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Amsterdam (help·info), capital of the Netherlands, lies on the banks of two bodies of water, the IJ bay and the Amstel river. Founded in the late 12th century as a small fishing village on the banks of the Amstel, it is now the largest city in the country and is a financial and cultural centre. As of August 1, 2006, the population of the city proper is 741,329; the population of the official Greater Amsterdam area is approximately 1.5 million, but the real agglomeration is estimated at 2 to 2.5 million. Amsterdam is also one of the core urban centres of the greater metropolitan area called "Randstad" (Ring City) which encompasses other Dutch cities such as Haarlem, Utrecht, Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam and has a population of over 7.5 million.
Netherlands 1-2 Bulgaria: Late Mitsanski strike shocks Oranje
Source: Goal.com
Netherlands, one of the main favourites for Euro 2012, stumbled to a shock 2-1 defeat by Bulgaria at the Amsterdam ArenA in Saturday's international friendly. Robin van Persie gave the Dutch side the lead shortly before the half-tim ...
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Bulgaria strike late to upset sloppy Dutch
Source: FourFourTwo.com
Reuters - 1 hours ago By Theo Ruizenaar AMSTERDAM, May 26 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Ilyan Mizanski headed a stoppage-time goal to inflict a shock 2-1 home defeat on the Netherlands in a Euro 2012 warm-up match on Saturday. Coach Bert van ...
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Bulgaria beats Netherlands 2-1 in friendly
Source: Washington Examiner
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Substitute Ilijan Mitsanski scored an injury-time header to give Bulgaria a surprise 2-1 victory over the Netherlands in a friendly that showed the World Cup runner-up is struggling to find its trademark fluency ahe ...
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Willems, Narsingh make Netherlands' Euro 2012 cut
Source: Sports Illustrated
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk on Saturday included 18-year-old defender Jetro Willems and winger Luciano Narsingh in his final 23-man European Championship squad that has a wealth of attacking options but could be frail in ...
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Absinthe 2.0 Arrives to Jailbreak Apple's iOS 5.1.1
Source: International Business Times
A new version of the tool used to unlock iPhone s and iPad s hit the Internet this week, giving daring users the ability to unlock their devices, even if they run Apple's latest iOS 5.1.1 operating system. The software, called Absinthe 2.0, was an ...
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Krisztian Pars makes it hammer time in Ostrava: 82.28m, 269-11.7, by Alfonso Juck, note by Larry Eder
Source: RunBlogRun
This journey started on Wednesday, when I decided to come to Hengelo to see the 2012 FBK Hengelo Meeting. The clashes were intriguing, however, I felt it was important to visit a meet that had lotsnof small sponsors this year, but no large ones. Watche ...
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Purity Ring to release ‘Belispeak’ as a single, announce tour dates
Source: death + taxes
Purity Ring are starting to gain some traction this year. Signing to 4AD and releasing their debut album “Shrines” on July 24, the group will now be setting out on a long tour throughout Europe and the U.S. The Cana ...
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DJ Armin to rev Dutch fans in Kharkov
Source: Expatica
Star DJ Armin van Buuren is to perform on 13 June in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov ahead of the European Championship game between Holland and Germany. On 9, 13 and 17 June, Kharkov’s Freedom Square will be transformed into Orange Square to hos ...
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Heroin stashes in Schiphol freight soaring
Source: Expatica
Police at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport have so far seized this year 100 kilos of heroin stashed in air freight, twice as much as the amount impounded in all of 2011. The drugs have been uncovered by CargoHarc, a special narcotics team comprisin ...
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