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FILE - In this Friday April 20, 2012 file photo a protestor smokes a marijuana joint in Amsterdam during a protest against a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands. A Dutch judge has upheld the government's plan to introduce a "weed pass" on Friday, April 27, 2012 to prevent foreigners from buying marijuana in coffee shops. A lawyer for coffee shop owners says he will file an urgent appeal against Friday's ruling that clears the way for the introduction of the pass in southern provinces on May 1. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Judge rules Dutch pot only for Dutch

Last updated Friday, April 27, 2012 - 10:02am

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A Dutch judge on Friday upheld the government's plan to introduce a "weed pass" to prevent foreigners from buying marijuana in coffee shops in the Netherlands.

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On thin ice, and a long course, with the Dutch

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 4:20pm

HINDELOOPEN, Netherlands -- As I lace up my ice skates while sitting on the banks of the Zijlroade river Thursday, grizzled men old enough to be my father glide past me, leaning into the bone-chilling wind and effortlessly propelling themselves across the frozen surface.

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Archbishop of Utrecht Wim Eijk during a press conference in Zeist, Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. A Dutch archbishop has apologized to victims after an independent inquiry reported that thousands of children suffered sexual abuse in Catholic institutions, and church officials knew about it but failed to adequately address it. Wim Eijk says the report "fills us with shame and sorrow." (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)

Thousands abused in Dutch Catholic institutions

Last updated Friday, December 16, 2011 - 10:53am

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Thousands of children suffered sexual abuse in Dutch Catholic institutions, and church officials failed to adequately address the abuse or help the victims, according to a long-awaited investigation released Friday.

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