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...multi-million rigs are reported to be free of their moorings and Royal Dutch Shell said its huge Mars platform, which pumps 220,000 barrels a day, is offline...
...around who are taking it so lightly," says John Oxford, a professor of virology at Queen Mary School of Medicine in London, who studies the avian flu virus. Oxford argues the Netherlands' response is a more effective way to reduce the risk of wild birds transmitting the virus. The Dutch learned their lesson the hard way two years ago; then a milder virus strain led to the death or destruction of 31 million birds at a cost of more than j780 million. The virus also infected 83 people, most of whom suffered mild symptoms; one veterinarian died. Jan Odink, president...
...mostly African feet—specific to Ghana, they forced the Ashanti empire to stop slavery, live sacrifices, torture of enemy tribesmen, and myriad other barbaric practices. It’s true that everyone who was anyone had a slaving fort. The British, of course, but so too the Dutch, Swedes, Danish, even the Brandenburgers before Bismarck got their act together. But the great perversity, the “truth” that has gone mostly unrecognized, is that, by and large, the initiators of slavery in Africa were Africans...
...crisis. On May 29th this year, the French voted against a treaty which was to represent a constitution for Europe, with the function both of streamlining and rendering more democratic the complicated decision-making process of the 25-member EU. Just two days after the French vote, the Dutch likewise rejected the document. Such strong signals from two EU founding states effectively interrupted the process of ratification of the constitutional treaty, even though it has now been ratified by 14 of the 25 member countries. The French and Dutch rejections are contradictory, as ‘no’ votes...
...expensive is it? To sign up, less than it costs to go Dutch on a blind date. It could be $15 a month; some services are a bit more...