American-Dutch same sex couples to wed at Amsterdam gay pride festival

September 5th, 2009 Mom opposes Dutch girl's plan to sail the globeAMSTERDAM — 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 technical ability to complete the voyage but that the teenager is not yet grown-up enough.

August 1st, 2009 American-Dutch gay couples wed in AmsterdamAMSTERDAM — The mayor of Amsterdam presided over the weddings of five American-Dutch gay, lesbian and transgender couples on a boat during the city's Gay Pride festival Saturday, challenging the United States to legalize gay marriage, as well. Mayor Job Cohen also performed the first weddings in the Netherlands after the country began allowing same-sex marriages in 2001.

July 30th, 2009 Fire guts replica of 17th-century tall shipAMSTERDAM — Fire consumed a replica of the 17th-century flagship of the Dutch East India Company in the northern Netherlands on Thursday. The three-mast tall ship, which was built in the 1980s, was moored at Holland Village in Nagasaki, Japan, for many years before it returned to the northern Dutch port of Den Helder in 2003 and became a tourist attraction.

July 4th, 2009 British PM's wife joins 1000s at gay pride paradeLONDON — The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined thousands of revelers in London's annual gay pride march. Sarah Brown held a red, white and pink version of the Union Jack as the noisy parade wound through the city center before a rally and concert in Trafalgar Square.

June 29th, 2009 Gay Pride Parade marks 40 years after NYC uprisingNEW YORK — Decades after a riot at a Greenwich Village bar sparked a movement for equal rights, gay New Yorkers celebrated their gains at Sunday's gay pride parade and lamented the state has not legalized same-sex marriage. The annual march down Fifth Avenue commemorated the Stonewall rebellion of 40 years ago, when patrons at a gay bar resisted the police.

June 25th, 2009 Dutch study: slowdown, oil prices slow CO2 growthAMSTERDAM — Dutch researchers say the global recession, high oil prices and more use of wind and other renewable energy sources cut the growth of carbon emissions by half last year. The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency says emissions increased by 1.7 percent in 2008, compared to 3.3 percent in 2007 and an average annual growth of 4 percent since 2002.

June 19th, 2009 Shell says it has discovered gas field near NorwayAMSTERDAM — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has discovered a new gas field off the coast of Norway. Spokesman Shaun Wiggins says the company cannot confirm any details about the size of the find, but plans to release additional information later Friday.

June 11th, 2009 Man accused of urinating on people at festivalFERNDALE, Mich. — A 31-year-old Detroit man faces a misdemeanor assault and battery charge after allegedly urinating on several people during an annual gay pride event.

May 1st, 2009 AMSTERDAM - The car driver who killed five people when he sped into a crowd watching the Dutch monarch, Queen Beatrix, in an apparent attack on the royal family has died of his injuries, the public prosecutor confirmed Friday. Thursday's attack - which has stunned the Netherlands - was captured on film, which showed the small black car burst through a barrier at high speed, hitting 17 people, and killing three men and two women.

May 1st, 2009 AMSTERDAM - The driver of the car which sped into a crowd watching the Dutch Queen Beatrix, killing five bystanders, has died in a hospital, a TV report said Friday. Thursday's attack - which has stunned the Dutch nation - was captured on film, as the small black car burst through a barrier at high speed, hitting 17 people, killing three men and two women.

April 30th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - Four people were killed Thursday in an attack on the Dutch royal family during a public procession, police said. Film footage showed a small black car career through the crowds and crash into a monument next to an open-top bus carrying Queen Beatrix and other members of the royal family.

April 27th, 2009 Tiptoe through the tulips at these festivalsNEW YORK — It's tulip time, and the bulbs have special significance in New York this year because of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's river journey. New York City and New York State are celebrating their roots as a Dutch colony with all types of events connected to Holland, including flower festivals in the Bronx and in the state capital of Albany.

February 26th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - A Turkish passenger plane crashed Wednesday near Amsterdam's Schiphol airport just before landing, Dutch television reported. The TV report said the plane arriving at Amsterdam from Istanbul was carrying 135 passengers on board.

February 26th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - A Turkish Airlines aircraft crashed at Amsterdam airport Wednesday. Further details are awaited.

February 26th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people on board crashed Wednesday morning as it was approaching Amsterdam's Schiphol airport killing at least nine people, Dutch authorities said. The Boeing 737-800 plane, arriving from Istanbul crash-landed in a soggy field near the airport at 10.30 a.m.