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	Map Zones : Netherlands Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Netherlands has a market economy, but the state is a major participant in such corporations as The Netherlands Railways, the Dutch State Mines, The Royal Netherlands Blast Furnaces and Steel Works, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and The Netherlands Natural Gas Company.
		Netherlands, also known unofficially as Holland, constitutional monarchy of north-western Europe, bordered on the north and west by the North Sea, on the east by Germany, and on the south by Belgium.
		The Netherlands has a total area of 41,526 sq km (16,033 sq mi), of which 33,939 sq km (13,104 sq mi) is land surface and some 6,500 sq km (2,500 sq mi) is reclaimed land, or polder.
	kids.mapzones.com /world/netherlands (2106 words)

	History of The Netherlands
		Julius Caesar found the region which is now the Netherlands inhabited by Germanic tribes in the first century B.C. The western portion was inhabited by the Batavians and became part of a Roman province; the eastern portion was inhabited by the Frisians.
		Following Napoleon's defeat in 1813, the Netherlands and Belgium became the "Kingdom of the United Netherlands" under King Willem I, son of Willem V of Orange.
		The five islands of the Netherlands Antilles (Curacao, Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius, and a part of St. Maarten) and Aruba are integral parts of the Netherlands realm but enjoy a large degree of autonomy.
	www.historyofnations.net /europe/netherlands.html (515 words)

	Tweede Kamer
		The Tweede Kamer is the second chamber or lower house of the Staten-Generaal[?], the parliament in the Netherlands.
		The cabinet, consisting of the Prime Minister, other ministers and state secretaries is appointed by the Monarch of the Netherlands.
		Anybody eligible to vote in the Netherlands also has the right to establish a political party and contest elections for the Tweede Kamer (see political parties of the Netherlands).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tw/Tweede_Kamer.html (1000 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Because so much of the Netherlands consists of reclaimed land, the Dutch have a fragile landscape and must be concerned about environmental degradation, especially given their density of population and intense agriculture.
		Political responsibility for the defense of the Netherlands lies with the minister of defense and the state secretary for defense.
		The Netherlands' postwar customs union with Belgium and Luxembourg (the Benelux group) paved the way for the formation of the European Community (precursor to the EU), of which the Netherlands was a founding member.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /erc/bgnotes/eur/netherlands9604.html (4300 words)

	Wikinfo \| Netherlands Antilles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies, are part of the Lesser Antilles and consist of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea that form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		The island of Aruba was part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986, when it was granted a "status aparte", and became a separate part of the kingdom.
		Head of state is the ruling monarch of the Netherlands, who is represented in the Netherlands Antilles by a governor.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Netherlands_Antilles (819 words)

	JURIST - Netherlands: Dutch Law, Legal Research, Human Rights
		The monarch is the titular head of state.
		Civil and criminal justice is administered in 61 Sub-district Courts, 19 District Courts, five Courts of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.
		The Supreme Court is the Netherlands’ highest court for both civil and criminal cases.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/netherlands.htm (1236 words)

	Netherlands Antilles (09/06)
		Constitution: December 1954, Statute of the Realm of the Netherlands, as amended.
		Current political relations between the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba stem from 1954 and are based on the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a voluntary arrangement between the Netherlands, Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles.
		Voters in the Netherlands Antilles, with the exception of St. Eustatius, have opted to dismantle the Netherlands Antilles and create new structures between the various islands and the Kingdom.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/22528.htm (2297 words)

	Aruba
		Aruba is an island in the Caribbean Sea, just a short distance north of the Venezuelan Paraguaná Peninsula[?], and it forms a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles on January 1, 1986 and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		Head of state is the ruling monarch of the Netherlands, who is represented in Aruba by a governor, appointed for a six-year term.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ar/Aruba.html (491 words)

	Netherlands (06/06)
		U.S. law enforcement information indicates the Netherlands still is one of the most significant source countries for Ecstasy in the U.S. The number of Ecstasy tablets seized in the U.S. linked to the Netherlands dropped to 200,000 in 2004, from 1 million in 2003 and 2.5 million in 2002.
		The Netherlands' embassy in the U.S. is at 4200 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel: 202-244-5300; fax: 202-362-3430.
		The Netherlands is the third-largest direct foreign investor in the United States, and the United States is the third-largest direct foreign investor in the Netherlands.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3204.htm (5569 words)

	Netherlands Antilles Summary
		Under a 1954 statute, the Netherlands Antilles is a component of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with autonomy in internal affairs.
		Because the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba are officially parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, that nation is responsible for their external security and diplomatic relations and its Queen Beatrix (b.
		A large part of the Netherlands Antilleans descends from European colonists and African slaves that were brought and traded here from the 17th to 19th century.
	www.bookrags.com /Netherlands_Antilles (3596 words)

	CHAPTER TWO
		The fundamental difference between political models in the Netherlands and England, as compared to the absolutist control of France and the decaying authoritarian Spanish monarchy, is that the monarchs at key points in the story of their political development were successfully and permanently limited.
		In part due to geographic location, this region was a bustling, wealthy, cosmopolitan hub of trade between the Continent and the British Isles; this wealth and dependence on commerce was especially visible in the prosperous cities such as Amsterdam.
		Adding to the strengths of the Netherlands was the fact that this society had, to a large extent, refused to become embroiled in religious war and strife.
	www.honolulu.hawaii.edu /distance/hist/dutch.htm (1537 words)

	Background Notes: Netherlands: .Netherlands Country Background Netherlands
		The Netherlands is the eighth-largest U.S. export market, as well as the third-largest direct investor in the United States, behind the United Kingdom and Japan.
		The Netherlands prioritizes enhancing European integration, maintaining relations with neighboring states, ensuring European security and stability (mainly through the mechanism of NATO and emphasizing the important role the United States plays in the security of Europe), and participating in conflict management and peacekeeping missions.
		The Netherlands is considered a major transit point for narcotics; it has a large international airport hub, and Rotterdam is the world's largest container port.
	www.realadventures.com /listings/1024158.htm (4238 words)

	World Homes Network - Holland
		The monarch appoints a prime minister as head of government, and the prime minister chooses the cabinet.
		The inhabitants of the Netherlands are descendants of a Germanic people called by the Romans the Batavi, who lived on an island between the two branches of the River Rhine, and the Frisians who dwelt further north.
		Queen Juliana, the fifth monarch of the Netherlands and of the royal house of Orange-Nassau, was formally inaugurated on 6 September in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam.
	www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/western/Netherlands/netherlands.htm (3508 words)

	Monarch Hydraulics
		Monarch Hydraulics is a company rich in history yet entirely focused on the future.
		Back in 1856, it was the vision of our founder — the first in five generations of family ownership — to provide customers with the products they needed to run their businesses.
		Monarch Hydraulics, Inc. will provide its customers with products and services of continually improving quality to the mutual satisfaction of all parties.
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	Grifon.org -. grey, griffin, pug, izhavia, guanacaste, the netherlands, volar airlines, polar air cargo, south america, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		North of the venezuelan coast lie the islands of aruba, the radio netherlands antilles, and trinidad and tobago.
		The head of state is the ruling monarch of the netherlands windmill, who is represented in the netherlands antilles by a governor.
		As a founding member of the euro, the netherlands replaced its former currency, the gulden, on january 1 1999 along with the other adopters of the single european currency, with the actual euro coins and banknotes following on january 1, 2002.
	www.grifon.org /Grey.html (823 words)

	Netherlands Report
		Yet, the Netherlands was the hub of trading for many countries in Europe, by reason of the convenience of three major rivers running through the country.
		The people of the Netherlands were forced to hide from the Germans, in underground tunnels that were equipped with the necessities.
		Netherlands has made its name as the most important trading hub in Europe, yet the country is obviously self-sufficient in many areas.
	www.csulb.edu /~lsondhi/Netherlands.html (3093 words)

	French Chamber of Commerce and industry in the Netherlands
		Therefore, admission to the Netherlands has recently been restricted to a few narrowly defined categories: people whose presence serves the interests of the country or whose admission is obligatory under an international agreement, as well as people compelling humanitarian reasons for being granted admission.
		For more information about the population of the Netherlands, you can consult the statistics made by the Central Office of Statistics in the Netherlands.
		The Netherlands has been a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system since the Constitution was radically revised in 1848.
	www.cfci.nl /en/infocountry/data/socio.htm (621 words)

	Netherlands
		From the end of World War II until December 1958, the Netherlands was governed by a series of coalitions built on a Labor-Catholic base.
		Although prosecuting international drug traffickers is a top national priority, the operation in the Netherlands of "coffeehouses" selling cannabis products--of under 30 grams--is tolerated, albeit under strict criteria and increasing government scrutiny.
		The Netherlands' embassy in the U.S. is at 4200 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016; tel: 202-244-5300; fax: 202-362-3430.
	clinton4.nara.gov /textonly/WH/New/Europe/nether.html (3003 words)

	The Netherlands Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		U.S. law enforcement information indicates the Netherlands still is by far the most significant source country for Ecstasy in the U.S. The Dutch prosecutor’s office reported in 2004, however, that the number of Ecstasy tablets seized in the U.S. linked to the Netherlands dropped to 1 million in 2003 from 2.5 million in 2002.
		MDMA (powder and paste) seizures in the Netherlands in 2003 dropped to 435 kilos, about 50% less than in 2002, and the number of Ecstasy tablets seized dropped 20% to about 5.4 million.
		The Netherlands is the eighth-largest U.S. export market, as well as the fourth-largest direct investor in the United States.
	mapup.com /europe/the-netherlands.html (3787 words)

	The loneliest job in the world - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Monarch of the Low Lands by the Northern Sea
		And you cannot rise much higher than Absolute Monarch of the Netherlands and all Dutch, including all the dykes.
		This goes especially for Queen Wilhelmina (1898 - 1948), who in her later years was so heart-broken from the lonelyness at the top that she named her autobiography Lonely, but not alone.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/The_loneliest_job_in_the_world (1174 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Julius Caesar found the Netherlands inhabited by Germanic tribes, one of which, the Batavi, did not submit to Rome until BC 13, and then only as an ally.
		Although the Netherlands escaped occupation in World War I, German troops overran the country in May 1940.
		On January 1, 1986, Aruba, which had been a part of the Netherlands Antilles, was granted a separate status within the kingdom on par with, but apart from, the Netherlands Antilles.
	www.traveldocs.com /nl/history.htm (454 words)

	Netherlands Antilles
		The Arawaks are recognized as the first human civilization to inhabit the Netherlands Antilles.
		The Netherlands Antilles is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which also includes Aruba, which separated from the Antilles January 1, 1986.
		The U.S. Consulate General for Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles is located at J.B. Gorsiraweg #1, Willemstad, Curacao; tel.
	www.infoplease.com /country/profiles/netherlands-antilles.html (961 words)

	Dutch Legalize Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
		Given that the law is mostly a codification of regulations that have defined the practice of euthanasia in the Netherlands for decades, and that its abuses have been amply demonstrated all along, the assurances from people like Jonquiere that now things are different seem somewhat absurd.
		Some 8% of all infants who die in the Netherlands are killed by their doctors, according to a 1997 study published in the British medical journal, The Lancet.
		In spite of their efforts, for the moment at least, the Netherlands continues to slide deeper into the mentality that death is a cure-all solution.
	www.nrlc.org /news/2001/NRL05/dutch.html (1347 words)

	World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries - About the Netherlands
		Defence and external affairs are a responsibility of the Netherlands.
		Legislative power in both Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles is held by a unicameral Parliament, the Staten.
		A Governor, appointed by the Dutch Crown, represents the monarch of the Netherlands in the territories and holds responsibility for external affairs and defence, which he exercises in cooperation with the Council of Ministers.
	www.bundestag.de /wissen/bibliothek/library/nethe3.html (146 words)

	Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles (1954) is a codified document (constitution) describing the foundation of the government of the Netherlands Antilles - it is known as a staatsregeling, as is the Constitution of Aruba.
		The region is still part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and hence has no autonomy over issues including defence, foreign affairs, citizenship and extradition.
		It sets out for a federal government of three parts: Governor-General of the Netherlands Antilles, reperenting the Monarch of the Netherlands; a Council of Ministers; and a four-year elected 22-member parliament.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitution_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles (166 words)

	MapUp.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A series of corruption scandals involving the FOL leadership led several parties in the governing coalition to withdraw support in April 2004, provoking yet another reshuffle of the government, and the emergence of a new governing coalition lead by the Antillean Restructuring Party (PAR) in May.
		This has caused tension with the Netherlands, to which most smugglers are bound, although recent efforts at combating this problem have been successful.
		In 2000, the issue again arose, and in June 2000, Sint Maarten held a nonbinding referendum in which 69% of the population voted for status apart--independence from the federation within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
	mapup.com /namerica/netherlandsantilles.html (1361 words)

	Netherlands Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815.
		The country was a founding member of NATO and the EC, and participated in the introduction of the euro in 1999.
		Economy - overview: The Netherlands is a prosperous and open economy in which the government has successfully reduced its role since the 1980s.
	www.insidecountries.com /html/netherlands_information.html (1361 words)

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