• Writing in the Dutch paper De Telegraaf, Cruyff said Rita Verdonk's decision not to grant the Ivorian-born player citizenship contributed to their early exit from the tournament.

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  • January 1, he is putting away his pens for good, he told Dutch daily de Volkskrant today, and heading on to a new chapter in his life.

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  • Hiddink recently revealed to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, who played for him in a brief spell while coaching English club Chelsea, had sounded him out about taking the job.

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  • Even if Willem-Alexander wanted to wear it, there might be a problem because it was made for an unusually large head, says Dutch journalist Perro de Jong.

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  • Originally the private home of French and Dutch adventurer Remy de Haenen, who entertained the likes of Howard Hughes and Greta Garbo there, the property has since become an exemplar of St.

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  • Dutch animator Bastiaan de Jong , Founder of 3D-desk in Amsterdam, thinks he knows what the next iPhone will look like, and he has the HD renderings to prove demonstrate it.

    FORBES: Video Simulation: What If The iPhone 5 Is Just Super-Thin, But Not Taller?

  • After Hubble published his findings in 1929, he, Einstein, British astronomer Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, and Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter, all gathered at a special meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society and pondered how they could account for such developments based on static universe models that Einstein and de Sitter had derived with General Relativity.

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  • The John O'Groats Hotel was built on a site which was once occupied by a 15th Century Dutch ferryman called Jan de Groot.

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  • Invented by a Dutch doctor, Franciscus de la Boe, in the mid-17th century, gin (originally called genever) was made by redistilling pure malt spirits with juniper berries.

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  • The swimmer, who is married to her Dutch coach, Erik De Bruin, stunned the sports world by winning three gold medals and one bronze at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.

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  • The Dutch engraver Johann Theodore de Bry's "Gabonese King Receiving Europeans" (1599) depicts a pair of bemused, elaborately dressed European explorers, before the nude king and queen of Gabon and surrounded by their gesticulating subjects, also nude.

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  • The exhibition, officially titled Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis at the de Young also features 34 other paintings by Dutch Golden Age masters, including works by Rembrandt, Peiter Claesz, Jacob van Ruisdael and Frans Hals.

    BBC: Going Dutch in San Francisco

  • Arriving at the meeting of Euro Group finance ministers Monday, Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager made it clear his government has much to contribute.

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  • Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager said he would be consulting Britain about taking further steps against Iceland, but added that the matter would likely end up in court.

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  • "The time for negotiations is over, " said Jan Kees de Jager, the Dutch finance minister.

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  • Goalkeeper Gert De Vlieger, of Dutch first division side Willem II, is also full of praise for the coach.

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  • The Classic draws yachtsmen like Kozlowski and Ronald de Waal , the Dutch-born vice chairman of Saks who owns the equally heart-knocking J-boat Velsheda.

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  • Opening the debate on 20 September 2010, the report's author, Dutch centre-right MEP Esther de Lange, said that 30% of amphibians and 20% of mammals were under threat.

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  • In just four years she had bridged the cultural divide between Africa and Europe and began studying political science with the creme de la creme of Dutch society at the University of Leiden.

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  • Seconds later, referee Hector Baldassi waved away penalty claims as Yuto Nagatomo went down under a challenge from Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong and the Dutch clung on to achieve maximum points from their opening two fixtures.

    BBC: Netherlands 1-0 Japan

  • They have an interesting blog post and info-graphic on How to Calculate the ROI of Enterprise 2.0 from an HR perspective, and an article in CIO magazine by Maarten de Vries, CIO of Dutch consumer and healthcare products giant Philips , on four key steps necessary to roll out microblogs on corporate networks.

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  • According to Douwe de Boer, former head of the Dutch anti-doping laboratory - who has supported Contador's defence - other cases with higher amounts of the drug have not been prosecuted.

    BBC: Ban on clenbuterol doping drug may be relaxed

  • Goals from Nigel de Jong and Mark van Bommel helped the Dutch seal their trip to next year's showpiece event.

    BBC: Netherlands seal World Cup place

  • Dutch coach Frank Rijkaard has injury concerns over both Ronald de Boer and Edwin Van der Sar, who are fighting to be fit for Sunday's clash with Yugoslavia.

    BBC: Dutch wait on duo

  • It was formally in occupation in West Germany and Japan, and it was the de facto power in a variety of places from Dutch Indonesia to the Belgian Congo, from most of Latin America to much of Indochina.

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  • But by now, the Dutch were up with the required rate and a splendid innings from De Grooth reduced the hosts to quivering wrecks.

    BBC: Superb Netherlands shock England

  • Ben van Doesburgh, chief executive of De Kuyper Royal Distillers, a 316-year-old Dutch gin and spirits maker in Schiedam, acknowledges the common currency's benefits for business.

    WSJ: Doubts Arise in Euro's Birthplace

  • First, Richard Wood saw his downward header from David Bell's corner palmed away by the Dutch stopper, and then Irishman Bell had a shot turned over by De Vries' fingertips.

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  • Favorites are a recently acquired set of 17th-century Dutch silvered, painted and varnished leather wall hangings, shown with Pieter de Hooch's painting "Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting" (c. 1663-65) in which similar coverings appear.

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  • Speaking after a cabinet meeting on Monday morning involving Mr Rutte's liberal VVD and the Christian Democrats (CDA), Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager said they would "show the financial market and Dutch people that we can also put forward a solid financial policy".

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