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Dutch Police Hold Three But No Link To Paris Attacks

Rotterdam police have arrested three men after finding a suspicious car with a Belgian licence plate, but ruled out a link to the hunt for a fugitive in the Paris attacks, Dutch media said Friday. The men were held after

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Germany-Netherlands Soccer Match Canceled, Stadium Evacuated

A soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled less than two hours before it was scheduled to begin, and the stadium in Hannover evacuated, due to unspecified “security concerns.” According to Conflict News, there are now reports that German police “discovered a truck bomb disguised as a rescue vehicle” near the stadium.

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Uber Offices In Amsterdam Raided By Dutch Prosecutors In Taxi Probe

AMSTERDAM, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors said on Tuesday they have raided Uber‘s European headquarters in Amsterdam as part of a criminal investigation into whether the company is offering illegal taxi services. A spokeswoman for the Netherlands’ national financial crimes

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Netherlands Asylum Bill Hits Whopping €870m a Year

Spending on asylum seekers has reached a massive €870m (£632m/$1bn) per year in the Netherlands, according to figures released by the country’s Security & Justice Secretary Klaas Dijkhoff. The country had to service 240,000 asylum seekers last year, but the numbers

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Clinton Foundation to Continue Accepting some Foreign Money

WASHINGTON (AP)—The board of the Clinton Foundation said Wednesday night that it will continue accepting donations from foreign governments, but only from six nations, a move that appears aimed at insulating Hillary Rodham Clinton from controversies over the charity’s reliance on millions of dollars from abroad as she ramps up her presidential campaign.

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Teen Gunman Storms Dutch TV Station Demanding Airtime

Dutch authorities have released few details about the bizarre case of 19-year-old Tarik Zahzah’s attack on the main news studio of television station NOS on Thursday. To get the obvious question out of the way first, the police say there is no evidence that Zahzah, who is half-Egyptian, acted on behalf of organized terrorism.