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03/07/2009 Column: "A Very Dutch Scandal"

One pair of sunglasses. That is what everyone in The Hague is getting worked up about.

01/07/2009 Devil's bargain

Victims of human trafficking are sometimes placed in a devil's dilemma in the Netherlands. They either have to cooperate with the judiciary in identifying and prosecuting their handlers, or face deportation back to their home country.

29/06/2009 Victims of 'loverboys' not taken seriously by Dutch police

The youth movement of the Dutch socialist party (ROOD) says victims of so-called loverboys need to be taken more seriously and their protection and assistance need to be improved.

24/06/2009 New and purely Dutch: cooling computers with a disc

A massive disc of perforated aluminium, 6 metres wide, can as of today serve as a cooling agent for data centres.

19/06/2009 Dutch anti-squatting business thrives amid economic crisis

Guido, a penniless student, could hardly believe his luck when offered lodging in the heart of Amsterdam at a fraction of the going rate -- a boon thanks to the credit crunch as property owners desperately fend off squatters.

17/06/2009 'Haunted' ex-peacekeeper moves to Srebrenica

Haunted for years by the Srenbrenica massacre, former Dutch peacekeeper Rob Zomer hopes he can find peace on a plot of land he'll soon call home right back on the killing fields.

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