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‘Fugitive’ Dutch arms dealer spotted driving around CT in luxury cars, court hears

A Dutch arms dealer, convicted of crimes against humanity and selling firearms to former Liberian president Charles Taylor, was spotted by police investigators driving around Cape Town in his luxury cars before his arrest last week. This emerged in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Tuesday during his bail application. Two very different portrayals of Augustinus Petrus Kouwenhoven, 75, were presented during proceedings in court. One was that of a […]

today13 December 2017

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Sri Lankan baby trade: Minister admits illegal adoption trade

Sri Lankan authorities have admitted in a Dutch documentary that thousands of babies born there were fraudulently sold for adoption abroad in the 1980s. Up to 11,000 children may have been sold to European families, with both parties being given fake documents. Some were reportedly born into "baby farms" that sold children to the West. Sri Lanka's health minister told the Dutch current affairs programme Zembla he would set up […]

today21 September 2017

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Dutch relief as voters reject Wilders

Despite warnings of a surge in populism, the Dutch voted in incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte for a third term on Thursday, with initial parliamentary election results showing Geert Wilders' anti-immigrant Freedom Party lagging behind in second. “Our message to the Netherlands - that we will hold our course and keep this country safe, stable and prosperous - got through,” Rutte told supporters to applause in the early hours of […]

today16 March 2017

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Turkey formally protests minister’s treatment in Netherlands

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the Netherlands’ top diplomat to formally protest its treatment of a Turkish minister in that country over the weekend as well as what it said was “disproportionate” use of force against demonstrators in a protest that ensued. The Ministry said the Dutch Embassy’s charge d’affaires, Daan Feddo Huisinga, was called to the ministry where a senior official handed him two formal protest notes. The […]

today14 March 2017

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