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| Jan.8 |
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 Lockerbie trial testimony ends Lawyers for 2 Libyans charged with the bombing say they will call no further witnesses
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 Lockerbie lawyers discuss security Defence for the Libyans accused of the bombing have turned to airport security
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Lockerbie bomb route questioned Defence lawyer suggested the suitcase could have been put on the Pan Am flight at Frankfurt, rather than at Malta
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Greenpeace protesters arrested Demonstrators protesting against the transport of nuclear waste to a reactor in France
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Lockerbie judges begin deliberations Judges will return on January 30 to reveal progress in reaching a verdict
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Blast at Airport  Amsterdam's Schiphol International airport back on track after blast sparked two fires and forced an evacuation
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 Libyan bomber sentenced to life| Intelligence agent found guilty of the murder of 270 people in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Co-defendant walks free | |
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| Feb.14 |
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Charged over Kournikova virus 20-year-old Dutchman has been charged with spreading the computer virus
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 Foot-and-mouth reaches Netherlands| Llivestock disease has been confirmed on a farm | |
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Gays set to legally wed 4 gay couples to be the first to exchange rings. New law gives gay couples equal rights with other married couples
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Driver jailed for Chinese deaths A Dutch, P. Wacker, 33, has been jailed for 14 years for the manslaughter of 58 immigrants who were found in the lorry
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Airport evacuated after fire| A terminal has been evacuated after explosion and a fire broke out in a shopping mall area | |
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| Apr.23 |
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Nistelrooy moved to United
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 Traffickers jailed for Chinese deaths| 7 people have been convicted for trafficking after 58 Chinese immigrants were found dead in a truck in 2000 | |
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Prince weds minister's daughter Prince Constantijn married Laurentien Brinkhorst, daughter of Dutch agriculture minister
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 Russia agrees deal to raise Kursk The vessel is scheduled to be lifted in a $70 million operation by a Dutch salvage company
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Floating abortion clinic Pro-abortionists from Women on Waves has set sail for Ireland, where it will help women to end pregnancies
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| Jun.30 |
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 Milosevic on suicide watch Former Yugoslav president in his prision cell in The Hague is under round-the-clock observation
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Philips slashes 4,000 more jobs Europe's largest electronics group reported $656 million quarterly losses
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2 dead in blast Map of Arnhem Netherlands Explosion of the grenade tore through a house in city of Arnhem
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| Aug.22 |
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Celtic in Champions League. Ajax out
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Dutch down and out of World Cup
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Dutch cannot qualify for World Cup
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Sex workers' first union Workers in the sex industry are forming the world's first trade union for prostitutes
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 Raising of the Kursk begins| Dutch salvage company Mammoet started the operation to raise the wreck of the sunken Russian sub | |
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| Oct.23 |
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Bayern continue in Champ. League Bayern Munich win over Feyenoord 3-1
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Chelsea, Ajax ousted in UEFA Cup Slovan win 4-3 on aggregate. Ajax 0, FC Copenhagen 1
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