Studying Human Origins: Disciplinary History and Epistemology (Amsterdam University Press - Amsterdam Archaeological Studies)
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel. "This is technically feasible. We have demonstrated that it is possible," KLM chief executive officer Peter Hartman said after the flight, which took off and landed at Schiphol airport near Amsterdam....
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel. "This is technically feasible. We have demonstrated that it is possible," KLM chief executive officer Peter Hartman said after the flight, which took off and landed at Schiphol airport near Amsterdam....
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rail Europe Inc., the largest distributor of European rail products in North America, announces new Thalys high-speed routes connecting major European cities. The new Thalys high-speed train routes connect the cities of Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Cologne, Liège and Aachen, expanding European train travel into the New Year with significantly...
Gridskipper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Amsterdam, the Netherlands [Photo by MarcelGermain/Flickr] ·How to win a free trip to Amsterdam [Gadling] ·Air Canada to test in-flight wifi until Jan. 29...
Luxist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
On my recent visit to Holland, sponsored by the Netherlands Board of Tourism, we ventured up to The Hague (Den Haag) for the Dutch Fashion Awards and some museums. Though it wasn't originally on the itinerary, everyone on the trip was dying to see the Escher Museum (Escher in het Paleis). The museum is located in the royal Lange Voorhout Palace, and features well kept original fixtures as well as...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Amsterdam - Dutch and foreign nationals residing in the Netherlands should be prosecuted if they force others into marriage abroad, Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin wrote parliament on Wednesday. Hirsch Ballin was responding to an appeal by lawma...
OPNTALK (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Preview for Sunday 111509 Hey folks, Welcome to the Big Sunday Edition of the OPNTalk Blog. Glad to have ya. In the light of GWBS, and the fact that alternative Energy is simply NOT possible at this time, as we have discussed, the Dutch may have a solution. Cow Power. I'm not kidding. According to Reuters - Cow dung to power more Dutch homes AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A plant that converts cow dung...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Amsterdam - Women are not less ambitious than men, according to study in the Netherlands. The study, carried out by a team of researchers from the Radboud University in Nijmegen and Research en Beleid, a public policy research bureau, said women find...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Amsterdam - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was due in the Netherlands Wednesday for meetings with his Dutch counterpart Maxime Verhagen, with Gaza, the deadlocked peace talks and Iran all on the agenda. Lieberman also requested to meet wi...
Dutched Pinay on Expatriation (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
(FOTOS TO FOLLOW, SOON!) The long weekend in Sintra was a blast for me. I love, love pretty antiquated little villages and I’m always looking for new ones to add to my list of places to visit. Sintra is not very far from Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It’s about 45 minutes by train from Rossio train station. It is the last stop of the Sintra line. Public transport in Portugal is cheap...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Madrid - Spanish giants Real Madrid announced late on Wednesday that Cristiano Ronaldo is not yet fit to return to action, and will shortly travel to Amsterdam for treatment. Ronaldo, 24, has been out since badly spraining his right ankle playing for...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Despite all the complicated stuff, Canadians are actually pretty simple folk. We like our brief summers and our coffee hot, and our ice hockey and our beer cold. Canadians drank 68.3 litres of beer per capita in 2004, good for 19th best on the planet. A nd if you’ll notice , almost all of the countries who beat Canada in that consumption are going to be showing up in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (MARKET WIRE) AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. ("AMG", EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: "AMG") announces that the proposed class action which commenced in the Ontario, Canada Superior Court on June 11, 2009 by Robert Gowan against AMG, its 44.5% owned affiliate, Timminco Limited ("Timminco"; TSX: TIM), certain of AMG's and Timminco's directors and officers,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Amsterdam - A small ceremony was due to take place on Monday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the brutal murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by a muslim extremist. On November 2, 2004 Moyammed Bouyeri murdered filmmaker Theo Van Gogh - kno...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Five years after Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered by a Muslim extremist in Amsterdam, where half the population is of immigrant origin, the city is grappling with social integration. "It was as if, before Van Gogh, they had never seen a Muslim in the Netherlands," Ahmed Marcouch, the Moroccan-origin mayor of Amsterdam suburb Slotervaart, told a recent press event. "From one...
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salense | 09/30/2009
Do you want to make part of the new I AM KANI campaign and follow the footsteps of noted celebrities such as Redman, Three 6 Mafia, Bang Bang and Duvel Duvel? Come to one of the Britain Shops in the Netherlands during the I AM KANI Tour @ Britain. Fill in the flyer, pose for a picture and maybe you’ll win first prize! First prize: * Karl Kani clothing gift coupon worth 250 EUR to be spend @Britain...
davidship | 02/25/2009
A Turkish airplane breaks up after corridor short of the landing strip at Amsterdam airstrip, killing nine citizens and injuring eighty-four. The plane, carrying 127 passengers and seven crew, gone down short of the runway near the A9 highway. It bust into three pieces, but did not hold fire. Three of those killed are crewmembers.
axigen | 12/15/2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands and Bucharest, Romania, December 15, 2008 – AXIGEN ( http://www.axigen.com ), the professional messaging solution vendor, and AVG Technologies ( http://www.avg.com ), a global Internet security software provider, announce today their technological alliance aimed at providing businesses with a higher level of security over email communications and preventing ever-increasing messaging...
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