angie stone live

2010-03-17T17:17:23Z

Angie Stone performing live in Melkweg Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 16.03.10

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Russian first lady opens annual Keukenhof flower show

2010-03-17T10:16:53Z

<div><p>Russian first lady Svetlana Medvedeva opened the 61st annual flower show Wednesday at Keukenhof, the world's largest bulb garden -- with this year's theme "From Russia with Love".</p><p>"Now I have the very pleasant and honourable task, the opening of the flower exposition," she told a ceremony attended by diplomats, government officials and Dutch Atlas Energy, which controls part of a huge gasfield in the northeast of the

Indian Wells Tennis

2010-03-16T21:00:28Z

Andy Roddick, of the United States, returns a shot to Thiemo de Bakker, of the Netherlands, during their match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in ...

maxima hilversum

2010-03-16T18:33:21Z

Princess Maxima of the Netherlands at the opening of a commercial trade center. Hilversum, Netherlands - 16.03.20

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Celebrity Century Review

2010-03-15T13:26:40Z

Having just returned from our first Celebrity Cruise aboard the Celebrity Century and I wanted to post a Celebrity Century review that hopefully others can benefit from it.<br><br>Some background on our cruising experience. This is our 6th cruise we have taken in the last 20 years so by no means are we what you would call experts. Nor would you call us rookies either. In the past 20 years we have cruised with Europe's Catholic Churches face wave of sex abuse charges, fear more to come</div><div><p>It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and...

NETHERLANDS SPEED SKATING WORLD CUP

2010-03-13T14:32:40Z

Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada, current speed skating world record holder on the 500 meters distance, announces his retirement during a press conference at Thialf stadium in Heerenveen, northern Netherlands, Saturday, March 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Australia win men's field hockey World Cup

2010-03-13T10:16:06Z

<div><p>Power-packed Australia proved third time lucky as they won the men's field hockey World Cup after a 24-year hiatus with a 2-1 win over defending champions Germany on Saturday.</p><p>Luke Doerner scored the winning penalty corner 11 minutes from the end after Edward Ockenden had put the

Frank museum to display all writings on 50th anniversary

2010-03-12T10:16:30Z

<div><p>The Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam will for the first time display all of her writings when it begins celebrating next month its 50th anniversary, the museum said Friday.</p><p>On April 28 the Netherland's Queen Beatrix will open a new diary room in the Princess Maxima of the Netherlands attends the poppodium P60 for a campaign to help young people to be more efficient with their money. Amstelveen, Netherlands - 10.03.20

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Nurses' union: Care does not include sex

2010-03-11T13:33:11Z

<div><p>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.</p><p>The union, NU'91, is calling the campaign "I Draw The Line Here," with an advert that features a young woman covering her face with crossed hands.</...

World backgammon champion Tim Holland dies at 79

2010-03-11T13:01:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Tim Holland, backgammon king in game's heyday, dies at 79; won several world championships</div><div><p>Tim Holland, a world backgammon champion who was one of the most prominent competitors in the game's modern heyday, has died. He was 79.</p><p>Holland died Wednesday of emphysema at his West Palm Beach home, said his daughter...

Dutch nurses: Care does not include sex

2010-03-11T10:45:27Z

Royal Dutch to nominate Holliday as director

2010-03-11T10:00:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Royal Dutch Shell to nominate Charles Holliday Jr. as non-executive director</div><div><p>Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Thursday said it plans to nominate Charles "Chad" Holliday Jr. as non-executive director.</p><p>The Angela Merkel, left, and a gesturing Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, are cast on a wall during a joint press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

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NETHERLANDS GERMANY MERKEL

2010-03-11T07:31:25Z

German chancellor Angela Merkel listens to the translation of a question during a joint press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, unseen, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

Sensata raises $568.8M in biggest IPO this year

2010-03-11T06:15:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Sensata prices shares at bottom of expected range, raises $568.8M in biggest IPO this year</div><div><p>Sensata Technologies Holding NV priced its shares at the bottom of its expected range, raising $568.8 million in the biggest initial public offering so far this year.</p><p>The Netherlands comp...

Dutch capital to be put on trial over ICoast waste dump

2010-03-11T05:17:00Z

<div><p>The city of Amsterdam is to be prosecuted over the dumping of toxic waste by a ship in Ivory Coast in 2006, the Supreme Court has ruled in a decision made available Wednesday.</p><p>"The Supreme Court refers the case back to the Amsterdam district court ... to be considered anew," said the judgment, overturning earlier decisions to dismiss the case against t...

Iceland opposition toughens on new "Icesave" talks

2010-03-10T12:00:34Z

<div><p>REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's opposition turned up the heat on the center-left government on Wednesday to hold out for a tough new "Icesave" debt accord with Britain and

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