Topic: Netherlands

For China's Olympic guests, a not-so-warm welcome

Beijingers say added security rules could stifle the Games.

For China's Olympic guests, a not-so-warm welcome

Beijingers say added security rules could stifle the Games.

For a few Gazans, wealth eases pain of year-long siege

One businessman welcomes the cease-fire and the return of supplies from Israel.

Some signs of relief on gasoline prices

But short-term pressures may keep them up for a while.

Floods engulf archaic levee system

The Midwest's patchwork of levees wasn't adequately monitored or maintained.

Europeans eye U.S. models to ease school segregation

A diverse area in Amsterdam weighs assigning students based in part on race, class, and parents' education level.

Two sequels that won't disappoint

Jeanne Birdsall’s and Trenton Lee Stewart’s gangs score another hit.

Reporters on the Job

All eyes on Irish in key E.U. vote

In a referendum Thursday, voters could strike down a continent-wide treaty designed to boost Europe's clout.

Kurdistan's muckraking media test free speech limits

Editors and reporters risk jail time as they expose cronyism and push Iraqi leaders for reforms.

Food crisis softens resistance to genetically modified (GM) food

At Rome summit, UN calls for $20 billion a year to feed hungry and fund a new ‘green revolution.’

The latest in lilies

New hybrids of lilies are showing up in a flower shop – and garden – near you.

Opinion: Food aid must go local to do good

Aid groups have a responsibility to consider the impact of their programs on local culture.

'New Europe' flexes its muscle at Eurovision song contest

Serbia, 2007 winner thanks to Balkan bloc, hosts Saturday's final.

Amsterdam art, off the beaten path

Rembrandt and Vermeer, of course. But this city's art treasures hardly end there.

NATO extends Afghanistan tours

Britain and the Netherlands agree to longer tours, delaying a bigger US role in the mission.

Dinos’ old stomping ground

More Mail Bag matches

Readers relate experiences with the Monitor's old pen-pal column.

Vicarious garden visits

A lab in Florida acts as a real-life CSI show ... for manatees

Martine de Wit leads a team of forensic pathologists that performs autopsies on the endangered creatures to determine their cause of death.

A lab in Florida acts as a real-life CSI show ... for manatees

Martine de Wit leads a team of forensic pathologists that performs autopsies on the endangered creatures to determine their cause of death.

Olympic torch to scale Everest amid tight security

The Chinese have closely guarded their plan to carry the Olympic flame to the top of the world's highest mountain.

Olympic torch to scale Everest amid tight security

The Chinese have closely guarded their plan to carry the Olympic flame to the top of the world's highest mountain.

Truckers Don Their Skirts

On the horizon: news from the frontiers of science

Walden Pond and global warming, truckers don their skirts, and how Arctic flow can snowball.