Netherlands

Former Russian Guantanamo Inmate Seeks Asylum in Netherlands

A former Russian inmate at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has requested political asylum in the Netherlands, citing his lawyer and the organization Human Rights Watch, the RIA Novosti news agency reported April 4.

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April 5, 2007

Dutch to Test 20 People for Radiation Poisoning

Dutch health authorities said on Friday they have called in about 20 people for radiation testing after they stayed in a London hotel where poisoned former Russian FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko also spent time, Reuters news agency reports.

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December 17, 2006

Secret Minutes Revealing EU Plans to Put Pressure on Russia’s Putin Found in Waste Bin

Documents from the informal EU summit in Lahti, Finland, last month — together with other top-secret papers — were found in a bin outside the Spanish foreign affairs ministry in Madrid last week.

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November 15, 2006