Leo, our Dutch friend, went out to the woods to cut down little Christmas trees for the wards.

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Salar al Khafaji, a Dutch entrepreneur who went to school in Amsterdam, said it was much the same there.

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The Houtmans went on to lead several expeditions to the region, which the Dutch managed to chart themselves, eventually ousting the Portuguese to become the dominant economic and colonial power in the southwestern Pacific.

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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.

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McClaren went on his own, leaving his family at his Yorkshire home, and has a Dutch backroom staff.

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Karremans said a long Serb blockade before the attack had left the lightly armed Dutch battalion desperately short of food and fuel, but requests for fresh supplies went unheeded.

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