Hofstad terror group grenade thrower released from jail
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-11 08:17:31 -0700 | disasters-news
Muslim convert Walters, who has an American father and Dutch mother, was arrested in 2004 as one of a group of young men said to have formed a terrorist organisation, known by the police as the Hofstad group. He was...
Tourist cannabis cafe ban leads to surge in dealing in the south
Source: Dutch News
Roermond :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-11 08:17:27 -0700 | political-news
The government's decision to turn the cafes into members' only clubs in the southern provinces last May led to a sharp rise in street dealing, the paper says...In Maastricht, at the forefront of efforts to reduce drugs tourism, the number...
Gluten-free diets: a fad or healthy choice?
Source: Leader Post Online
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 14:41:45 -0700 | health-news
Gluten must be the most famous protein in the world these days, its name popping up in bestselling diet books, on menus and bakery signs, and in supermarket aisles across North America. Everyone seems to talk about it, ask about...
‘Van Gogh at Work'
Source: Financial Times
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 12:48:19 -0700 | entertainment-news
30 pm Just reopened, Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum shines new light on the artist's work and on the fickle chemistry of his palette As if to prove that there is no artist more passionately loved than Vincent Van Gogh ,...
Tredwell sets up comfortable win
Source: CricInfo
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 11:17:01 -0700 | sports-news
Kent enjoyed a successful trip abroad but were made to work harder than they might have thought to take a Yorkshire Bank 40 win over Netherlands. After bowling their hosts out for 101 victory was always going to be assured...
Tigers continue early-season mastery of Giants
Source: Japan Times
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 09:11:23 -0700 | sports-news
To say the Hanshin Tigers have been successful against the Yomiuri Giants is a somewhat of a misnomer. It's probably more accurate to say the Tigers have owned the Giants in the early part of the season. Boston Red Sox...
'Phillip Cocu to take over from Advocaat at PSV Eindhoven'
Source: Dutch News
Eindhoven :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 07:40:55 -0700 | sports-news
Phillip Cocu to take over from Advocaat at PSV Eindhoven' Friday 10 May 2013 Phillip Cocu is poised to sign a four-year contract to replace Dick Advocaat as coach of football club PSV Eindhoven, website Voetbal International reports on Friday....
Will Dutch police soon be stalking cybercriminals on your computer?
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 07:01:54 -0700 | technology-news
A minister has proposed empowering Dutch law enforcement to access and control the computers of suspected cybercriminals, even if those computers are outside of the Netherlands...The power to investigate and take over any suspect's computer even if it is not...
14-year-old footballer charged with attempted manslaughter
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 06:35:59 -0700 | sports-news
Friday 10 May 2013 A 14-year-old boy has been charged with attempted manslaughter after kicking another teenager in the face during a football match. The boy, who plays for club Voetbal Vereniging Tricht, a village club in Gelderland, has been...
More Than 78,000 Sign Up for One-Way Trip to Mars: VIDEO
Source: Towleroad
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 05:47:05 -0700 | entertainment-news
A Netherlands-based non-profit called Mars One has begun taking applications for pioneering Mars colonists it plans to finance by staging a global reality-TV event, with cameras documenting all phases of the mission from astronaut selection to the colonists' first years...
Holland tour helped us identify weaknesses: Sardar
Source: Zee News
Rotterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 05:37:17 -0700 | sports-news
Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh says the recent tour of the Netherlands has helped the team identify its weaknesses ahead of the World League Round III to be held next month. "It was a good tour and Roelant Oltmans, Indian...
Motorway tunnel is a good earner for ING and Commerzbank
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 02:38:21 -0700 | business-news
Wegenwiki/Mavas A motorway tunnel under the North Sea Canal will cost the Dutch state 722m by the time its contracts with private sector investors have ended, the Financieele Dagblad said on Friday. In the 15 years since the A9 Wijker...
Courts wise up to disadvantages of flexible working: Trouw
Source: Dutch News
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 02:38:20 -0700 | political-news
The paper says the courts are wising up to the tricks', such as payrolling, used by employers in an effort to get round employment law. Lawyer and University of Amsterdam research Johan Zwemmer told the paper that employment law is...
AZ wins KNVB Cup with 2-1 victory over PSV Eindhoven
Source: Dutch News
Rotterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 03:24:38 -0700 | sports-news
The arrests were made for public drunkness, possession of fireworks, physical violence and insulting police officers, news agency ANP said. The cup final took place at the Kuip stadium in Rotterdam and there was little trouble after the match, a...
Police focus on 20km stretch of road in hunt for missing brothers
Source: Dutch News
Rhenen :: Netherlands | updated 2013-05-10 01:25:26 -0700 | political-news
Ruben, 9, and Julian, 7, have not been seen since Monday evening when they were spotted in a car with their father. He was found dead in woods near Doorn, southeast of Utrecht, on Tuesday morning, having committed suicide. Despite...
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