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Dutch News!
Topic Started: Jul 4 2005, 12:13 AM (54 Views)
Knootoss
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An expat website always has nice English versions of Dutch news. I thought it might be fun to show you a few typically Dutch news issues. You might care... or not. Likely the latter. But I'll indulge anyway.

Dutch getting all worked up and apologetic to US because some American girl ran away.

Dutch researchers see tattoo as cancer treatment

Our glorious privatised railway company is now going to sell insurance so people can get refunds for their own delays.

Minister slammed for not funding junkies. <---- By Ms. van der Laan, a former Knootian Prime Minister IC and my favourite politician. B)
~Aram Koopman, Knootian ambassador to the WA
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TBlack
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Story 1

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The failure to find Holloway dead or alive has led to extensive coverage of the case in the US media


That or the fact that she's well off, white, and a woman.

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The ability of the local authorities to resolve the case has also been called into question.

Because American authorities find everyone the next day.

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"The legal system of Aruba is identical to that of the Netherlands, which receives the highest marks from the United States Department of State. It differs from the US system but it is as effective."

Somewhere in Bush's brain a siren is going off: 'does not compute'.

Story 2
Cool.

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NS offers passengers insurance against delays

Damn you Max Barry.

Story 4

I think I like Ms. van der Laan. I wish we had similar laws. *sob*
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So... D66 are socially liberal free marketeers, CDA are conservative free marketeers and VVD are...? I don't know much about Dutch politics and what I do know is mostly tied in with the Fortuyn episode.
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