Jailbreak sparks Belgium outcry
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The escape of a notorious jail-breaker has led to calls to overhaul Belgium's prison system.
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Seventeen people are arrested for allegedly 'plotting attacks', Belgian prosecutors say.
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Child killer Marc Dutroux and his ex-wife lose an appeal against their sentences for crimes which horrified Belgium.
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A fake news report announces that Flanders has seceded from Belgium - a reality TV stunt that angers many, but highlights real national tensions
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Belgian authorities on Saturday released 14 suspects detained over an alleged plot to free an al-Qaida prisoner because of a lack of evidence, the Federal Prosecutor's office said.
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AMSTERDAM Anger toward the Netherlands&#39; Muslim community percolated among the crowd that gathered outside the funeral for the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, who was killed by an Islamic extremist a week ago.
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Iraqis have reacted angrily to a 10-year-sentence imposed on a US soldier for abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib jail.
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News that three couples in Belgium's northern region of Flanders canceled weddings to be overseen by a black registrar because of the color of his skin caused a nationwide outcry on Friday.
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Belgium's far right Vlaams Blok faces a court ruling that could in effect shut the party down.
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Gerry Adams is "outraged" at a Colombian appeal court's decision to sentence three Irishmen to 17 years in jail.
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The 14 people detained were described as Islamic extremists. Belgian authorities said raids in 15 locations, mostly in Brussels, had turned up explosives and arms.
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Belgium stepped up security on Friday  against a possible terrorist attack after arresting 14  suspected Islamic militants and thwarting what it said was a  plot to spring an al Qaeda suspect from jail.
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Belgium's political tensions entered the glamour stakes after it was revealed that the new Miss Belgium does not speak Dutch.
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Two men have been arrested in Belgium in connection with Australia&#39;s biggest seizure of the drug ecstasy. Australia&#39;s police commissioner said a major European syndicate was behind the shipment, and more arrests were likely.
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As the new European Commission (EC) started to take up office on Monday, it was still overshadowed by quarrels over French European Commissioner Jacques Barrot&#39;s conviction.
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Suddenly and shockingly, Belgium came to an end. State television broke into regular programming late Wednesday with an urgent bulletin: The Dutch-speaking half of the country had declared independence and the king and queen had fled. Grainy pictures from the military airport showed dark silhouettes of a royal entourage boarding a plane.
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Belgium arrested 14 suspects and  stepped up security in public places on Friday after thwarting  a plot to spring from jail an al Qaeda suspect arrested in  September 2001 for plotting attacks on U.S. targets.