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People inspect the debris after an explosion in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the early hours of Tuesday morning Dec. 8, 2020. Two Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands were badly damaged by explosions Tuesday but no injuries were reported police said. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Blasts badly damage 2 Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands

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Michigan woman charged with ‘03 murders of newborn twin sons

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A police officer is silhouetted as he passes a mural by artist Casper Cruse, showing a woman with a face mask holding a heart in the colors of the dutch flag in support for those suffering from the effects of the coronavirus, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, FILE)

Advice to Dutch government: Vaccinate elderly and ill first

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FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 4, 1997, file image, skaters pass a windmill at the village of Birdaard, northern Netherlands, during the Elfstedentocht, or Eleven Towns Tour. The near-mythical Dutch speedskating race could fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic, even if the looming winter is cold enough to stage it for the first time in more than 20 years, organizers said Thursday Nov. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Dimitri Georganas, File)

On thin ice: Dutch speedskating race under threat from virus

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Netherlands' Georginio Wijnaldum celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between The Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. (John Thys/Pool via AP)

De Boer gets 1st win as Netherlands coach

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FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 file photo, Italy coach Roberto Mancini gestures during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Italy and Poland at Dall'Ara stadium in Bologna, Italy. Italy coach Roberto Mancini has tested positive for the coronavirus days before the international break. The Italian soccer federation says that Mancini is “completely asymptomatic” and is self-isolating at his house in Rome. The Italy squad will meet up on Sunday. It plays an international friendly against Estonia on Wednesday and hosts Poland in the Nations League four days later. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

Virus-hit Italy hosts Poland without coach and star forward

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-FILE- In this Saturday Nov. 16, 2019, file image, Zwarte Piet, or Black Pete, right, the controversial blackfaced sidekick of Saint Nicholas, rear left, walks in a parade in Scheveningen harbor, near The Hague, Netherlands. Saint Nicholas, the gift-bearing patron saint of children, was arriving in the Netherlands on Saturday amid a partial coronavirus lockdown that forced the cancelation of celebrations in many towns and cities. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Low-key arrival for St. Nicholas amid Dutch restrictions

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Netherlands' Donny van de Beek, rear, celebrates with Netherlands' Memphis Depay after he scored his side's first goal during the international friendly soccer match between The Netherlands and Spain at the Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Pool via AP)

Van de Beek equalizes as Netherlands draws 1-1 with Spain

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Arkansas police chief resigns after threatening Democrats

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Kosovo president Hashim Thaci addresses the nation as he announced his resignation to face war crimes charges in Kosovo capital Pristina on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence, has resigned in order to face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity issued by at a special court based in The Hague, Netherlands. Thaci announced his resignation at a news conference on Thursday. He said he was taking the step “to protect the integrity of the presidency of Kosovo.” (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Rwandan official: Genocide suspect arrested in Netherlands

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A COVID-19 patient is being tended to prior to being airlifted with the helicopter from FlevoZiekenhuis, or FlevoHospital, in Almere, Netherlands, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. In the latest sign of the scale of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping across Europe, a helicopter started airlifting COVID-19 patients from the Netherlands to an intensive care unit in the German city of Muenster.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch hospital airlifts patients to Germany amid virus surge

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A fan wearing face mask to protect against coronavirus waits for the start of the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Portugal and Sweden at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

The Latest: UEFA cancels men’s soccer under-19 Euros

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Italy's Lorenzo Pellegrini celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's opening goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Italy and the Netherlands at Azzurri d'Italia stadium in Bergamo, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italy held 1-1 by the Netherlands, slips to 2nd in group

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FILE - In this Monday, March 23, 2020 file photo, a cyclist takes images of a barricaded backroad used by locals on the Netherlands border with Belgium between Chaam, southern Netherlands, and Meerle, Northern Belgium. European Union countries are set to adopt a common traffic light system to coordinate traveling across the 27-nation bloc, but a return to a full freedom of movement in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic remains far from reach. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch order bars, restaurants closed over pandemic fears

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Jimenez’s penalty gives Mexico 1-0 win over Netherlands

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Refugees and migrants wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of coronavirus leave on a bus after their arrival at the port of Lavrio, about 75 kilometers (48miles) south of Athens, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Greek authorities have moved nearly 1,000 asylum-seekers from eastern Aegean islands to the mainland as part of efforts to improve conditions in overcrowded island camps. Most of the people on a ferry that docked Tuesday at Lavrio, near Athens, were from a temporary facility hastily built on the island of Lesbos to replace a squalid camp that angry residents burned down three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Dutch activists want to airlift migrants off Greek island

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FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 file photo, Sinterklaas, or Saint Nicholas, arrives in Dokkum, northern Netherlands. The annual nationally televised arrival in the Netherlands of Saint Nicholas, known locally as Sinterklaas, will happen without public this year because of concerns about the coronavirus, the broadcaster that organizes the event announced Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)

No public at Dutch Saint Nicholas party due to coronavirus

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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2017, file photo, houses are on fire in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar. Two soldiers who defected from Myanmar’s army and confessed on video to taking part in massacres, rape, and other crimes against the Muslim Rohingya minority are believed to be in the custody of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands and should be prosecuted to obtain their evidence, a human rights organization said Tuesday. (AP Photo, File)

Myanmar army deserters confirm atrocities against Rohingya

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Italy's Nicolo Barella, center scores his side's first goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between The Netherlands and Italy at the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Barella scores for Italy to beat Netherlands 1-0

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