News tagged with dutch
New disease hits Dutch, German livestock
A new livestock disease causing deformities at birth has been detected in at least five European countries, including the Netherlands and Germany, a Dutch agriculture ministry spokesman said Thursday.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Dutch urge removal of faulty PIP breast implants
Dutch health authorities on Wednesday recommended the removal of breast implants made by now-defunct French company PIP after conflicting reports about the product's safety.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Dutch ban khat
The Dutch government Tuesday banned the use of khat, a leaf native to East Africa chewed for its stimulant properties mainly by the Netherlands' sizeable Somali community.
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Jan 10, 2012 |
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Dutch unveil plan in war against the sea: a sandbar
In its age-old war to keep back the sea, low-lying Netherlands has dumped sand onto a surface larger than 200 football fields just off the coast -- and will wait for nature to do the rest.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Dutch government backtracks on anti-smoking
It's getting surprisingly easy to light up in the Netherlands these days - cigarettes, that is.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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World vigilant after Dutch lab mutates killer virus
World health ministers said Friday they were being vigilant after a Dutch laboratory developed a mutant version of the deadly bird flu virus that is for the first time contagious among humans.
Dec 09, 2011 |
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EU Commissioner calls for new tools for bloggers
(AP) -- The European Union should help teach bloggers living under oppressive regimes how to communicate freely and avoid detection, and develop technology to help them, the bloc's digital affairs commissioner ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Netherlands ok's killer whale move to Canary Island park
The Dutch government said on Wednesday it would move a killer whale that was found ailing off the coast last year to an animal park in the Canary Islands despite objections by animal rights groups.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Dutch to ban coffee shops from selling 'strong' cannabis
The Dutch government on Friday announced it would ban coffee shops from selling "strong" cannabis whose active chemical ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), is higher than 15 percent.
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Stronger tobacco control policy in the Netherlands would save thousands of lives
A new study shows that 145,000 deaths could be averted in the next 30 years in the Netherlands by implementing stronger tobacco control policies. This set of policies, as recommended by the MPOWER report of the World Health ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Hacked Dutch Internet company declared bankrupt
A Dutch judge granted a bankruptcy filing Tuesday for Internet security company DigiNotar, whose servers were apparently breached by an Iranian hacker in July, its parent company said.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Dutch probing Iranian hacker's claims
The Dutch government is investigating claims by a suspected Iranian hacker that he falsified Internet security certificates at a Dutch company, a government spokesman said Friday.
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Second firm warns of concern after Dutch hack
A company that sells certificates guaranteeing the security of websites, GlobalSign, said Tuesday it is temporarily halting the issuance of new certificates over concerns it may have been targeted by hackers.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Google users in Iran targeted in certificate scam
A false Internet security certificate has been used in an apparent attempt to snoop on Google users in Iran, according to the Internet search giant and computer security firms.
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Hidden elm population may hold genes to combat Dutch elm disease
Two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists may have discovered "the map to El Dorado" for the American elm-a previously hidden population of elms that carry genes for resistance to Dutch elm disease. The disease ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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