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Tired of life? Group calls for assisted suicide
'); document.write('A group of older Dutch academics and politicians have launched a petition in support of assisted suicide for the over-70s. '); document.write('
Cabinet admits Iraq war mistakes
'); document.write('The cabinet has admitted MPs could have been better informed about security service \'doubts and conjectures\' about Iraq\'s supposed weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the 2003 invasion. '); document.write('
Cabinet considers Nato Afghanistan request
'); document.write('The cabinet is considering continuing Dutch involvement in Afghanistan past the August 2010 pull-out date following Nato\'s formal request for a delay, defence minister Eimert van Middelkoop told reporters on Tuesday.'); document.write('
Breast cancer check age limit is legal
'); document.write('The government is within its rights to limit the national breast cancer screening programme to women below the age of 75, the Hague district court ruled on Tuesday.'); document.write('
62,000 old cars scrapped for money
'); document.write('Some 62,000 old cars have so far been taken off the roads in return for payments under the government\'s scrappage scheme. '); document.write('
Den Bosch \'bomber\' is a disturbed man
'); document.write('Police have arrested a man who claimed to have placed a bomb on a train at Den Bosch station on Tuesday morning, causing major disruption to train users for much of the day. '); document.write('
Car lease group launches online bank
'); document.write('Dutch car lease firm LeasePlan, which is owned by Volkswagen and two Middle East state funds, has launched its own internet savings bank. '); document.write('
ABN Amro to target corporate accounts
'); document.write('Nationalised bank ABN Amro is to target major corporate accounts, at just under the level of multinationals such as Unilever and Shell, Rutger van Nouhuys, head of the bank\'s large corporate and merchant banking arm, says in Tuesday\'s Financieele Dagblad. '); document.write('
Spyker gets loan from former employer
'); document.write('Victor Muller, the head of luxury car maker Spyker which is taking over Sweden\'s Saab, has agreed a $25m convertible loan for the company with his former employer, offshore company Heerema. '); document.write('
Councils keep out TNT competitors
'); document.write('New postal delivery firms are failing to win local authority contracts because they do not meet council conditions on delivery times and staff employment, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Tuesday. '); document.write('
No education cuts, says Labour leader
'); document.write('Education should not face spending cuts as part of efforts to get government spending back under control, Mariëtte Hamer, leader of the parliamentary Labour party, told an election meeting in Groningen on Monday.'); document.write('
Rotterdam police chief quits
'); document.write('Rotterdam\'s police chief Aad Meijboom will step down as soon as a successor is found, the Telegraaf reported on Monday evening.'); document.write('
Stay in Afghanistan, Nato asks Dutch
'); document.write('Nato has made an official request to the Netherlands to stay in Afghanistan past the August 2010 pull-out date, news agency ANP reports, quoting sources in the Hague. '); document.write('
Ministers put final touches to Iraq reply
'); document.write('Ministers are meeting early this morning to put the final touches to their official reply to January\'s highly critical report on the Netherlands\' involvement in the invasion of Iraq, reports news agency ANP.'); document.write('
Many golf clubs hit by financial crisis
'); document.write('Many of the Netherlands 153 golf clubs are experiencing financial difficulties because of the economic downturn, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Monday. '); document.write('