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Nurses' union: Care does not include sex
Mar 11, 2010 16:21 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
Dutch nurses: Care does not include sex
Mar 11, 2010 13:17 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
Icelanders reject deal to repay British and Dutch
Mar 06, 2010 19:54 EST
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Icelandic voters vented their fury on Saturday at the bankers and politicians who ruined the economy, overwhelmingly rejecting a $5 billion deal to repay debts to Britain and the Netherlands.
Icelanders reject deal to repay British and Dutch
Mar 06, 2010 19:54 EST
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Icelandic voters vented their fury on Saturday at the bankers and politicians who ruined the economy, overwhelmingly rejecting a $5 billion deal to repay debts to Britain and the Netherlands.
Dutch government wants to sell flu vaccines back
Mar 06, 2010 14:03 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government wants to sell 21 million unused H1N1 flu vaccine doses back to their manufacturers after they proved unnecessary and no other country wanted to buy them, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Dutch anti-Islam leader is major winner in polls
Mar 03, 2010 21:54 EST
AMSTERDAM/THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch anti-Islamist leader Geert Wilders scored major gains in local authority polls Thursday, making him a serious challenger for power in a June national election, preliminary results showed.
Dutch move toward Afghan exit, early ballot looms
Feb 21, 2010 09:48 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch troops are likely to leave Afghanistan this year as planned, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said on Sunday, as early polls showed his rivals benefiting from the government's collapse over the mission.
Dutch government falls over Afghan troop mission
Feb 21, 2010 08:01 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's coalition government collapsed on Saturday when the two largest parties failed to agree on whether to withdraw troops from Afghanistan this year as planned.
Head of Dutch pension fund resigns over probe: ANP
Feb 20, 2010 03:32 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The head of Dutch ABP, the world's third-largest sovereign pension fund, has resigned over an investigation into a failed savings bank where he once sat on the board, ANP-Reuters said.
Bestiality ban to cut video source
Feb 02, 2010 11:57 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Internet potentially will lose one of its main sources of bestiality videos under a ban approved Tuesday by the upper house of the Dutch parliament.
Bestiality ban in Netherlands to cut video source
Feb 02, 2010 09:46 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Internet potentially will lose one of its main sources of bestiality videos under a ban approved Tuesday by the upper house of the Dutch parliament.
Dutch far-right MP on trial over anti-Islam remarks
Jan 20, 2010 12:56 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders said on Wednesday that freedom of speech in his country was threatened, as he went on trial in Amsterdam charged with inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims.
Karadzic appeals against court-appointed lawyer
Jan 20, 2010 06:23 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appealed on Wednesday against the imposition of a court-appointed lawyer at his war crimes trial, arguing that Bosnian and Serbian lawyers were excluded from representing him.
Spyker CEO says still in talks with GM over Saab
Jan 18, 2010 13:19 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch luxury car maker Spyker Cars said on Monday it was still in talks to buy Swedish auto brand Saab from General Motors, but gave no indication of when a deal might be clinched.
Dutch say failed plane bomber acted alone
Jan 05, 2010 12:14 EST
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas acted alone and probably smuggled the explosives from Nigeria, the Dutch public prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Iceland parliament approves Icesave repayment bill
Dec 31, 2009 06:56 EST
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's parliament approved an amended bill late on Wednesday to repay more than $5 billion lost by savers in Britain and the Netherlands when the island's banks collapsed during the financial crisis.
Dutch, Nigerians to use full-body scans for flights
Dec 30, 2009 20:09 EST
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Nigeria said on Wednesday they would use full-body scanners at airports after a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound plane by a 23-year-old Nigerian suspect who passed through both countries.
Dutch, Nigerians to use full-body scans for flights
Dec 30, 2009 20:09 EST
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Nigeria said on Wednesday they would use full-body scanners at airports after a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound plane by a 23-year-old Nigerian suspect who passed through both countries.
Dutch airport to use full-body scan for U.S. flights
Dec 30, 2009 09:54 EST
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport will begin using full-body scanners within three weeks to check people traveling to the United States, after consultations with U.S. authorities, the Dutch interior minister said on Wednesday.
Dutch airport to use full-body scan for U.S. flights
Dec 30, 2009 08:23 EST
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport will begin using full-body scanners within three weeks to scan people traveling to the United States after consultations with U.S. authorities, the Dutch interior minister said on Wednesday.
