Dutch crisis as minister censured
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The Dutch cabinet holds crisis talks after parliament censures hardline Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk.
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The Buttiglione crisis has deepened with MEPs unconvinced by the conciliation offer from President Barroso. Apologies from the Italian commissioner designate for offences made about homosexual &#39;sinners&#39; have got him nowhere.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has been trying to defuse a row over a European Union statement on Russia&#39;s handling of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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AMSTERDAM  - Despite a long tradition of television that pushes the boundaries of the acceptable in the Netherlands, Dutch viewers are being turned off by a wave of controversial programs.
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Attacks by Australia's conservative  government against its resurgent opposition over links to a  corrupt state leader were turned on their head on Saturday when  a cabinet minister quit amid the growing scandal.
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Though she may be nobodyâs vision of a rabble-rouser Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, recently dismissed as South Africaâs deputy health minister, has found herself at the center of controversy.
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AMSTERDAM -- Against a backdrop of protests, the defense minister gave citations yesterday to Dutch troops who served in the UN peacekeeping force that failed to prevent the slaughter of Muslims in the Srebrenica enclave during the Bosnian war.
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BRUSSELS, November 5 (Itar-Tass) - The European Union âshould forgetâ its internal differences on Iraq and give a âsignalâ about readiness to participate in the countryâs restoration, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot said at the EU summit in
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Dutch politicians were readying for tough talks to cobble together a coalition government after elections resulted in a fractured parliament with neither a left- nor rightwing majority.
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A proposal to revive a blasphemy law to calm sectarian tensions in Holland has outraged artists, writers and the political elite. The killing was followed by bomb attacks on mosques and reprisal attacks on churches.
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Several leading Dutch politicians seen as critical of Islam have been threatened with death since the murder of a filmmaker, as the Dutch Government announced a crackdown on Islamic extremists.
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Belgium was mired in a political crisis on Friday after Flemish leader Yves Leterme gave up efforts to form a government with francophone partners who reject his plans for constitutional reform.
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THE European Union was thrown into political turmoil yesterday after parliamentarians forced the incoming president of the European Commission into a humiliating climbdown over his choice of commissioners.
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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - A letter pinned to the corpse of a Dutch filmmaker contained death threats from an unknown terrorist &quot;movement&quot; against a politician who wrote a movie criticizing Islam, the justice minister said Thursday.
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Dutch authorities have destroyed a piece of public art meant to memorialize slain filmmaker Theo van Gogh because it included the phrase "Thou shalt not kill." According to Radio Netherlands, the Volkskrant ...
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot tries to defuse a row over a EU statement on Russia's handling of the hostage crisis.
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Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, pictured in 2006. The parties of the incoming centre-left Dutch government have agreed to grant amnesty for some 30,000 failed asylum seekers who came to the ...Comment