Zuid-Holland, Netherlands News

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said on Thursday his country would never become a member of the International Criminal Court , saying it appeared to be preoccupied with prosecuting African leaders.

Kenya has asked other African countries to urge the International Criminal Court to drop crimes-against-humanity charges against its new president and his deputy, according to an African Union document seen on Thursday.

Dutch authorities have arrested the director of a meat processing business at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with beef.

Justice Minister joins Netanyahu meeting with Kerry; secretary of state meets Abbas in Ramallah in latest trip aimed at kick-starting negotiations; PM also holds talks with Hague, Sarkozy.

There is a saying in the Netherlands: money is made in Rotterdam, taxed in The Hague and spent in Amsterdam.

The hotel, designed by MAS architectuur is characterized by a futuristic faade of black glass and aluminum.

To my last column on the current conflict between the Philippines and Taiwan, a country with whom, until recently, we have had only friendly relations, a reader from Canada has written a most thoughtful rejoinder.

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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands - says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation.

From the Departments of Cardiology and Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases , and Einthoven Lab for Experimental Vascular Medicine , Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; and the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute , Utrecht, The Netherlands .

Alongside Belgium and the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands is the most gay-friendly country in Europe, a European Union investigation has revealed.

As earthquakes become more intense and more frequent in the north of the Netherlands, there is mounting pressure on the government to reduce the amount of gas being extracted there.

The Executive Board of The Berlage Center for Advanced studies in Architecture and Urban Design, chaired by Professor Karin Laglas, has appointed architect Nanne de Ru as the Director of The Berlage.

According to reliable estimates, there are nearly 10 million children around the world who, if global bureaucrats would merely get out of the way, could be adopted into loving, permanent families.

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement hold a gay pride flag as they attend a march to mark the International Day Against Homophobia in Managua, Nicaragua.

A Bosnian Muslim woman whose husband and two sons died in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre testified this week that she heard defendant Ratko Mladic speaking to crowds of refugees who had fled the enclave after it fell to his troops.

Discrimination against gay men, lesbians and transsexuals is widespread in the European Union, researchers say.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Across Europe, gay couples are scared of publicly engaging in even the most basic expression of their affection: Holding hands.

Borealis AG, the petrochemical and plastics company owned by Abu Dhabi and OMV AG of Austria, may consider bringing in cheap ethane from the U.S. if it's a cost-effective way of supplying petrochemical plants.

Steven Alexander stood before the jury, looked up at a family picture and grimaced and cried as he ticked off the list of problems that have befallen him in the five years since his brother was murdered: ulcers,... Steven Alexander stood before the jury, looked up at a family picture and grimaced and cried as he ticked off the list of problems that ... (more)