played to a TV audience of four billion at the 2004 Olympics opening ceremonies, but until now, one group of music fans has eluded Tiesto.

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Related Topix: Trance, Tiesto, Sigur Ros, Indie, World News,

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Gulf Times

Resistance grows to Blair securing EU president post

Resistance is growing to the idea of Tony Blair securing the future EU president's post, with federalist Benelux countries loath to hand the job to the former prime minister of eurosceptic Britain .

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Related Topix: Luxembourg, Europe, World News, Belgium, Jan Peter Balkenende

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Archives General Psychiatry

EDITORIAL: Death in the Netherlands: Evidence and Argument

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163 :958-959. In this issue of Archives , Verhagen et al1 provide thorough and thought-provoking insight into end-of-life decision making for newborns in the Netherlands.

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Catholic.net

Papal Address to Netherlands Envoy

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 2, 2009 .- Here is the address Benedict XVI gave today to Baroness Henriette Johanna Cornelia Maria van Lynden-Leijten, the new ambassador from the Netherlands to the Holy See.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI, Beatrix Beatrix

Sun Oct 04, 2009

Arizona Daily Star

Rotterdam's new Islamic mayor seen as test of ethnic integration

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands a ' The veiled women clutch their children's hands as they scurry past the liquor store, ignoring rows of vodka bottles on their way to the Muslim butcher next door.

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Related Topix: World News, Religion, Islam

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Cbs3.com

Raw Video Of Anne Frank Posted On YouTube

Share + Oct 3, 2009 11:00 am US/Eastern AMSTERDAM, Netherlands 1 of 1 The Anne Frank House in the Netherlands launched a YouTube channel which features a short clip of the teen, as seen in this grab.

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Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Netherlands Open Air Museum in Arnhem

This year's museum prize has gone to the Netherlands Open Air Museum in Arnhem. The museum won almost 30 percent of the more than 50,000 votes sent by text message.

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Fri Oct 02, 2009

Space Ref

SpaceX Announces Second DragonLab User Conference October 29th in Haarlem, Netherlands

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, October 1, 2009 Source: SpaceX - Comments Expressions of Interest Being Accepted at www.DragonLabUserConference.com Hawthorne, CA - Space Exploration Technologies has announced a second user conference for its commercial product DragonLab , a free-flying, reusable spacecraft capable of hosting pressurized and ...

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Related Topix: World News, Hawthorne, CA, Science / Technology, Space, NASA

Thu Oct 01, 2009

2 Works For You

IAEA says chief ElBaradei to visit Iran soon

Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, attends the Four Freedoms Awards ceremony on May 13, 2006 in Middelburg, The Netherlands.

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Related Topix: Travel, Iran Travel, Netherlands Travel

HON

Study Finds Fish Won't Prevent Heart Failure

While eating fish does appear to help protect against heart attacks and other cardiovascular disease, a new Dutch study finds it doesn't seem to guard against the development of heart failure.

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Related Topix: World News, Medicine, Diabetes, Health, UC Los Angeles

Physics Org

Study shows that elderly women sleep better than they think, men sleep worse

A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report that their sleep is shorter and poorer.

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