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Twitter user Jeffry van der Goot found himself being questioned by police after his Twitter bot wrote some interesting, if ominous tweets that appeared to be death threats.
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World renowned DJs and electronic dance music (EDM) producers Armin van Buuren and Dash Berlin have been added to the line-up for "Armada Night."
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If you ever fly with KLM and are in the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, a beagle may help you find any luggage you might lose, as a video that has gone viral shows.
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In an effort to show how much we manipulate situations on the social media, Zilla van den Born from Amsterdam pretended to take a five-week trip away in southeast Asia, all the while keeping her friends on Facebook updated with photos of her great trip.
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Amsterdam, the constitutional capital of Holland, may be viewed as a liberal city, due to its previously lax laws on pot-smoking, but like so many other European countries, Holland is tightening its rules regarding migrant workers.
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Pop icon Miley Cyrus, who raised eyebrows earlier this year after a raunchy performance at the American MTV Video Music Awards, has done something else to draw the ire of parent groups. Cyrus allegedly smoked marijuana at an MTV event in Amsterdam.
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The Netherlands is unique in its policy on marijuana possession. While it is considered an illegal drug, having 5 grams or less on your person is not a criminal offense. Visitors to Amsterdam's coffee shops may find this law doesn't apply to them anymore.
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The International Documentary Film Festival, held in Amsterdam, opened Nov. 20th for its 26th run. With almost 300 entries from around the world, films often tell poignant and powerful stories. One of those stories this year is titled "Putin's Games."
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In what might seem at first glance to be a little counteractive, the Rainbow Foundation in Amsterdam is now paying local chronic alcoholics with beer for keeping the streets of the city clean.
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The Amsterdam flea market takes place once a month across the IJ in Amsterdam Noord, where private (non-commercial) sellers rent a stand and put up for sale everything from clothes to junk to hidden treasures.
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Dramatic video footage shows the moment that a hot air balloon carrying 11 people crashes into a lake near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Two people were injured.
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Unlike Hongkong, Montreal and a few other cities, Amsterdam does not have an internationally known and recognized skyline. Instead, the Dutch capital is more like a tapestry where sometimes the architecture is very modern, then again charmingly old.
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Christine Lagarde barely got a chance to open her mouth when giving a lecture at the University of Amsterdam, when student hecklers rose up and started a typical Occupy mic check.
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Whilst in the Netherlands, Justin Bieber visited The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and left behind a controversial message in the visitor's book.
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The video shows a lioness killing a heron that was foolhardy enough to land in the lion enclosure at the Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam.
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The UK food industry has been rocked by a meat scandal. In some cases products labelled as containing 100% beef have instead contained pork or horse. One Dutch steakhouse boss has revealed that he has sold horse as beef for 63 years.
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A group of Dutch pranksters are causing some confusion among motorists in Amsterdam, filming their perplexed targets and posting the videos on YouTube.
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Shipping containers will be the new homes for the neighours from hell. Amsterdam is planning to ship off the most anti-social tennants of public housing to supervised scum housing.
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Despite a newly enacted Dutch law aimed at reducing the country's drug tourism, Amsterdam's mayor has announced he will allow coffee shops that sell marijuana and hashish to remain open to tourists.
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Confusion spread across Europe today after Spanish media reported a plane traveling from Málaga to Amsterdam may have been hijacked. The plane was escorted by F16 fighter jets to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and was surrounded by police.
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A section of Schiphol airport, located in Amsterdam, has been closed today after a suspected World War II bomb was found.
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Amsterdam will soon allow people on terraces to stand and drink their beer once again, according to a municipal spokeswoman.
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Amsterdam did its part in the global 12m movement yesterday by holding a flash mob in Dam Square. Looks like fun was had by all.
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Amsterdam is famous for its "coffee shops" where you can have, well, just a little more than just plain old coffee. But now a judge is upholding a plan to ban foreign tourists from indulging.
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Dutch media reports that 2 trains have collided in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, injuring at least 70 with more than 50 seriously.
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A head-on collision between two passenger trains in Amsterdam Saturday has left dozens of passengers injured including approximately 50 serious injuries, according to police.
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Over the weekend, a service in Amsterdam honored Holocaust victims and the memory of Dutch protestors who fought against the Nazis.
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The Netherlands government wants to institute a ban on marijuana in public coffee shops. Foreigners will no longer be getting high in the lowlands. Are snack-makers in a panic?
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The Dutch government is moving to restrict cannabis sales at 'coffee houses' nationally and is fully banning tourists from visiting these locations, a move that has been dubbed 'tourism suicide.'
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Every day EMS units in Toronto save lives. This year two teams of Toronto EMS Paramedics traveled to international medical competitions. One took home the gold and the other came in second place.
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The old clock at Central Station evokes memories of Venice.
With a shortage of land, the Dutch have learned to live with and on the water.
Old and new meet at Museum Square: a modern Van Gogh Museum just opposite the venerable Concert Hall.
Parking space for bicycles in the bicycle capital Amsterdam, Netherlands.
New architecture: NEMO, a technology museum in the form of a half sunken vessel.
Old and new meet at Museum Square: the venerable Concert Hall not far from the more modern Van Gogh Museum .
Zilla van den Born went on a virtual five-week holiday in southeastern Asia without leaving Amsterdam. Vimeo fair use
12m Flash Mob in Dam Square, Amsterdam on May 12, 2012 Video screen capture
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport entrance Cjh1452000
2theloo is a company offering superior toilet facilities. YouTube
Examples of Amsterdam's more recent architecture are found in the 'Eastern Islands.'
Walking through the older city center. Dutch gables at the 'New Market'
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Amsterdam, the city that used to be the “gay capital of Europe” Creative Commons
Joints are on the menu at an Amsterdam coffee shop. JaviC
Amsterdam's major square in front of the Royal palace on May 5, 2010 YouTube / NOS.nl
The Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Wikipedia
2theloo is a company offering superior toilet facilities. YouTube
A so-called 'urn-wall' seen at Amsterdam's famous cemetery and crematorium: Zorgvliet
2 trains collided in Amsterdam on April 21, 2012 Video screen capture
2theloo is a company offering superior toilet facilities. YouTube
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