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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is among the reported attendees of the Bilderberg Group's annual three-day meeting at a resort in the Austrian Alps. (Associated Press)

Bilderberg Group meets amid heavy security, news blackout, conspiracy theories

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by Katie Coyle shows eggs on a conveyor belt coming in from an Iowa chicken house. The bird flu outbreak has caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve importing egg products from the Netherlands to be used for baking and in processed foods. A third of the supply disappeared in recent weeks because of the H5N2 virus which spread through Midwest egg farms including many in Iowa, the nation’s leading egg producer. (Katie Coyle/Iowa Egg Council via AP)

U.S. to import egg products from Netherlands to ease shortage

By David Pitt - Associated Press

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DAVID R. SANDS: Magnus Carlsen streaks to win in first major chess tourney of 2015

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

DAVID R. SANDS: Rough start for young U.S. chess star as Tata battles get underway

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Lebanon currently hosts over 1.1 million refugees of the Syrian civil war, which equates to about a quarter of all people living within the country. Cutbacks in aid by the U.N., partly due to donor nations not coming through with promised funds, threatens to starve many such refugees. (associated press)

Syria refugees go hungry as wealthy nations fail to deliver millions in promised aid

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Dutch police have been evicting immigrants who have been staying in the Netherlands after their applications for asylum have been rejected. The government has taken an increasingly hard line on immigration to try to allay public concerns about overcrowding. (Associated Press)

Dutch battle surge of desperate, violent Muslim refugees

By Gordon Darroch — Special to The Washington Times

Mourners flash the victory sign as they sing a nationalistic Kurdish song at a cemetery in Suruc, Turkey, during the funeral of two Syrian Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ** FILE **

Dutch biker gang cleared to help Kurds fight Islamic State

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Dutch King Willem-Alexanderd and his wife Queen Maxima greet spectators after the group B World Cup soccer match between Australia and the Netherlands at the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Netherlands king to attend ethanol plant opening

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FILE - This Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo shows a Bank of America sign in Philadelphia. Officials familiar with the deal say Bank of America on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 has reached a record $17 billion settlement with federal and state authorities over its role in the sale of mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Bank of America settlement likely to benefit few

By JOSH BOAK and PETE YOST and MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

People walking among burning debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters Sunday in an attempt to gain control over the area. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Fighting intensifies near MH17 disaster site

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Jerzy Dyczynski and Angela Rudhart-Dyczynski whose daughter, 25-year-old Fatima, was a passenger on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, sit on part of the wreckage of the crashed aircraft in Hrabove, Ukraine, Saturday, July 26, 2014. The couple who live in Perth, Australia, crossed territory held by pro-Russian rebels to reach the wreckage-strewn farm fields outside the village of Hrabove. They last spoke to Fatima shortly before she boarded the flight for Kuala Lumpur in Amsterdam on July 17. Rudhart-Dyczynski said, &quot;We have promised our daughter we will come here.&quot; (AP Photo/Nicholas Garriga)

Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk

By AYSE WIETING and DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Thursday, July 17, 2014, Donetsk People's Republic fighters fill their tank with fuel at a gas station in Snizhne, 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk from pro-Russia rebels

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A shopper ties a message note for the victims of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, at a shopping mall in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 24, 2014. At least 51 containers holding bodies and body parts of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash are expected to depart for the Netherlands aboard two military transport planes, the Ukrainian government said late on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Dutch receiving Malaysia plane bodies irked at Putin’s daughter in Holland

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A pro-Russian armed fighter stands in guard on the platform as a refrigerated train loaded with bodies of the passengers departs the station in Torez, eastern Ukraine, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Monday, July 21, 2014. Another 21 bodies have been found in the sprawling fields of east Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed last week, killing all 298 people aboard. International indignation over the incident has grown as investigators still only have limited access to the crash site and it remains unclear when and where the victims' bodies will be transported. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Train with MH17 plane crash bodies leaves rebel town in Ukraine

By Dmitry Lovetsky and David McHugh - Associated Press

Rescue workers carry a plastic bag with a dead body at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014. Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of helping separatist rebels destroy evidence at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down in rebel-held territory &#8212; a charge the rebels denied. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Monitors try to secure Ukraine crash site of Malaysian airliner

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Netherlands' Robin van Persie celebrates after scoring his team's first goal on a penalty shot during the World Cup third-place soccer match between Brazil and the Netherlands at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

World Cup: Dutch down Brazil in third-place game

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Argentina's Maxi Rodriguez, left, celebrates with goalkeeper Sergio Romero after scoring the decisive goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-2 in a penalty shootout to reach the World Cup final. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

World Cup: Argentina beats Netherlands in shootout to reach final

By Mike Corder - Associated Press