Newsline 6 October 2009: Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander's controversial vacation home in Mozambique. North Korea to return to six-party talks. Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi at the centre of another scandal. The world's largest carbon neutral community, right here in the Netherlands.
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Royal vacation home under fire
There's been a storm of criticism in the Dutch media in recent weeks over Crown Prince Willem Alexander's plan to build a holiday home in Mozambique. But is all this criticism justified? Our colleague Eric Beauchemin travelled to Mozambique and filed a report for Newsline, and a video report.
North Korea back in six-party talks?
Six months after it walked out of ongoing talks on its nuclear programme, North Korea says its ready to return to the negotiating table. Some analysts have dismissed Pyongyang's move as a "face saving" exercise to show solidarity with China, and Paul Ingram - from the British American Security Information Council - told us there's still a long way to go before any concrete progress can be made.
Italiann PM Berlusconi's immunity in jeopardy
Italy's Supreme Court has begun reviewing a law that grants Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution. Our Rome correspondent Duncan Kennedy told us what the consequences might be if the prime minister's immunity is withdrawn.
The world's largest carbon-free neighbourhood
Imagine living a house that creates more electricity than it consumes… Well in the Netherlands there's a whole community of people doing exactly that. The project took nearly 20 years to complete, but the architects behind it hope it will be a blueprint for other developers. Newsline's Marijke Peters went to visit it to find out more.

















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