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Dutch coalition approves austerity despite recession 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
The Dutch coalition government on Tuesday said it had agreed an additional six-billion-euro ($8 billion) budget cut next year in its battle to reduce its deficit despite a year long...
Malala awarded 2013 Children's Peace Prize 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by a Taliban militant last October after campaigning for girls' right to education, has won the prestigious International...
ING to sell South Korean insurance arm for 1.24bn euros 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Dutch banker ING is selling its South Korean life insurance arm ING Life Korea to private equity firm MBK Partners in a deal worth 1.24 billion euros ($1.6 billion), it said on...
Dutch back Greenpeace ship's Arctic oil-drilling protest 25 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
The Netherlands on Sunday said Greenpeace's right to peaceful protest was "indisputable" after the environmental group defied Russian authorities by deploying an icebreaker...
Dutch ABN Amro told to ready itself for public sale: PM 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
The Dutch government on Friday told nationalised lender ABN Amro to get itself ready to be sold off within one year, despite doubts it could be sold at a profit."We have...
Ahold reports quarterly profit fall, after asset sale 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Dutch retailing giant Ahold reported a 17.3-percent plunge in second-quarter net profit on Thursday despite raising sales with a boost from online commerce in the Netherlands and a...
Trying to rid the world of chemical weapons 22 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Syria, which stands accused of using poisonous chemicals against civilians, is one of just five countries that have not signed a global treaty banning chemical weapons.The...
Dutch Rabobank says to shed jobs after profits sag 22 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Dutch lender Rabobank announced Thursday a 14.0 percent drop in net profit for the first half of 2013, confirming it will cut 8,000 jobs.While net profit fell 175 million...
ICC says Kenya's Ruto must attend whole trial, for now 20 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
The International Criminal Court on Tuesday suspended a decision allowing Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto to be absent from parts of his trial next month for crimes against...
Dutch royals bury romantic renegade prince Friso 16 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Dutch prince Friso, who excluded himself from the line of succession in the name of love, was buried in private Friday after he died from injuries sustained in a 2012 skiing...
