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Di Krismos Story: The Bible in Patois | Jamaican translators are working on a Bible in Patois, or Jamaican Creole, a project which will take 12 years to complete and cost 1 million US dollars. |
Source : radionetherlands.nl | 24-Dec-2008 12:09
Bush signs rescue package for auto industry
 | The US government will provide loans totalling 17.4 billion US dollars (12.8 billion euro) to General Motors (GM) and Chrysler, but with conditions attached. They must prove by 31 March that they are viable. |
Source : radionetherlands.nl | 19-Dec-2008 15:05
Obama appoints renewable energy expert
 | Scientists and environmental experts in the Netherlands and around the world have welcomed Barack Obama's nomination of Dr Stephen Chu for the post of energy secretary. |
Source : radionetherlands.nl | 16-Dec-2008 15:42
US pyramid scam may hit troubled Dutch banks
 | It looked like a safe investment scheme that provided banks with an eight percent interest. But Bernie Madoff's scheme turned out to be a pyramid scam that may cost Dutch banks hundreds of millions of euros. |
Source : radionetherlands.nl | 16-Dec-2008 10:48
Dutch support for Iraq invasion remains sore point
 | An inquiry into the Dutch decision to support the US invasion of Iraq will not take place while the Dutch Labour party is part of the present government. But an inquiry remains a Labour policy aim, its leader says. |
Source : radionetherlands.nl | 15-Dec-2008 13:55
US soldier claims asylum in Germany over Iraq
 | Andre Shepherd, 31, has become the first American soldier to seek asylum from the United States in Germany after deserting the US Army. He quit after witnessing the "mass of destruction" caused to Iraq since the US invaded in 2003. |
Source : radionetherlands.nl | 15-Dec-2008 11:12