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VVD, CDA, and PVV to start negotiations on minority cabinet

The conservative VVD, the Christian democratic CDA and the populist Freedom Party - or PVV – intend to start negotiations on a right-wing minority cabinet including the VVD and CDA supported by Geert Wild
14-year-old Laura Dekker
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This Week in the Netherlands

A 14-year-old Dutch girl is about to realise her dream of being the youngest person to sail single-handed around the world.
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Article: Wage strikes bring South Africa down with a bump

Just three weeks after South Africa was basking in the glow of a successful World Cup, the country is facing its biggest strike by public sector workers in three years. Unbearable strain

Radio Show: Comic laughs at coffee-habits of Dutch troops in Afghanistan

Newsline - 31 July 2010: South Africa faces the biggest public strike in three years. Italy's Berlusconi weathers his latest political crisis. And a comic take on Dutch troops in Afghanistan.

Article: Press Review Friday 30 July 2010

It's a crucial day for the coalition talks. Moroccan-Dutch are said to feel at home, while chat-room gays are blackmailed. Major job cuts at US subsidiary may fall foul of Dutch law and motorists are told to buy maps.

Article: Uruzgan FM: keeping the home fires burning

Now that the Netherlands’ military mission in Afghanistan is coming to an end, so too are the broadcasts of Uruzgan FM, a daily radio show for the Dutch soldiers in Afghanistan and the home front produced by Radio Netherlands Worldwid

Article: Religious unrest in Uruzgan after 'tearing of Qur’an'

In the Afghan province of Uruzgan, an incident in which NATO troops have been accused of tearing up a copy of the Qur’an, has sparked off a wave of protests. The centre of the provincial capital, Tarin Kowt, has been closed off.

Article: Gay footballers stay in the closet

The present generation of football fans have no problem with top soccer stars being gay.

Article: British PM knows his place in India

India is important to the UK, and British Prime Minister David Cameron emphasised the importance of the former colony by making it the second stop on his overseas tour.

Video: Lynchings in Bolivia – community justice or murder?

With eight lynchings a week, taking the law into one’s own hands is part of everyday life in Bolivia. Some call it 'community justice’, others murder.

Article: Film about Natalee Holloway case 'searches for the truth'

A Dutch film director is making a film about Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch national who was recently arrested and charged with the murder of a young woman in Peru.

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