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Italy tops Europe in use of cannabis

World
2009-11-6

THE Dutch are among the lowest users of marijuana or cannabis in Europe despite the Netherlands' well-known tolerance of the drug, according to a regional study published yesterday. Among adults in the Netherlands,...

Dutch teen sailor still stuck in port

World
2009-10-31

A DUTCH court yesterday extended state supervision for a 14-year-old Dutch girl who had planned to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world until next July. Laura Dekker, who was born on her parents'...

Shell, Eni warn of sluggish recovery

Business | Energy
2009-10-30

OIL majors Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Eni warned of a slow recovery, highlighting weak energy demand and operational challenges, as their profits slumped. Shell, Europe's largest oil company by market value,...

4 Dutch die in balloon ride fire

National
2009-10-15

FOUR Dutch tourists died early yesterday when a hot-air balloon caught fire and crashed near Yangshuo, a popular tourist destination in south China. Five passengers, all from the Netherlands, and two Chinese pilots...

Venture plans 100 gas stations in Shaanxi

Business | Energy
2009-10-13

ROYAL Dutch Shell Plc and China's Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co plan to build 100 petrol stations in the northwest Shaanxi Province, the Netherlands firm said yesterday. Shell and Yanchang, China's fourth-largest...

Mom opposes Dutch girl's plan to sail the globe

World
2009-9-5

THE mother of Dutch teenager Laura Dekker says she is against her daughter's plan to try to sail solo around the world. Babs Muller is quoted in the Volkskrant daily as saying her 13-year-old daughter has the...

Hidden pig found in 1600s painting

World
2009-8-31

A restorer has found a hidden image of a butchered pig in a 17th century Dutch painting owned by a Michigan college in the United States. Barn Interior, one of 16 paintings given to Calvin College by alumnus Cornelius...

Shell's profit sinks 67% in Q2

Business | Energy
2009-7-31

ROYAL Dutch Shell Plc said yesterday its net profit fell 67 percent in the second quarter to US$3.82 billion, reflecting a sharp decline in oil prices and worse refining margins. In the same period a year earlier,...

Shell's coal-gas technology questioned

Business | Energy
2009-7-17

A CHINA industry body has proposed limiting any further purchase of Royal Dutch Shell's coal gasification technology after teething problems at half the plants, but Shell said the glitches were not its fault. Chinese...

Shell to shed jobs

Business | Energy
2009-5-28

ROYAL Dutch Shell PLC said yesterday it plans a major reorganization to simplify its corporate structure and that it will shed an unspecified number of jobs as a result. Spokesman Shaun Wiggins said it was impossible...