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A tree crashed over the Herengracht in Amsterdam. 28 October 2013
photo: Sijbolt Noorda, Twitter
Week in review: October 21 - November 1
The round-up of some of this week’s most noteworthy events and news stories features: the violent autumn storm that passed over The Netherlands, two dead by fire in wind turbine, top Dutch baseball players, violence against gay people in Vondelpark, and the death of Bonfire.
The 95 million euro autumn storm: Storms leave two dead, scores of damage: A severe storm moved from the southwest across The Netherlands on Monday. The KNMI issued a code red, the highest weather alert, for extreme weather in the west, center and north of the country. Read the full story.
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- Third death by autumn storm
- 95 million euros in storm damage
- NS: delays until well into Tuesday
- The storm has passed
- Train traffic severely disrupted
- Emergency service don't call 112 too fast
- Worst storm since 1990
- Ferry can not enter port IJmuiden
- Fallen trees kill 1, injure others in Amsterdam
- Extreme weather: 140km/h winds expected today
- KLM cancels flights due to storm
- Sanoma to cut 500 jobs in Netherlands
- Rabobank to Pay €774M in Libor Interest Rate Fraud
- Netherlands improves environment for Entrepeneurs
- Philips cancels home entertainment business sale
- No advantage day and night rate electricity
- Eldest son breaks in for dying mother
- Virus shows child pornography on PC
- Police launches website listing break-ins nationwide
- Three burglars arrested after spectacular chase
- Child pornography risk-free crime
- Foundling Roermond has sister
- Vion not involved in better life-meat fraud
- No increased risk of PIP breast implants
- Foodwatch raises concern over school breakfast program
- Philips Evaluates 3D Holographic Visualization, Interaction Technology
- Girl (17), with measles, deceased
- Netherlands sees drop in mortality rate for children with HIV
- Manufacturer recalls insulin
- Refugees ill from mushrooms
- New wind farm to produce electricity for 245,000 houses[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"26337","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignright size-medium wp-image-8407","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"200","height":"300","alt":"Bonfire"}}]]
- Schools Need €7M For Buildings Maintenance
- Fired whistleblower mosque boarding goes to court
- Groningen gets extra shelters for Syrians
- Churches get more requests for help
- Officer Fired Over Leaking Mosque-Boarding School Data
- Dutch museums find 139 artworks looted in Nazi era
- Netherlands to host international Maritime exhibition
- Cyclists' favorite place
- Au pair agencies required to pass IND screenings
- Dutch companies to produce protein from food waste using fly larvae
- No apology rector Imam school
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- Timmermans debates in house on Russia
- Plasterk says NSA admits illegal monitoring
- Wilders kicks Bontes out of group
- Willem-Alexander and Màxima visit Putin
- US secret agency must get permission