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Dutch police fine hundreds for firework transgressions

Police in the Netherlands have handed out hundreds of fines in recent days for setting off fireworks too early. In metropolitican Amsterdam alone, poice sentenced 160 minors to community service.

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Dutch Antilles demand Dutch action on drugs

The Dutch Antilles want the Netherlands to take tougher action against drug smuggling and misuse within its own borders.

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Armenia comes the second at Junior Eurovision -2007 in Rotterdam

Armenia occupied the second position at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Palestinian premier not welcome in the Netherlands

The Foreign Ministry of Netherlands said Tuesday that Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh would not be granted a visa to it's country to attend a conference on the Palestinian refugee issue.

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CO2 capture and storage can make major contribution to CO2 reduction

CO2 capture and storage can make a major contribution to CO2 reduction in the Netherlands. By the mid-21st century 80 to 110 million tonnes of CO2 per year could be avoided in the sectors energy, industry and transport. This is half of the current CO2 emission. Moreover, this can be realised against acceptable costs concludes Dutch researcher Kay Damen.

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KPN Delivering Palm Treo 750 in Netherlands

Palm, Inc. and KPN today announced the Palm Treo 750 smartphone running on KPN's 3G/UMTS network in the Dutch market, providing mobile professionals with an exceptional phone experience and fast download speeds

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Nokia files Patent Exhaustion Case against Qualcomm

Nokia announced today that it has filed complaints against Qualcomm in Germany and the Netherlands requesting declarations that Qualcomm's European patents are exhausted in respect of products placed on the European Union (EU) market with a Qualcomm license, in this instance chipsets supplied by Texas Instruments

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Dutch queen starts 4-day state visit to Turkey

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands started a four-day state visit to Turkey on Tuesday, her first visit to the predominantly Muslim but secular country that wants to join the European Union.

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AT&T Advances Network Security for Banner Pharmacaps Inc.

AT&T Helps Leading Softgel Company Ensure Network Security and Maintain Efficiency

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European policy causing dairy farm losses

Recently introduced EU deficiency payments will not affect several important production factors in the Dutch dairy sector, says Dutch researcher Daan Ooms. However, although direct deficiency payments do not directly affect production, the changed policy will lead to a strong decrease in the number of dairy farms in the Netherlands.

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Dutch government could do more to promote sustainable energy

Dutch researcher Simona Negro discovered that seven key factors exert a major influence on the success or failure of sustainable energy in the Netherlands. The Dutch government is good at knowledge development and diffusion, but is failing to adequately fulfil the other five factors needed for successful innovation.

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Nokia wins a managed services contract with T-Mobile

T-Mobile Netherlands has selected Nokia to provide managed services for their WCDMA 3G and GSM networks

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