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The Netherlands is often called Holland, the word Dutch is used to refer to the people, the language, and anything pertaining to the Netherlands. Much of the Netherlands is formed by the estuary of three important European rivers, which together with their distributaries form the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta. The Netherlands has a capitalist market-based economy, ranking 15th of 157 countries according to the Index of Economic Freedom.
Netherlands Area: 41,526 km2
Population: 16,558,674
Got extra prison space in Europe? Rent it out (China Daily) TILBURG, The Netherlands - Supplementing one's income by renting out a spare room is hardly a novel concept, but the Netherlands took it a big step further Friday when, in an European first, it officially leased a prison to Belgium. |
Netherlands: Ajax cruise past Twente (Soccer Way) FC Twente no longer share the lead in the Eredivisie as the Enschede outfit crashed to a 3-0 defeat at Ajax on Sunday. |
2012 European Championship Draw (AP via Yahoo! Sports) WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Draw Sunday for qualifying for the 2012 European Championship: Group A-- Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan Group B-- Russia, Slovakia, Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra Group C-- Italy, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, Estonia, Faeroe Islands Group D-- France, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg Group E-- Netherlands ... |
Sparkassen Cup Results (AP via Yahoo! Sports) At Stuttgart, Germany (Race distances in meters) Men 60-- 1, Lerone Clarke, Jamaica, 6.57 seconds. 2, Churandy Martina, Netherlands Antilles, 6:58. 3, Ogho-Oghene Egwero, Nigeria, 6:62. 4, Craig Pickering, Britain, 6:64. 5, Tobias Unger, Germany, 6.71. 6, Pascal Mancini, Switzerland, 6.76. 60 Hurdles-- 1, Dayron Robles, Cuba, 7.48 seconds. 2, David Oliver, United States, 7.49. 3, Dwight Thomas ... |
Netherlands Enters The Climate Fray (redOrbit) A claim made by the UN climate change panel in 2007 that half of the country of the Netherlands was below sea level, is being contested by the country itself. |
Netherlands adds to climate controversy (BigPond News) The Netherlands has asked the UN climate change panel to explain an inaccurate claim in a 2007 report. |
Netherlands adds to climate controversy (Sky News Australia) The Netherlands has asked the UN climate change panel to explain an inaccurate claim in a landmark 2007 report that more than half the country was below sea level, the Dutch government say According to the Dutch authorities, only 26 per cent of the country is below sea level, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be asked to account for its figures, environment ministry ... |
Smurfit-Stone opens office in Netherlands (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. said Friday its recycling division opened a European office in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The company said the Rotterdam office will handle sourcing of paper in Europe for sale in China and other parts of the world. |
IFC, Netherlands to support South Asian trade (New Kerala) Kolkata, Feb 5 : International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the government of the Netherlands are organizing training programs in Bhutan and Nepal to support trade finance and risk management awareness among banks to improve their ability to assist local entrepreneurs and small businesses. |
Netherlands adds to UN climate report controversy (AFP via Yahoo! News) The Netherlands has asked the UN climate change panel to explain an inaccurate claim in a landmark 2007 report that more than half the country was below sea level, the Dutch government said Friday. |
