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Silent famine
In 1884, the first correlation between beriberi and a dietary factor was made by Takaki Kanehiro, a Japanese Naval doctor.
The letter is formally addressed to Brussels, but it is aimed squarely at Jerusalem. Veldkamp gives Hamas a single vague line — calling for the release of hostages — and then devotes his legal outrage ...
Including: Sunderland unemployed activist acquitted after police fit-up, Dutch East Indies continued, Japan continued, ...
Dutch universities have inadvertently facilitated extremist fundraising under humanitarian pretenses. At Maastricht University, FPM’s fundraising explicitly benefited extremist-affiliated ...
Nobody could have suspected that it would end in extermination camps.” Those were the words of Jo Spier, a 24-year-old ...
Even Winston Churchill neglected to give their achievements sufficient weight in his magisterial account of the Second World ...
After the Second World War, the nascent state of Indonesia (formerly The Dutch East Indies) began to incorporate surrounding islands and territories into its fold. The territory of West Irian/West New ...
The King acknowledged the Pope's funeral, recognizing its impact on the day of Dutch celebration. In a message on social media, Amsterdam Municipality said parts of the city were "too full" and ...
HOLLAND, MI -- This year marks the 90th anniversary of Dutch Dancing as part of the Tulip Time Festival in Holland. That’s nine decades of wooden clogs clomping and windmill arms flourishing ...
Four homes in Melbourne's south-east have been targeted by criminals in a home invasion spree. Police say the offenders stole two BMWs — a white XY wagon and grey M4 sedan — from a home in ...