Netherlands

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A protestor from Belgium with a marijuana leaf painted on his face smokes a marijuana joint in Amsterdam Friday, April 20, 2012, during a demonstration against a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor looks down as he waits for the start of a hearing to deliver a verdict in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

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"I stand here in the hope that parties in this chamber are prepared ... to do what is necessary to pull the Netherlands through these difficult economic times," caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte tells Parliament on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the free-market Liberal Party waits June 7, 2010, for the start of a televised election debate at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Associated Press)

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Daffodils decorating the front of a building are among the countless flowers, shrubs, hedge plants and trees at Floriade, a once-in-a-decade exposition in the Netherlands. Visitors can get an up-close look at the products of horticulture, which encompasses the artistic, scientific and economic aspects of plant care. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Then-Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, talks to plumber Joe Wurzelbacher in Holland, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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THE INTERNATIONAL: Center Berend Weijs of the Netherlands says he came to the U.S. for school because "My dad made me." He will leave with a college degree. (Associated Press)

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Ice skaters pass volunteers shoveling snow from the frozen Holkenmeer, or Holken Lake, in Gallemadammen, Netherlands, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in preparation for the possible running of the Elfstedentocht speedskating race. (AP Photo/Vincent Jannink)

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Archbishop of Utrecht Wim Eijk speaks Dec. 16, 2011, during a press conference in Zeist, Netherlands. (Associated Press)

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Illustration by: Tom Trouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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In this photo taken on Nov. 5, 2011, Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman (foreground) is seen during a Big League Tour baseball game in Utrecht, Netherlands. His brother Jason Halman is seen at left in the background. Greg Halman was stabbed to death early Nov. 21, 2011 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and his brother was arrested as a suspect, Dutch police said. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Members of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) — (from left) Barbara Blaine, Winfried Fesselmann, Emmanuel Henckens and Peter Isely — attend a press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, in Voorburg, Netherlands, near The Hague, where a rights group has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic clergy. (AP Photo/Rob Keeris)

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Mr. Obama speaks at Johnson Controls Inc. in Holland, Mich., earlier Thursday, saying S&P's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating could have been avoided if Congress weren't "dysfunctional." (Associated Press)

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President Obama gestures while speaking about the role innovative technologies play in fuel economy standards and the economy on Aug. 11, 2011, at Johnson Controls Inc. in Holland, Mich. (Associated Press)

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Ambulance workers are seen inside the Grolsch Veste stadium in Enschede, Netherlands, on July 7, 2011. A section of the football stadium collapsed during off-season construction work, trapping people underneath, police said. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this photo from April 18, 2011, Frans van Houten, CEO of lighting and consumer electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics, poses prior to a news conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Associated Press)

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This image taken from Associated Press Television News shows the aircraft believed to be carrying war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic as it lands at Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands after a flight from Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. (AP Photo/APTN)