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Wawrinka downs Lorenzi in 2 sets to advance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:39 -0400

ROSMALEN, Netherlands - Second-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka beat Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 7-6 (8) Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Topshelf Open on the grass courts of Rosmalen.

Netflix to expand to Netherlands later this year

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:19 -0400

LOS GATOS, California - Netflix is going Dutch.

Dutch manure silo fall kills 3 farmworkers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:55:30 -0400

AMSTERDAM - Dutch police say three farmworkers have died and a fourth has been critically injured after they fell into a silo filled with manure for use as fertilizer in the northern town of Makkinga.

Lawyer for Gadhafi son wants him handed to ICC

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:28:12 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A lawyer for a son of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi accused Libyan authorities on Tuesday of showing a "blatant disregard" for the International Criminal Court by announcing they will put Seif al-Islam Gadhafi on trial in August.

Report: doping was widespread among Dutch cyclists

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:50:06 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An independent commission that investigated doping by Dutch cyclists and their teams recommended Monday that the responsibility for testing and sanctioning riders be taken away from the International Cycling Union to prevent the appearance of a conflict of interest.

HK's Li buys Dutch waste company for $1.3B

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:59:12 -0400

HONG KONG - Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is buying a Dutch waste and renewable energy company for 943.7 million euros ($1.3 billion), his companies said Monday, as the infrastructure and utilities businesses of Asia's richest man expand further internationally.

Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen's capital

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:05:33 -0400

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni security officials say a Dutch couple is believed to have been kidnapped from the capital, Sanaa.

Dutch cafe owners on trial for selling weed

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:43:20 -0400

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands - Owners and staff of three cannabis-selling cafes went on trial Wednesday in the southern Netherlands charged with selling weed to foreigners, in a case both sides of a heated drug debate in this border city hope will clarify the legality of a clampdown on so-called "coffee shops."

Dutch cafe owners on trial for selling weed

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:13:31 -0400

Melbourne Heart signs Wieleart for A-League

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:53:06 -0400

MELBOURNE, Australia - Former Ajax and Roda central defender Rob Wielaert will play in Australia's A-League next season after signing a one-year deal with the Melbourne Heart.

Court says case against Gbagbo can go ahead

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:43:35 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court judges say the crimes against humanity case against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo can go ahead because he does not face an ongoing prosecution in his home country.

Victims of Saddam-era gas attack seek French probe

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:32:09 -0400

PARIS - Twenty victims of Saddam Hussein's 1988 chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja, requested a judicial investigation of French suppliers on Monday, saying executives knew what they were sending to the Iraqi dictator and bore some responsibility.

Libya appeals ICC ruling on Gadhafi son case

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:52:51 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Libya has appealed the International Criminal Court's order that a son and one-time heir apparent of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi be tried in The Hague.

Ahold earnings rise on sale of ICA chain

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:55:15 -0400

AMSTERDAM - Royal Ahold NV, the Dutch owner of U.S. grocery chains Stop & Shop and Giant, says its first-quarter earnings rose sharply on the sale of the Scandinavian unit ICA. It said Tuesday underlying business was flat as shrinking margins offset rising sales.

ICC judges delay confirming Gbagbo charges

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:54:33 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court judges delayed a decision Monday on whether to put former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on trial for alleged involvement in deadly post-election violence, telling prosecutors to beef up their case.

Van Gaal plans to retire after World Cup

Fri, 31 May 2013 13:54:20 -0400

AMSTERDAM - Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal says he plans to retire after the 2014 World Cup, though he doesn't entirely rule out the possibility of coaching at club level.

Embracing the pole vault pays off for Texas football...

Fri, 31 May 2013 11:59:39 -0400

By GORDON MONSON - Like almost every other kid from Texas, Victor Weirich wanted to play football.

UN court acquits 2 Serbs of Balkan war atrocities

Thu, 30 May 2013 12:46:51 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A U.N. court on Thursday acquitted two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic of setting up and arming notorious Serb paramilitary gangs that committed atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia during the Balkan wars in the 1990s, a verdict that further distanced Belgrade from rebel Serb crimes elsewhere in the region.

UN court convicts 6 Bosnian Croats of atrocities

Wed, 29 May 2013 12:15:41 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A U.N. court convicted six Bosnian Croat political and military leaders Wednesday of persecuting, expelling and murdering Muslims during Bosnia's war and said leaders in neighboring Croatia helped hatch and execute their plan to carve out a Croat state in Bosnia.

Britain: EU ends arms embargo on Syrian opposition

Mon, 27 May 2013 20:16:28 -0400

BRUSSELS - The European Union said its member states within days will be able to send weapons to help Syria's outgunned rebels, seeking to pressure President Bashar Assad's regime ahead of planned peace talks mediated by the United States and Russia.

Spain: Police find bodies of missing Dutch couple

Mon, 27 May 2013 12:31:27 -0400

MADRID - Police have found two bodies they believe to be those of missing former Dutch national volleyball star and her partner, the Interior Ministry said Monday. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the apparent killing of the couple.

UN court marks 20th anniversary of establishment

Mon, 27 May 2013 10:29:28 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and survivors of the bloody conflicts that ripped through the Balkans in the 1990s looked back on two decades of trials and tribulations as the court marked the 20th anniversary Monday of its establishment by the U.N. Security Council.

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:48:08 -0400

GENEVA - International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

Dutch arrest meat works owner in horse meat probe

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:11 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch authorities on Thursday arrested the director of a meat-processing and wholesale company whose business is at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with beef.

Fiat Industrial aims to shift tax home to Britain

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:17 -0400

MILAN - Fiat Industrial disputed as "absolutely false" reports Wednesday that Italy would lose 500 million euros ($646 million) in tax revenues if it moves its tax base to Britain after it completes a merger with its U.S.-based subsidiary CNH Global NV.