<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - netherlands</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/netherlands</link><description>Newsvine - netherlands</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:31:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:53:27 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Tens of Thousands Apply for One-way Ticket to Mars to Participate in Reality Show from Outer Space</title>
<description><![CDATA["A Dutch company is calling for volunteers to be part of a televised reality show that aims to send them on a one-way mission to Mars. Almost 80 thousand aspiring explorers have applied, but many science commentators are skeptical about the projects price tag, and the ethics of s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18274912-tens-of-thousands-apply-for-one-way-ticket-to-mars-to-participate-in-reality-show-from-outer-space</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18274912-tens-of-thousands-apply-for-one-way-ticket-to-mars-to-participate-in-reality-show-from-outer-space</guid><category>science</category><category>television</category><category>video</category><category>reality-tv</category><category>netherlands</category><category>mars</category><category>reality-show</category><category>mars-one</category><category>colonizing-mars</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRXhMvRQaHk" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nRXhMvRQaHk/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Scientists may soon able to reverse gray hair without intrusive surgery or temporary dyes </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Forget taking those regular trips to the hair salon or buying a new box of Just For Men every month.
Unwanted grey hair may soon become a thing of the past, according to a team of researchers from the Netherlands, Germany and the U.K..
In a new online research report publishe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18081173-scientists-may-soon-able-to-reverse-gray-hair-without-intrusive-surgery-or-temporary-dyes</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18081173-scientists-may-soon-able-to-reverse-gray-hair-without-intrusive-surgery-or-temporary-dyes</guid><category>germany</category><category>netherlands</category><category>health</category><category>united-kingdom</category><category>bleaching</category><category>hydrogen-peroxide</category><category>grey-hair</category><category>faseb</category><category>uk-news-channel</category><category>getting-rid-of-grey-hair</category><category>just-for-men</category><category>federation-of-american-societies-for-experimental-biology</category><category>epidermal-oxidative-stress</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 09:25:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDAB8F957-5943-93C9-7867-33FF896CA86F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahDAB8F957-5943-93C9-7867-33FF896CA86F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Charles attends Queen's abdication party... but unfortunately for him it's not his mother! European Royals at ball to celebrate Beatrix of Holland before her resignation (GREAT PICS!)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Prince Charles could be forgiven a slight twinge of jealously as he joined European Royals at a stunning abdication party to mark the handover of the Netherland's throne from Queen Beatrix to her son.
But while the Prince of Wales, 64, is still waiting in the wings to succeed &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17983349-charles-attends-queens-abdication-party-but-unfortunately-for-him-its-not-his-mother-european-royals-at-ball-to-celebrate-beatrix-of-holland-before-her-resignation-great-pics</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17983349-charles-attends-queens-abdication-party-but-unfortunately-for-him-its-not-his-mother-european-royals-at-ball-to-celebrate-beatrix-of-holland-before-her-resignation-great-pics</guid><category>world-news</category><category>japan</category><category>sweden</category><category>netherlands</category><category>denmark</category><category>prince-charles</category><category>jealousy</category><category>prince-of-wales</category><category>duchess-of-cornwall</category><category>princess-maxima</category><category>european-royalty</category><category>abdication-of-queen-beatrix</category><category>abdication-party</category><category>crown-prince-wil-em-alexander</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:24:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahECF794B1-8144-AE54-DA44-08EA219AC6CC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahECF794B1-8144-AE54-DA44-08EA219AC6CC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Did Peter the Great Have a Black Poetic Godson?</title>
<description><![CDATA[I met a black Russian in college; the article states that they are a rare breed.&nbsp; I would have befriended him, but, he was a Russian.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuDuToo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuDuToo]]></source><link>http://sudutoo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17816247-did-peter-the-great-have-a-black-poetic-godson</link><guid>http://sudutoo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17816247-did-peter-the-great-have-a-black-poetic-godson</guid><category>europe</category><category>history</category><category>russia</category><category>sweden</category><category>netherlands</category><category>slavery</category><category>mathematics</category><category>adultery</category><category>tripoli</category><category>cameroon</category><category>roots</category><category>st-petersburg</category><category>black-history</category><category>siberia</category><category>geometry</category><category>turks</category><category>ethiopian</category><category>elizabeth-i</category><category>constantinople</category><category>serfs</category><category>vladimir-nabokov</category><category>torture-chamber</category><category>fortification</category><category>peter-ii</category><category>abraham-gannibal</category><category>abraham-hannibal</category><category>african-russians</category><category>alexander-pushkin</category><category>blackamoor</category><category>catherine-i</category><category>christina-regina-von-schoberg</category><category>dieudonn-gnammankou</category><category>estate-of-suida</category><category>evdokia-dioper</category><category>hugh-barnes</category><category>kot-ko</category><category>la-f-re</category><category>logone</category><category>logone-birni</category><category>n-k-teletova</category><category>order-of-saint-alexander-nevsky</category><category>preobrazhensky-regiment</category><category>prince-menshikov</category><category>revel-estonia</category><category>russian-poetry</category><category>selenginsk</category><category>sultan-ahmed-iii</category><category>tsar-peter-the-great</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:32:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sudutoo57A9265C-ABED-BF64-2105-2E2B5EAFF741.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="199" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sudutoo57A9265C-ABED-BF64-2105-2E2B5EAFF741.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>1.2 Inches of Hair Reveals Heart Attack Risk</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Laura Manenschijn, of Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, said:

Like high blood pressure or abdominal fat, the findings suggest elevated cortisol levels are an important signal that an individual is at risk of cardiovascular disease.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuDuToo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuDuToo]]></source><link>http://sudutoo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17813390-12-inches-of-hair-reveals-heart-attack-risk</link><guid>http://sudutoo.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17813390-12-inches-of-hair-reveals-heart-attack-risk</guid><category>health</category><category>diabetes</category><category>netherlands</category><category>stroke</category><category>heart-attack</category><category>human-hair</category><category>cortisol</category><category>coronary-heart-disease</category><category>peripheral-artery-disease</category><category>cortisone</category><category>erasmus-medical-center</category><category>dr-elisabeth-van-rossum</category><category>dr-laura-manenschijn</category><category>journal-of-clinical-endocrinology-metabolism</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:08:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sudutoo9EDA9534-43F0-4748-0805-8E4A438AAF35.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sudutoo9EDA9534-43F0-4748-0805-8E4A438AAF35.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dutch republicans want new king to take a pay cut</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dutch republicans have a message for the Netherlands' Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, who will become king when his mother Queen Beatrix abdicates at the end of April: you're not worth it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17757399-dutch-republicans-want-new-king-to-take-a-pay-cut</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17757399-dutch-republicans-want-new-king-to-take-a-pay-cut</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>salary</category><category>royal</category><category>queen-beatrix</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:32:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2dbedf67-1d3d-4a09-aefc-7dab611dde07.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2dbedf67-1d3d-4a09-aefc-7dab611dde07.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Dutch Queen Beatrix, right, and Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander, left,  wave to well wishers from the balcony of Royal Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, in this file photo dated Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010.  It is revealed Monday April 15, 2013, that Netherlands' Crown Prince Willem-Alexander will become king when his mother Queen Beatrix abdicates at the end of April 2013, and will earn a king's salary of 825,000 euro (US dlrs 1.1 million) which is more than twice the salary of the president of the United States. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=171f890f-9b31-41d4-a27d-b5db9fdb1593.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=171f890f-9b31-41d4-a27d-b5db9fdb1593.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="199" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander leaves after the official opening of the two-day Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Water, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, in this file photo dated Thursday March 21, 2013. It is revealed Monday April 15, 2013, that Netherlands' Crown Prince Willem-Alexander will become king when his mother Queen Beatrix abdicates at the end of April 2013, and will earn a king's salary of 825,000 euro (US dlrs 1.1 million) which is more than twice the salary of the president of the United States.  (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bieber criticized for Anne Frank comment</title>
<description><![CDATA[Justin Bieber wrote an entry into a guestbook at the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam, saying he hoped the Jewish teenager who died in a Nazi concentration camp "would have been a Belieber" &#8212; or fan of his &#8212; if history were different.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toby Sterling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Toby Sterling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17748485-bieber-criticized-for-anne-frank-comment</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17748485-bieber-criticized-for-anne-frank-comment</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>frank</category><category>netherlands</category><category>justin-bieber</category><category>bieber</category><category>anne-frank</category><category>anne-frank-house</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:03:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed2eb17f-48f0-4ea9-8a7a-737806fb5ad4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed2eb17f-48f0-4ea9-8a7a-737806fb5ad4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This March 19, 2013 file photo shows Canadian singer Justin Bieber performing during a concert at Bercy arena in Paris. Bieber has visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, with a museum spokeswoman saying the Canadian pop star wrote in the guestbook that he hoped Frank &quot;would have been a Belieber&quot; if she had lived. Museum spokeswoman Maatje Mostart confirmed Sunday, April 14, 2013 that Bieber visited Friday evening. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Netherlands' Rijksmuseum opens to the public</title>
<description><![CDATA[Amid brass bands and a daytime fireworks display, the Netherlands' Queen Beatrix on Saturday officially reopened the Rijksmuseum, the country's national museum, after a 10-year, 375 million euro ($480 million) renovation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toby Sterling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Toby Sterling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17731660-netherlands-rijksmuseum-opens-to-the-public</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17731660-netherlands-rijksmuseum-opens-to-the-public</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>queen-beatrix</category><category>rijksmusuem</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:15:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=46c42aec-913d-42f2-b1d0-47b4f69a8759.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="422" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=46c42aec-913d-42f2-b1d0-47b4f69a8759.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="127" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fireworks are seen during the official opening of the renovated Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday April 13, 2013. The Rijksmuseum, home of Rembrandt's &quot;The Night Watch&quot; and other national treasures reopens its doors to the public after a decade-long renovation. The first day, Saturday April 13, admissions are free and the museum stays open until midnight. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d106eb85-0156-4fca-ac32-3cd8482eda3e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="373" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d106eb85-0156-4fca-ac32-3cd8482eda3e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="112" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Netherlands' Queen Beatrix admires the renovated Rijksmuseum as she arrives for the official opening in Amsterdam, Saturday April 13, 2013. The Rijksmuseum, home to Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures reopens its doors to the public after a decade-long renovation. On the first day, Saturday April 13, admissions are free and the museum stays open till midnight. Queen Beatrix has announced she will relinquish the crown on April 30, 2013, after 33 years of reign, leaving the monarchy to her son Crown Prince Willem Alexander. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43cb627d-c536-4148-ac7a-f7a6145c1737.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43cb627d-c536-4148-ac7a-f7a6145c1737.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fireworks are seen during the official opening of the renovated Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday April 13, 2013. The Rijksmuseum, home of Rembrandt's &quot;The Night Watch&quot; and other national treasures reopens its doors to the public after a decade-long renovation. The first day, Saturday April 13, admissions are free and the museum stays open until midnight. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6656997-d097-44ee-8a18-0c0bf31c5ff4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6656997-d097-44ee-8a18-0c0bf31c5ff4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dutch Queen Beatrix, center left, and museum director Wim Pijbes, center right, prepare to officially open the renovated Rijksmuseum  in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Saturday April 13, 2013. The Rijksmuseum, home of Rembrandt's &quot;The Night Watch&quot; and other national treasures reopens its doors to the public after a decade-long renovation. The first day, Saturday April 13, admissions are free and the museum stays open until midnight. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dutch agency divides blame for dissident's death</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Dutch government agency investigating the suicide of a Russian dissident who had sought political asylum in the Netherlands has found that multiple parts of the country's immigration system failed him, including medical, legal and state organizations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17721978-dutch-agency-divides-blame-for-dissidents-death</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17721978-dutch-agency-divides-blame-for-dissidents-death</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>russian-dissident</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:03:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dutch government puts austerity plans on hold</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Dutch government has temporarily abandoned austerity measures it previously said were needed to bring the country's budget deficit within European rules.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17720509-dutch-government-puts-austerity-plans-on-hold</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17720509-dutch-government-puts-austerity-plans-on-hold</guid><category>world-news</category><category>economy</category><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:27:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dutch coffee company DEMB agrees to $9.8B buyout</title>
<description><![CDATA[The management of Dutch coffee maker D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV says it has agreed to a 7.5 billion euro ($9.8 billion) buyout offer from a group led by private German investment company Joh. A. Benckiser GmbH.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17718249-dutch-coffee-company-demb-agrees-to-98b-buyout</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17718249-dutch-coffee-company-demb-agrees-to-98b-buyout</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>coffee</category><category>netherlands</category><category>takeover</category><category>benckiser-gmbh</category><category>master-blenders</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:56:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Goodbye fluorescent bulb? Philips says yes.</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you've worked in an office, you're probably familiar with the soft glow of fluorescent tubes drifting from the ceiling. If Europe's Philips brand is right, those lamps could soon be history.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toby Sterling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Toby Sterling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17699731-goodbye-fluorescent-bulb-philips-says-yes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17699731-goodbye-fluorescent-bulb-philips-says-yes</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>led</category><category>netherlands</category><category>tube</category><category>philips</category><category>led-tube</category><category>if-europe</category><category>now-royal-philips-nv</category><category>royal-philips-nv</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:30:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b41db8e-0df2-4f79-a95a-d10f67ad44c1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2b41db8e-0df2-4f79-a95a-d10f67ad44c1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Philips on Thursday, April 11, 2013, Rifat Hikmet, a scientist at Philips research laboratories in Eindhoven, Netherlands, is photographed holding a prototype of a new tube LED light developed by the company that is capable of generating 200 lumens of white light per watt. Royal Philips NV is set to unveil a new light Thursday that it claims will replace the fluorescent tube lamps that are common in many offices around the world. In an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the unveiling of the new lamp Thursday, Rene van Schooten, a top executive at the company, said the lamp will save energy and money as well as cut pollution.(AP Photo/Philips, HO&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17307e59-f1c2-4598-aadf-f752fe217ddb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=17307e59-f1c2-4598-aadf-f752fe217ddb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by Philips on Thursday, April 11, 2013, Coen Liedenbaum, a manager at Philips research laboratories in Eindhoven, Netherlands, poses for a photo holding a prototype of a new tube LED light developed by the company that is capable of generating 200 lumens of white light per watt.  Royal Philips NV is set to unveil a new light Thursday that it claims will replace the fluorescent tube lamps that are common in many offices around the world. In an interview with The Associated Press ahead of the unveiling of the new lamp Thursday, Rene van Schooten, a top executive at the company, said the lamp will save energy and money as well as cut pollution. (AP Photo/Philips, HO)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US women beat Netherlands 3-1 in exhibition</title>
<description><![CDATA[Resting regulars didn't slow down the U.S. women's team against the Netherlands.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17674152-us-women-beat-netherlands-3-1-in-exhibition</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17674152-us-women-beat-netherlands-3-1-in-exhibition</guid><category>sports</category><category>us</category><category>women</category><category>soccer</category><category>netherlands</category><category>christen-press</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 19:13:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1166f2d2-afda-40f2-bb18-ee4891e945da.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1166f2d2-afda-40f2-bb18-ee4891e945da.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. players celebrate scoring 1-0 against The Netherlands during the international friendly women's soccer match at ADO The Hague stadium, Netherlands, Tuesday April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dee3f9ac-4a72-47fb-8813-47d92f05a5c7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dee3f9ac-4a72-47fb-8813-47d92f05a5c7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christen Press of the U.S., center with number 23, and Daphne Koster of The Netherlands, left, vie for the ball during the international friendly women's soccer match at ADO The Hague stadium, Netherlands, Tuesday April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6f98e75b-bbaa-4fbb-b586-c59ae9479e2a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6f98e75b-bbaa-4fbb-b586-c59ae9479e2a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christen Press of the U.S., left, and Claudia van den Heiligenberg of The Netherlands, right, vie for the ball during the international friendly women's soccer match at ADO The Hague stadium, Netherlands, Tuesday April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5d6c730-6711-4b21-86cb-f387fd6c783d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f5d6c730-6711-4b21-86cb-f387fd6c783d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Goalkeeper Loes Geurts of The Netherlands stops a header by Lauren Cheney of the U.S. during the international friendly women's soccer match at ADO The Hague stadium, Netherlands, Tuesday April 9, 2013. The U.S. won the match with a 3-1 score. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gay rights groups await Putin in Amsterdam</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rainbow flags are flying at half-mast around Amsterdam ahead of a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Netherlands Monday, as gay rights groups gear up to protest Russia's pending anti-gay legislation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17649959-gay-rights-groups-await-putin-in-amsterdam</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17649959-gay-rights-groups-await-putin-in-amsterdam</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>russia</category><category>netherlands</category><category>vladimir-putin</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 07:45:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dutch banks' online services hit by cyberattack</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dutch banks say a cyberattack has affected their online services, but did not breach the security of customers' accounts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619112-dutch-banks-online-services-hit-by-cyberattack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17619112-dutch-banks-online-services-hit-by-cyberattack</guid><category>technology</category><category>eu</category><category>attack</category><category>netherlands</category><category>cyber</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 19:27:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge blocks extradition of terror suspect to US</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Dutch judge has blocked the extradition of a terror suspect to the United States until American authorities guarantee he will receive the same treatment there for post-traumatic stress disorder as he is getting in a Dutch jail.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17613083-judge-blocks-extradition-of-terror-suspect-to-us</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17613083-judge-blocks-extradition-of-terror-suspect-to-us</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>united-states</category><category>netherlands</category><category>suspect</category><category>terror-suspect</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 10:01:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Riches of Dutch History Return to Rijksmuseum</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands, is finally set to reopen to the public, with Rembrandt van Rijn's masterpiece "The Night Watch" reclaiming its place of pride.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toby Sterling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Toby Sterling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17594948-riches-of-dutch-history-return-to-rijksmuseum</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17594948-riches-of-dutch-history-return-to-rijksmuseum</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>national-museum</category><category>rijksmuseum</category><category>jan-steen</category><category>night-watch"</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 07:33:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6387917-7ba8-4757-9814-1d01fa64dba6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6387917-7ba8-4757-9814-1d01fa64dba6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A book of Dutch master Rebrandt is displayed in the library which houses about one fifth of the total collection of books during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=084f4575-45a5-4dfe-b365-c122e5ec64ac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=084f4575-45a5-4dfe-b365-c122e5ec64ac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;View of the library which houses about one fifth of the total collection of books during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed0f972f-5beb-42f9-9813-fee7f580d4f8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed0f972f-5beb-42f9-9813-fee7f580d4f8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Fish-eye view of the library which houses about one fifth of the total collection of books during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aaee47fe-2c47-4dd4-9af7-305428002e57.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aaee47fe-2c47-4dd4-9af7-305428002e57.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man looks at an explanation of Dutch master Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13, 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99ef9ae5-5244-4c8a-a044-9d37a9bb4d9c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99ef9ae5-5244-4c8a-a044-9d37a9bb4d9c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Journalists take pictures and video footage as dignitaries including museum director Wim Pijbes, center, pose in front of Dutch master Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Rijksmuseum, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cda698e2-3a7c-4b63-9d3e-2d2298742782.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cda698e2-3a7c-4b63-9d3e-2d2298742782.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A senior security officer stands next to Dutch master Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13, 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e23e0702-4294-4412-8bfb-83a4c6ed1299.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e23e0702-4294-4412-8bfb-83a4c6ed1299.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A senior security officer stands next to Dutch master Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting, left, and a copy of The Night Watch by Gerrit Lundens, right, during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13, 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7eb06674-5958-41d5-98ec-afd3a2e8867e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7eb06674-5958-41d5-98ec-afd3a2e8867e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Glass stained windows are reflected in doors leading to Dutch master Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting, rear, during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f054cd88-db0a-4383-a55f-a26b54a1eaa0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f054cd88-db0a-4383-a55f-a26b54a1eaa0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two men admire a painting by Dutch master Rembrandt titled The Warden's of the Amsterdam Drapers' Guild, known as The Syndics, during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b80cb453-08cd-4cf0-8b9a-071c273ef561.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b80cb453-08cd-4cf0-8b9a-071c273ef561.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Visitors admire a 1698 model of the late 17th century Dutch warship William Rex during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13, 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ddadcd2-e084-47df-9cd0-6c76fae42577.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ddadcd2-e084-47df-9cd0-6c76fae42577.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A photographer takes pictures of a 1698 model of the late 17th century Dutch warship William Rex during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ac02af4-1b57-4308-87ad-4da592ce0291.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ac02af4-1b57-4308-87ad-4da592ce0291.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Museum director Wim Pijbes poses in front of Dutch master Remrandt's The Night Watch painting during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f6a69a13-74f7-4f20-b2d2-4a00e91820c0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f6a69a13-74f7-4f20-b2d2-4a00e91820c0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man looks at Dutch master Johannes Vermeer's The Milkmaid painting (oil on canvas, circa 1660) during a press preview of the renovated Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam, Thursday April 4, 2013. The Rijksmusuem, home of Rembrandt's Night Watch and other national treasures, is preparing to reopen its doors on April 13, 2013 after a decade-long renovation. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Judge orders 2 Dutch sarin suspects held longer</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Dutch investigating judge on Tuesday ordered the continued detention of two men arrested on suspicion of possessing and attempting to sell or use the deadly nerve agent sarin.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17556161-judge-orders-2-dutch-sarin-suspects-held-longer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17556161-judge-orders-2-dutch-sarin-suspects-held-longer</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>search</category><category>netherlands</category><category>sarin</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 19:46:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dutch coffee company DEMB in buyout talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[D.E. Master Blenders 1753, the Dutch coffee company that was spun off by Sara Lee Corp. last year, said Thursday it is in talks to be acquired by a group led by private German investment company Joh. A. Benckiser GmbH for around 7.6 billion euros ($9.7 billion).]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17499574-dutch-coffee-company-demb-in-buyout-talks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17499574-dutch-coffee-company-demb-in-buyout-talks</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>talks</category><category>benckiser-gmbh</category><category>master-blenders</category><category>demb</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:55:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rembrandt's 'Night Watch' back at Amsterdam museum</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rembrandt's iconic masterpiece the "Night Watch" has been painstakingly returned to the main building of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum before its re-opening next month after a decade of renovations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17485928-rembrandts-night-watch-back-at-amsterdam-museum</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17485928-rembrandts-night-watch-back-at-amsterdam-museum</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>painting</category><category>netherlands</category><category>rembrandt</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:39:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73be3c5b-1421-442b-b808-65ac5085f96a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73be3c5b-1421-442b-b808-65ac5085f96a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers push a crate containing Dutch master Rembrandt's famous Night Watch painting to its new location in the renovated Rijksmuseum, rear, in Amsterdam, Wednesday March 27, 2013. The museum will be opened officially on April 13, 2013, the crate was adorned with a reproduction of the painting. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=60ca91e4-715e-4187-9435-69e08d1a9dae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="342" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=60ca91e4-715e-4187-9435-69e08d1a9dae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers push a crate containing Dutch master Rembrandt's famous The Night Watch painting to its new location in the renovated Rijksmuseum, rear, in Amsterdam, Wednesday March 27, 2013. The museum will be opened officially on April 13, 2013, the crate was adorned with a reproduction of the painting. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b5eaa2dd-25d2-4fdd-8d1b-936a11ccfd2e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b5eaa2dd-25d2-4fdd-8d1b-936a11ccfd2e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers push a crate containing Dutch master Rembrandt's famous Night Watch painting to its new location in the renovated Rijksmuseum, rear, in Amsterdam, Wednesday March 27, 2013. The museum will be opened officially on April 13, 2013, the crate was adorned with a reproduction of the painting. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4962c710-34b2-4251-9723-07ecd1705b74.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4962c710-34b2-4251-9723-07ecd1705b74.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Workers push a crate containing Dutch master Rembrandt's famous The Night Watch painting to its new location in the renovated Rijksmuseum, rear, in Amsterdam, Wednesday March 27, 2013. The museum will be opened officially on April 13, 2013, the crate was adorned with a reproduction of the painting. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>TNT Express mail company to cut 4,000 jobs</title>
<description><![CDATA[TNT Express NV, the Dutch-based package delivery company, says it will restructure operations, taking (EURO)150 million ($195 million) in charges and cutting 4,000 jobs, or 6 percent of its work force, by the end of 2015.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17452290-tnt-express-mail-company-to-cut-4000-jobs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17452290-tnt-express-mail-company-to-cut-4000-jobs</guid><category>business</category><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>express</category><category>tnt-express</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:25:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Turkey, Dutch leaders spar over boy's foster case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte bluntly rejected an appeal Thursday by his Turkish counterpart for ministerial-level talks over the case of a boy taken from his Turkish parents in the Netherlands and placed in the foster care of a lesbian couple.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402705-turkey-dutch-leaders-spar-over-boys-foster-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402705-turkey-dutch-leaders-spar-over-boys-foster-case</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>turkey</category><category>netherlands</category><category>mark-rutte</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:39:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b73bf5dc-22c7-45a1-b9b2-c9f6fb5ae996.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b73bf5dc-22c7-45a1-b9b2-c9f6fb5ae996.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are seen at the start of a meeting in Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Toussaint Kluiters, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b2ec7f6-0633-492a-9936-25897bf81944.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b2ec7f6-0633-492a-9936-25897bf81944.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, greets Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to a meeting in Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Toussaint Kluiters, Pool) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0bd66ae1-1a0e-4b1e-a3f3-33a452e3e429.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="381" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0bd66ae1-1a0e-4b1e-a3f3-33a452e3e429.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, greets Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to a meeting in Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Toussaint Kluiters, Pool) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d90b3724-7a67-4973-8440-eea4ff56935d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d90b3724-7a67-4973-8440-eea4ff56935d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dutch Queen Beatrix, center, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and his wife Emin pose for photographers at royal palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sea Shepherd seeks criminal case against whalers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sea Shepherd wants Dutch authorities to prosecute Japanese whalers for piracy for allegedly attacking the radical conservationist group's ships in Antarctic waters, a lawyer said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17397601-sea-shepherd-seeks-criminal-case-against-whalers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17397601-sea-shepherd-seeks-criminal-case-against-whalers</guid><category>world-news</category><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>sea-shepherd</category><category>southern-ocean</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:41:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dominicans beat Netherlands 4-1, reach WBC final</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fernando Rodney surprised his teammates in the middle of the game when he pulled out a lucky plantain, sent from a family member back home in the Dominican Republic just in time for Monday's World Baseball Classic semifinal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janie McCauley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Janie McCauley]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17364634-dominicans-beat-netherlands-4-1-reach-wbc-final</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17364634-dominicans-beat-netherlands-4-1-reach-wbc-final</guid><category>sports</category><category>netherlands</category><category>dominican-republic</category><category>world-baseball-classic</category><category>bbi</category><category>wbc</category><category>jose-reyes</category><category>fernando-rodney</category><category>moises-sierra</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:27:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0e35e68-fc5d-49ed-b053-de9633b1d16a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0e35e68-fc5d-49ed-b053-de9633b1d16a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dominican Republic's Moises Sierra (14) celebrates after scoring during the fifth inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic against the Netherlands in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d7343d4-9f3f-4001-bc39-d69c757845a6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="345" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d7343d4-9f3f-4001-bc39-d69c757845a6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands' Diegomar Markwell (36) walks off the mound after being relieved during the fifth inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic against the Dominican Republic in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f16a321-3e61-4ea4-9f42-e28d979c2c42.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="346" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f16a321-3e61-4ea4-9f42-e28d979c2c42.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Dominican Republic's manager Tony Pena smiles as he introduced before a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic against the Netherlands in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1bff550f-3968-4719-b15f-74486c16264c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="392" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1bff550f-3968-4719-b15f-74486c16264c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former baseball player Felipe Alou, left, and the Netherlands' manager Hensley Meulens prepare to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic between the Netherlands and the Dominican Republic in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6fa9d6c-bdb6-4436-9478-155dfca17781.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6fa9d6c-bdb6-4436-9478-155dfca17781.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dominican Republic's Jose Reyes (7) singles to score Moises Sierra during the fifth inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic against the Netherlands in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=675ed473-2dce-43f9-bade-314fe33df976.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=675ed473-2dce-43f9-bade-314fe33df976.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Dominican Republic's Jose Reyes (7) celebrates after singling to score Moises Sierra during the fifth inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic against the Netherlands in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f0a0382f-9978-43d0-b6ba-679d42a1058b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f0a0382f-9978-43d0-b6ba-679d42a1058b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands' Dashenko Ricardo (21) reacts after striking out against the Dominican Republic's Edinson Volquez during the third inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=55529bb8-1c30-4e26-be2e-80348fcc0e3a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=55529bb8-1c30-4e26-be2e-80348fcc0e3a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Dominican Republic's Miguel Tejada (4) celebrates after scoring against the Netherlands during the fifth inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a00818a7-7b1e-4579-aed9-74111ed72d0a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="354" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a00818a7-7b1e-4579-aed9-74111ed72d0a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dominican Republic's Jose Reyes (7) celebrates after scoring against the Netherlands during the fifth inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=77d5d7e9-546d-4e52-afca-7573bec908e6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=77d5d7e9-546d-4e52-afca-7573bec908e6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Dominican Republic's Miguel Tejada (4) scores against the Netherlands during the fifth inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=20b05933-fed0-431c-a05f-9f600b33f2ca.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="473" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=20b05933-fed0-431c-a05f-9f600b33f2ca.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Netherlands' Diegomar Markwell, second from right, walks off the mound after being relieved by manager Hensley Meulens, right, during the fifth inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic against the Dominican Republic in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. Also pictured at left is Dashenko Ricardo. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3f1bbe87-67e6-4a10-bedb-75bde2b64d3f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3f1bbe87-67e6-4a10-bedb-75bde2b64d3f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Dominican Republic's Jose Reyes (7) celebrates with Nelson Cruz (17) after scoring against the Netherlands during the fifth inning of a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4186b703-c1e6-4b49-98ca-ee80b2dbf589.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="356" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4186b703-c1e6-4b49-98ca-ee80b2dbf589.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Dominican Republic's Fernando Rodney holds up a plantain as he celebrates after a semifinal game of the World Baseball Classic against the Netherlands in San Francisco, Monday, March 18, 2013. The Dominican Republic won 4-1. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Balentien has 5 RBIs as Netherlands beats Mariners</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wladimir Balentien hit a three-run home run and finished with five RBIs against his former team, leading the Netherlands to an 8-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose M. Romero]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jose M. Romero]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17333255-balentien-has-5-rbis-as-netherlands-beats-mariners</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17333255-balentien-has-5-rbis-as-netherlands-beats-mariners</guid><category>sports</category><category>mlb</category><category>netherlands</category><category>mariners</category><category>seattle-mariners</category><category>wladimir-balentien</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:34:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>