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Netherlands Pre-Warns EU Parliament That It Will Not Accept ACTA
techdirt.com 22 hours, 2 minutes agoWith critical votes in the EU Parliament on ACTA quickly approaching, the Dutch House of Representatives decided to take a pre-emptive strike, and unanimously accept a motion that urged the Cabinet to reject ACTA, while also rejecting "any future treaty that may harm a free and open Internet." Of course, this is the same Netherlands whose courts are currently censoring a local political party for setting up an internet proxy, so it appears there's at least some confusion in that country. Either way, it's ni
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Syria Give Netherlands Charge D'affaires 72 Hours To Go
yahoo.com 1 day, 5 hours agoBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's Foreign Ministry is expelling the charge d'affaires of the Netherlands and is giving her 72 hours to leave the country, state television said on Wednesday. The expulsion of the Dutch diplomat - one of the few top-level representatives of Western countries left in Damascus - follows similar steps against Syrian diplomats by a host of countries after last week's massacre in Houla in central Syria. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Alison Williams)










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