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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban ritual slaughter of animals, a move strongly opposed by the country's Muslim and Jewish minorities, but left a loophole that might let religious butchering continue.The bill by the small Animal Rights ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A large majority of the Dutch public believes Roman Catholic Church authorities covered up sexual abuse, a poll found Sunday, revealing the extent of the damage to the Church's reputation in the Netherlands.An independent commission said Thursday 1,975 people ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Almost 2,000 people have declared themselves victims of sexual and physical abuse while they were minors in the care of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands, an independent commission said Thursday.The investigation into abuses dating back to ...

A man claiming to be a Catholic priest was arrested at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam will 3.5 kilograms of cocaine under his robes. Police Find That 'Holy Sand' Was Drugs (January 12, 2008) MSNBC: "Catholic Priest Fails to Carry 7.7 Pounds of ...

In the Mediterranean the Spanish fleet was inferior to that of the Turks, and Philip had to remain on the defensive, even when the Turks were besieging Malta (1565). The duke of Parma, with his Spanish veterans, won great tactical victories, but ...

Dec. 12, 1843, Berlin [Germany]), king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg (1815-40) who sparked a commercial and industrial revival following the period of French rule (1795-1813), but provoked the Belgian revolt of 1830 through his autocratic methods.. The son ...

We have heard the story of the brave Pilgrims since we were young. King Henry VIII was declared the Supreme Head of the Church of England by Parliament in 1534 and by 1536, King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries and abbeys. Other ...

In the fall of 1620, a lone wooden cargo ship anchored in the Cape Cod Bay. By 1536, King Henry was the proclaimed Head of the Church of England (also known as the Anglican Church) and had dissolved all monasteries and abbeys. ...

Originally founded by the Spanish in the 16th century, the Dutch were the ones to make the most use of the perfect harbour. They renamed the harbour as Willemstad in the 17th century and today it is the capital of the island ...

In September of 1620, pilgrims and others boarded the Mayflower to set sail from Plymouth England to what would become Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. The Mayflower had been bound for the mouth of the Hudson River near present-day New York City, which at ...

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Topic: Netherlands

Dutch vote to ban religious slaughter of animals

Dutch public believes Church covered up abuse: poll

Dutch want Catholic Church to address abuse cases

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William I

Why did the Pilgrims go to Amsterdam before coming to the New World?

Why did the Pilgrims come to America?

Travel destinations: Willemstad, Curacao

The Mayflower Pilgrims Leave Europe for a New Home

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