German federal police seized two suspected terrorists from a Dutch passenger aircraft at Cologne airport Friday shortly before it was due to take off for Amsterdam, officials told CNN.
German police commandos grabbed two terrorist suspects from an Amsterdam-bound flight early Friday before the plane took off from Cologne, police said.
I've found vacation nirvana for teenagers and it's a place parents will like just as much as teens do.
Even after 20 years of visits, I always need a day to adjust to the wonders of Amsterdam. So I spend my first day here checking out small changes in the city -- a new handbag museum, a church turned into a mosque, a free ferry ride to an industrial complex where there is a skateboarders' warehouse filled with teenyboppers.
The Anne Frank House museum said Friday it has restored 52 photographs and images the Jewish teenager pasted on the wall of her room to cheer herself up while hiding from the Nazis
To help stem the spread of the HIV epidemic, public health officials are making a renewed effort to reach out to closeted gay men in oppressive societies
Emmanuel Adebayor scored twice in the second half as Arsenal came from two goals down to beat hosts Ajax 3-2 in the pre-season Amsterdam Tournament on Friday night.
A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
Fanny Blankers-Koen stands alone as the only woman to have matched Jessie Owens and Carl Lewis by winning four athletics gold medals at a single Olympics, in London in 1948.
Fifteen camels, several llamas and a potbellied pig broke out of a circus near Amsterdam on Monday. The ringleader? A giraffe who bolted, too.
German federal police seized two suspected terrorists from a Dutch passenger aircraft at Cologne airport Friday shortly before it was due to take off for Amsterdam, officials told CNN.
German police commandos grabbed two terrorist suspects from an Amsterdam-bound flight early Friday before the plane took off from Cologne, police said.
I've found vacation nirvana for teenagers and it's a place parents will like just as much as teens do.
Even after 20 years of visits, I always need a day to adjust to the wonders of Amsterdam. So I spend my first day here checking out small changes in the city -- a new handbag museum, a church turned into a mosque, a free ferry ride to an industrial complex where there is a skateboarders' warehouse filled with teenyboppers.
The Anne Frank House museum said Friday it has restored 52 photographs and images the Jewish teenager pasted on the wall of her room to cheer herself up while hiding from the Nazis
To help stem the spread of the HIV epidemic, public health officials are making a renewed effort to reach out to closeted gay men in oppressive societies
Emmanuel Adebayor scored twice in the second half as Arsenal came from two goals down to beat hosts Ajax 3-2 in the pre-season Amsterdam Tournament on Friday night.
A team of European scientists unveiled on Wednesday a new method for extracting images hidden under old masters' paintings, recreating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
Fanny Blankers-Koen stands alone as the only woman to have matched Jessie Owens and Carl Lewis by winning four athletics gold medals at a single Olympics, in London in 1948.
Fifteen camels, several llamas and a potbellied pig broke out of a circus near Amsterdam on Monday. The ringleader? A giraffe who bolted, too.
Visiting the Netherlands, the couple make the most of their working European vacation
Experts have confirmed "Rembrandt Laughing," bought for a bargain price of $4.5 million, is a self-portrait by the Dutch master himself
The crooner hints around a hilarious trip to a caféwatching bowling
Dutch scientists claim they have completed the first sequencing of an individual woman's DNA
Film director Paul Verhoeven has written a book that contradicts the Bible by suggesting that Jesus might have been fathered by a Roman soldier who raped Mary
A Web site where a Dutch lawmaker was promoting an upcoming film that criticizes the Quran has been suspended by its U.S. hosting service
The Olympic flame on Monday began its 34-day journey around the world ahead of the 2008 Beijing Games. Here are some facts about the centuries-old traditions behind the relay and its modern development.
Artists and other creative types are having their way with hotel rooms -- and they're thinking way outside the box.
The world's first biofuel-powered commercial aircraft touched down in Amsterdam on Sunday following a demonstration flight from London's Heathrow Airport hailed as a first step towards "cleaner" flying.
Ajax lost ground on Dutch league leaders PSV Eindhoven after being held to a 2-2 draw at Vitesse Arnhem on Sunday.
A police strike has wrecked the Dutch league program this weekend, forcing the postponement of involving the top three teams of Ajax Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord.
Where will we live in 2020? What will our homes look like? Send us your thoughts and we'll print the best ones here.
Prohibition of a popular hallucinogen will reshape the drugs market in Europe's Sin City
The city is committing millions to transforming its historic marketplace of sex and drugs into a more family-friendly neighborhood
A non-profit corporation has purchased buildings in Amsterdam's Red Light District where prostitutes pose in windows in a deal that may lead to a third being shuttered
A strip of honey-colored flypaper spirals down from a thumbtack that anchors its now-empty canister. Speckled with lifeless flies, the canister swings each time the violin bow pokes it.
Pete Hamill thought he'd seen it all. And then the best-selling writer thought up a character who really had.
What do you think the future holds for health? What developments are you hoping for? What challenges will we face? Send us your thoughts and we'll print the best ones here.
Carlyle Capital Corp Ltd., a unit of private equity firm Carlyle Group, said on Wednesday it hopes the worst of the credit crunch has passed, allowing it to resume paying a dividend.
After several bad trips by foreigners, there's talk -- but just talk -- of a crackdown
Striker Eduardo Da Silva scored his first goal for Arsenal in a 2-1 win over Lazio in the opening game of the Amsterdam tournament on Thursday.
Barclays PLC said Monday it would increase its offer for ABN Amro Holding NV to $93.2 billion with the help of Asian financial partners.
As the saying goes, "When in Rome . . ." Well, when in Amsterdam, Kelly Clarkson partook in a (legal) local activity: She ate a marijuana cookie.
Carlyle Capital Corporation Ltd. began trade on Amsterdam's stock exchange at $20 per share Wednesday, after a trimmed initial public offering that raised $303.5 million for the affiliate of Carlyle Group.
How does Tom Cruise feel about David and Victoria Beckham's upcoming move to Los Angeles?
In May Jessica Biel visited Justin Timberlake while he was touring in the U.K. - and this week she met up with him in Amsterdam and Stockholm.
A machine for the home that can make anything, even itself sounds like the dream of a science fiction fan, but a device using open source software developed at Cornell University has been designed to do just that. Could it represent the dawn of the arts and crafts movement for the digital age or open the gateway to the destruction of intellectual property rights and copyright?
Do airlines play fair when it comes to dealing with delays?
Defender Gary Neville heads a list of eight players who have pulled out of England's squad to face the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Wednesday.
Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar struck twice to earn Ajax a 3-0 UEFA Cup win over Austria Vienna on Thursday.
Antwerp may not be the center of the world, but it once was. From the Middle Ages to the 16th century it was the largest port on the planet, a medieval entrepot and a meeting point for merchants, artists and artisans from the Black Sea to the Baltic.
Amsterdam is blessed and cursed by its reputation as the world's most liberal city. So many backpackers, stag nighters and lost weekenders flood into the city each day in search of a pot-smoking party town that their expectations have become self-fulfilling.
Dutch authorities will release 12 men arrested on suspicion of terrorism after causing a disturbance on a Northwest Airlines flight Wednesday, the Dutch prosecutor's office said.
Twelve passengers were in custody Wednesday after a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Mumbai, India, returned to Amsterdam with a fighter jet escort, Dutch police said.
Have you won the lottery lately? Not the one you bought a ticket in for last Saturday night's big draw, but the international one from Amsterdam or Spain?
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Vacations should start on the plane. So if you're planning a trip to Europe soon, consider upgrading from coach. During the summer, airlines often run out of cheap seats early but have a glut of sp...
NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - The only protest march I ever participated in was in Amsterdam in 1987 or 1988. The premise was absurd: University students were opposing a government proposal (which was later enacted) that they pay tuition if they failed to graduate within six years. (College was otherwise free.). I was studying at a Dutch university at the time, some friends were marching, and I thought it would be fun to join in.
Some companies reward their employees with generous vacation time; others keep workers happy with above-average 401(k) matches.
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The Scene talks to photographer Anton Corbijn about how Amsterdam's artistic traditions and liberal culture have influenced his work.
Do you have an inside tip on the Dutch capital? Send us your ideas and comments below.
The Scene spent the day in Amsterdam with photographer Anton Corbijn. Do you have a favorite hangout in the Dutch city? What's your favorite Anton Corbijn photograph? Send us your suggestions and ideas and read your comments below.
Check out The Scene's recommendations for the Dutch cultural capital and send us your ideas and suggestions.
Ajax have reached agreement with Heerenveen to sign striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, the Amsterdam club said on Thursday.
Dutch authorities detained seven terrorist suspects believed to be plotting attacks on politicians and the bombing of a government building, officials said.
Dutch police have freed the daughter of a millionaire businessman kidnapped earlier this week, state television reported on Thursday.
First the bad news: Long airport layovers are here to stay. With fewer planes flying but just as many people traveling, passengers now spend twice as much time in transit limbo as they did prior to...
Ajax goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg will be sidelined for two months with a shoulder injury, the Amsterdam-based Dutch first division club said on Monday.
U.S. authorities refused to allow a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 747 to fly over the United States, officials said Sunday.
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On the day of his cremation, hundreds of people laid flowers, candles and notes at the spot where controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh was killed.
Royal Dutch/Shell plans to boost exploration and production in a bid to restore confidence in the scandal-hit oil giant.
The world's richest economies - the Group of Seven -- have called on oil producers to pump enough oil to support the world's current rapid economic growth pace.
A passenger train and a freight train collided at Amsterdam's Central Station, injuring several people and trapping many in damaged rail cars, a spokesman for the Amsterdam police said.
Ten years ago, airport shopping catered purely for the business traveler, focusing on cigarettes and alcohol. Today, however, it is increasingly about consumer choice.
Two young Ajax defenders have been named in a provisional Netherlands squad for their friendly against the United States on February 19.
PSV Eindhoven thrashed bottom team Zwolle 5-1 to join Ajax at the top after the Amsterdam side's game at Heerenveen was snowed off.
When my father graduated from high school in the 1960s, he spent a summer hitchhiking through Europe, holding out a U.S. flag and his thumb and working his way around the Continent. Given that hitc...
So here's what I took on my summer vacation abroad:
On a frigid Thursday evening last December, Dan Talbot tossed a small travel bag into a waiting car and settled in for the ride from his Manhattan office to Newark airport. There he met up with two...
On a frigid Thursday evening last December, Dan Talbot tossed a small travel bag into a waiting car that took him from his Manhattan office to Newark airport. Just before 9 a.m. on Monday, he was back in his office, tanned and refreshed after a weekend with friends in Rio de Janeiro.
These days people will do anything to buff their resumes. But rather than learn Swahili, why not gain skills that will make your boss think twice before handing you a pink slip? We're talking about...
It is, surely, the most told tale in financial history: In 1630s Holland, prices for tulip bulbs soared in a way that would have done early Yahoo investors proud. A bulb of an exceptionally prized ...
David Bowie Bowie at the Beeb Virgin On this anthology of rare BBC sessions from 1968 to 1972, you hear Bowie learning how to rock. Early tracks are perilously twee ("London Bye Ta Ta" slides into ...
Asceticism blends with comfort at Blakes Amsterdam, a sister of the Blakes hotel in London. First, the asceticism: To register, you sit on a black bench at a shiny black table, welcomed by staff we...
This fall a new inhabitant will take its place among the theaters and theme parks of Times Square--the easyEverything Internet cafe. This temple of interactivity, billed as the largest of its kind,...
In Amsterdam, Miami, and soon New York, jet setters are eating in bed--crumbs and all. At Supper Club, hidden in an Amsterdam alley, patrons lucky enough to get a reservation kick off their shoes a...
Sail the Mediterranean for $75 to $100 a day. The war in Kosovo has decimated bookings for cruises in the region--even those that don't go anywhere near the conflict. World Wide Cruises (800-882-90...
In December, 73-year-old Prince Claus set off a fashion revolution--in the Netherlands, at least--when he ripped off his tie before a show of African fashions. According to reports, the prince toss...
In a few days, maybe, Jim Clark will be able to relax. Friends will fly in for a big party in Amsterdam, a bottle of champagne will be smashed, a brass band in wooden shoes will ride around on bicy...
When FORTUNE faces a particularly tricky photo assignment, we frequently call on Louis Psihoyos, one of about three photographers whose pictures most often wind up on our covers or in lavish photo-...
Disney on 42nd Street? The mind boggles. In February 1994, when the Walt Disney Co. announced it would be staging theatrical productions on "the Deuce"--the porn-plagued, drug-infested, crime-ridde...
After dominating New York City's garbage business for 40 years, the Mafia may finally be getting dumped. Credit a government investigation and free-market forces, with perhaps a journalistic nudge....
CPI CORP. This St. Louis company loves to make children smile, though sometimes kids, like the one in the photograph, have other ideas. CPI operates 896 portrait studios in Sears stores in the U.S....
For the international traveler who long ago wrote off duty-free airport shops as dubious bargains or boring disappointments, the time has come to think again. Eager to capture more of the money tha...
The global trading race is on. The New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange started talks to hook up joint trading between their floors, perhaps 24 hours a day. The Big Board is consid...
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