Newsline - 13 August 2009:

Operation Atalanta under Dutch command
The Netherlands has taken command of the EU's contribution to the fight against Somali pirates. Operation Atalanta involves between 8 to 12 warships and a number of patrol aircraft and covers a huge are of ocean. Dutch Commodore Pieter Bindt tells us what he hopes to achieve.

"White flag" killings in Gaza
Human Rights watch has released a report accusing the Israeli army of firing on, and in some cases deliberately targeting, civilians in the Gaza Strip holding white flags. The report is part of HRW's on-going investigation into war crimes committed by both sides during the conflict in the Palestinian Gaza Strip 8 months ago. Listen to an interview with Bill van Esveld from HRW.

Boring horror film attracts millions
A video of just one graph after another, with not a human being in sight. Sound dull? Maybe, but the film, with its message that half of Europe's poulation will be Muslim by 2050, is attracting millions of visitors on Youtube. A Dutch statistician helps us interpret the figures.

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