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Thousands trapped under rubble in Sumatra quake

Indonesia's national disaster agency says up to 200 people have been killed and around 500 homes collapsed after a powerful quake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck at sea some 53 kilometres northwest...
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Article: EU report blames Georgia for starting war with Russia

Russia welcomed a report by the European Union which found Georgia responsible for starting last year’s five-day war in which 850 were killed and 100,000 were forced to flee their homes. The findings will come as little surprise to m...

Radio Show: Tsunami wreaks havoc in Samoa

On Newsline 30 September 2009: Tsunami wrecks havoc in Western and American Samoa; EU report blames Georgia for starting war with Russia; investigation into missing U.S. vice consul intensifies Listen to today’s programme: [media:audi...

Article: Anne Frank channel opens on Youtube

Internet video website Youtube has opened an Anne Frank Channel with footage of the young Holocaust victim. The film shows the only existing moving pictures of the Jewish girl, who hid with her family in the secret annex in a house in Amste...

Article: China: “The dream of equality has never been realised”

The People’s Republic of China is celebrating its 60th birthday. But China is now a completely different country from the one founded in 1949 with such high ideals. The dream of true equality for all citizens has never been, and never...

Article: 11th hour for alternative retirement age plan

The issue of raising retirement age in the Netherlands has proved a divisive issue after both the unions and the employers’ association presented different set of plans on Tuesday evening. The two sides have until the end of the day t...

Article: Le Joola - seven years since Africa’s worst maritime disaster

At about 1.30pm on 26 September 2002, MV Le Joola set sail from Ziguinchor, the regional capital of southern Senegal, bound for Dakar. A reported 2000 passengers, excluding those without tickets, were on board even though the vessel was onl...

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Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles Article: Mystery deepens over US vice consul’s disappearance

Article: Mystery deepens over US vice consul’s disappearance

The disappearance last Thursday of the US vice consul to Curacao in the Dutch Antilles has prompted a huge search on the island and the waters surrounding it. Local authorities on the island, which lies 40 kilometres off Venezuela’s c...

Radio Show: Tropical storms continue to lash South East Asia

On Newsline 29 September 2009: The Phillipines braces for further storms; aboriginals take possession of remains held in the Netherlands; Amnesty push Shell to clean up their act in the Niger Delta.

Article: Church schools can fire gay teachers

Gay teachers can be dismissed by religious schools if it can be shown that their homosexuality clashes with the ethos of the institution. The Dutch Interior Minister, Guusje Ter Horst, made this statement in a letter to parliament attemptin...

FAQ: Same-sex marriage, RNW composite
Netherlands Netherlands Article: FAQ: Same-sex marriage

Article: FAQ: Same-sex marriage

Since 2001, same-sex marriages have been legal in the Netherlands, and thousands of gay and lesbian couples have entered into marriage. This is a summary of the legal situation affecting same-sex couples. - Since when has same-sex marriage...

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