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117 degrees in L.A.? Experts see future shock

In a few decades, people will look back at those heat waves "and we will laugh," said Andreas Sterl, lead author of a new study and a scientist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.

US military deaths in Iraq at 3,960

Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each. ___ The latest deaths reported by the military: _ Three soldiers were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Ninevah province. _ A soldier ...

A drink powder that packs a punch

Because the alcohol is not in liquid form, we can sell it to people below 16," said project member Martyn van Nierop, referring the legal age for drinking liquid alcohol in the Netherlands. The students said companies interested in making the product ...

Dutch Cabinet gets its first Muslim member

Ahmed Aboutaleb, the incoming deputy minister for social affairs, heads to a meeting with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende at the government offices in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Feb. 15. Moroccan-born Aboutaleb is one of the first Muslims ...

What does gasoline cost in other countries?

As of April 10, drivers in the Netherlands were paying the equivalent of about $6.73 a gallon at the pump. The gas itself cost $2.61; the rest — $4.12 — represented tax. That’s a 158 percent tax. By comparison, the U.S. has the lowest tax on ...