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- Amsterdam seeks sex trade credit access
Amsterdam city council is turning its attention to a pressing problem for one of the city's key business sectors -- banking and credit for prostitutes who can't open accounts with mainstream institutions. As part of a project to remake the De Wallen
- Nigeria, Niger, Algeria Sign Pipeline Agreement
Nigeria, Niger and Algeria Friday signed an agreement to build a pipeline to take Nigerian gas across the Sahara to the Mediterranean, the BBC reports on its Web site. France's Total SA (TOT), Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN), Italy's Eni SpA (E) and
- Dutch 'success' in Afghan conflict
By Damian Grammaticas BBC News, Kabul The emphasis of the Dutch operation in Uruzgan is on restraint Parked on the tarmac at Kabul airport was the gleaming, freshly-painted Antonov plane. We climbed aboard the first ever commercial flight to Uruzgan.
- Netherlands Wants to Become World's Electronic Car Nursery
- The Netherlands should grow to become the world's leading experimental location for electric cars. The cabinet will consider a proposal expressing this ambition today, De Telegraaf reported yesterday. Up to 2011, the cabinet is earmarking 65 million
- Rebuilding Liberia
There are few better records of the shifting fortunes of Liberia than the guest register at the Mamba Point Hotel. When Chawki Bsaibes opened up in the old Dutch embassy on Monrovia's bullet-pocked seafront in the dying days of Liberia's first civil war
- Star Cuban pitcher reportedly defects
A highly regarded Cuban pitching prospect has defected from the national team while playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His next stop could be in the major leagues, possibly with the New York Yankees.
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I but suffered a brutal invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The country was a founding member of NATO and the EC, and participated in the introduction of the euro in 1999.
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