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Alarm Clocks Blow up at Ikea Stores in Belgium, France and The Netherlands

Small explosives concealed in alarm clocks detonated at Ikea furniture stores in Belgium, France and The Netherlands, Belgian authorities said Tuesday.

Belgium to probe iPad newspaper subscriptions

Belgium said Monday it would probe Apple's policy of requiring newspapers and magazines to go through the iTunes store to sell subscriptions for the iPad tablet.

Belgium joins financial markets' hit list

Phillip Inman The Guardian 11/25/2010
Belgium joins financial markets' hit list

Hold the moules et frites: Belgium has joined Portugal, Spain and Italy on the hit list of countries that may be heading for financial crisis.

Furious Ryanair Passengers Refuse to Leave Plane after Belgium Diversion

More than 100 angry passengers refused to leave a Ryanair flight Wednesday after it was diverted to Belgium -- demanding instead that they be taken home.

British pop singer commits suicide at Belgian music festival

George Arbuthnott and Peter Allen Daily Mail 08/21/2010
British pop singer commits suicide at Belgian music festival

A British pop singer climbed up a satellite mast and plunged to his death after playing in front of a sell-out crowd. Charles Haddon’s fatal fall took place hours after a girl had been injured by another member of his group diving off the stage.

Belgium set to become first European country to ban face-covering veils in public

A Belgian parliamentary committee on Wednesday agreed to ban the wearing of face-covering veils in public. The full parlamentary vote in the matter will take place later this month.

Belgian train crash 'kills 20'

James Sturcke The Guardian 02/15/2010
Belgium police to question surviving train crash driver

Belgian authorities are waiting to question a train driver who survived a collision near Brussels on Monday that left at least 18 people dead.

Belgian train crash 'kills 20'

At least 20 people were killed when two rush-hour passenger trains collided head on in Belgium today, local television reports said.

11 die in Belgian apartment building collapse

The Canadian Press 01/28/2010
European states keep Swiss bank secrecy under siege

BERNE/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European states lined up behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel to expose tax cheats in a combined assault on the Swiss banking secrecy laws that help protect them.

11 die in Belgian apartment building collapse

LIEGE, Belgium — Searchers pulled two more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block Friday, raising to 11 the death toll from what is believed to have been a gas explosion.


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